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10-02-12, 08:59
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couple more photos
And the last few for tonight, I took the hull out to a wksp belonging to another military veh enthusiast, a bit more welding once the seagull sh*t had been ground back, stripped off the running gear and have started to remove the springs and wheels to give them the 70 year wheel bearing rebuild.
And yes Alex, the cross shaft is out........ All pretty tidy and most of the bolts pins etc have come off without needing to gas off the heads. A few buggered spring rods and 2 broken springs, one on each of the rear boogies. Dissasembly made easy with the spring compressing tool. so far almost injury free, burnt my tit on a hot bit of front armour, mashed my finger nail with a boogie. Sandblasting and painting next week. 
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10-02-12, 11:42
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Excellent job Lew. Your hull looks to be almost rust free. Keep up the good work.
Colin.
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18-02-12, 08:06
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done a little more this week
Iv'e blasted and painted the wheels and suspension, ready for re assembly waiting on new seals, blasted the hull this morning, uncovered the hull assembly number as well as the NZ number with a bit of carefull dusting with the blaster also uncovered another number below the NZ number photographed the lot as well as some measuring of the font size so that I can replicate them.
Colour matched the paint with some from under the drivers seat, painting first thing Monday.
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18-02-12, 08:11
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forgot the part blasted hull
here it is,
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20-02-12, 07:52
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hull is painted
here it is, I left the bullet hits in, in the end. wheels and bogies tomorrow.
Last edited by Lew Skelton; 20-02-12 at 07:53. Reason: spelling
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24-02-12, 09:12
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Almost there....
No photos tonight but it's getting there, all wheels back on rebuilt suspension 20 repacked wheel bearings later, had to weld the rear bogie as the housing had broken in half, got a repo air scoop made and it is spot on but needed a little custom fitting. Made the school boy error and fitted the center boogies to the wrong side, oops, brakes next then fitting the engine and gearbox, slowly coming together.
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24-02-12, 09:28
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Lew
She looks bloody good!! That workshop has seen a few carriers hasn't it.
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