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desertman

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About desertman

  • Birthday 07/07/1962

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    bundaberg australia
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    military vehicles and my lovely wife !!!! hang on no forget the wife lol
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    earthmoving

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  1. ok fellers next the rear body because i havt got one i have to make a reproduction one, were to start get my trusty manual out read up on it and got the timber ,that's not a problem i work a sawmill oooo i didn't let know the job i got now is driving a log skidder a 648 series 3g air cab john deere of the track abit so got the cut at the mill so that was the ticket , had to make all accessory's and tail gate the thing thats great about it ,its all wood
  2. next thing i had to do was the bumper bar ,was bent and twisted,so i took it to a work shop to get straightened thet did pretty good job
  3. so in the middle of panel beating i had no dater plates so a bloke rang me,said he was getting some for another fwd owner and did i need any, well bang yes i do cost around 300 great stuff as there is to my knowledge there is not many around and parts well there an't many well i do some things.
  4. so when the bonnet was half finished it was out of shape so it took a lot to get back in shape and than sides were the bonnet sat on the side panels had a 1 inch gap from front to back mmmm so i welded 1nch x quoter flat bar on bottom from ,front back witch fix that.
  5. ok these pics are the bonnet being done, it was a very sad state
  6. I know i have been slack so i will keep going with rebuild for members who like to see and the jeep its been hard losing my my job getting another, working roma 3 yrs so wasn't home much losing it but found another one and so on so sit back get a beer and have a read.
  7. hi rick answer to your question ,yes i have been slack puting up posts but there coming if you dont mind me asking where you the feller chasing the pics of dater plates if you are thanks ,will have to buy you a beer or two if we ever meet,because i got some to of the bloke that rolled them out,the jeep is just about finished and the truck is too.
  8. Hi shermanator ,i used the isuzu 5 speed and made the stick shift to fit works well and no noise , thanks for the comment its coming a long nicely.
  9. Hi sherminater you have alot of toys mmmm yes about motor i put a 6bb1 isuzu deisel with the 5 speed gear box they are the only 2 things i have changed ,rest is fwd cheers
  10. Hi fellers this is a latest pic of my 43 fwdhar1 from Australia cheers
  11. Having time when i not at work , the wirings done well not all just have wipers to do and i have started the timber body but i wont show any of that yet i still have to try and catch up with other things first and have , well my son and i are also doing a 43 ford jeep up as well, the lad wonted a jeep so we came up with a chassie for him to start with and buy stuff as we go , he seems to be keen enough so we will see hahaha thats if power of the pussy dont get him first hahaha
  12. Ihad to put inner and outer wind screen frame together and fit before i cleaned up and painted and got glass put in
  13. Next was the windscreen frame i had to make one out of 2 so cut up the werse one and than i took the iner one in to get glass cut and put in
  14. Hi fellers i have been up dating my rebuild as i would like to but its coming along nicely,i will have to start alittle further along as my desk top hard drive **** its self and lost all my pics so we will have to go with what i have as we all know rebuilding a fwdhar1 is not a easy feet with very little part around so we have to get around that, the bumperets are GMC cut down to fit.
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