Dans Quick, Oily Rag, Late Winter, C-141 Resto, (The Grass Needs Cutting)

[CarolsHusband 41]

Evening all.

Right, I've started. First things first, it's a C-141 not a 121 as I said in my intro. A little knowledge is dangerous but I've educated myself. 

My aim is to get the old crate usable and working for it's keep, as opposed to doing a show quality restoration. The basic plan is to prep & repaint most of the exterior panels but just clean & seal the chassis, axles, inner panels.

With this in mind I took the tyres off & dropped the rims to a local blasting/ powder coating firm.

 

 

I stripped the panels & will drop them off to be blasted and primed when I pick the rims up on Tuesday.

 

 

What's left is looking a bit sorry for itself....

 

 

 

The deck has got pretty corroded  & has some stress crack that have rusted through. I bought it new as a bare shell 20 years ago so I thought I'd contact the suppliers and see if they're still available. "Yes Sir, they are. £ 1187.00 plus tax" ( at 20%). Gulp. 1500 pounds.

I asked " I don't suppose you can remember what I paid fr the last one" ? 

 

Three hundred pounds. Gotta love inflation. So, I'll get that blasted too & weld up the holes. 1500 quid gets an awful  of a lot of MIG wire.....

 

 

Hopefully next week will bring a more productive update, including tyre ( or tire) choices.

Cheers, Dan.

 

 

 

 

[Achto 28,166]

Awesome work. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your progress.

[ri702bill 8,701]

Looks familiar to a lot of us... Rusty gold you got there...

 

[JCM 9,915]

To    Good luck with your project.

[ebinmaine 69,682]

13 hours ago, Achto said:

Awesome work. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your progress.

 

1 hour ago, JCM said:

To    Good luck with your project.

 

 

Agreed on both.  

 

It'll be interesting to see.... 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,740]

Great write up! Good luck on the project. 
  Agreed with repairing the deck. I dropped off a deck at a welding shop for one rot hole and one crack repair…was happy and surprised to see a bill for about $100 when I picked it up. Much cheaper than a new (or used) deck! 

[Blasterdad 2,779]

That fender pan on the shelf in the second pic & those wheels were a dead giveaway, I remembered your  from another post of yours...

[Stormin 9,983]

  That deck looks good compared to mine when I got it. I cut the top off and made and fitted a new one out of 2mm plate I think it was. Used the old top as a template for all the holes.

[CarolsHusband 41]

32 minutes ago, Stormin said:

  That deck looks good compared to mine when I got it. I cut the top off and made and fitted a new one out of 2mm plate I think it was. Used the old top as a template for all the holes.

Yeah, it's only gone through around the rear mounts so shouldn't be too hard to sort out. I like the sound of what you did though.

[CarolsHusband 41]

Shiny 

 

[CarolsHusband 41]

Evening all. A small update for you.

 

I picked up the panels from the blasters yesterday. Pleased with the finish & the patina.

 

 

Not so pleased with the Swiss cheese that was once the cutting deck.

 

 

I'm not sure what the plan will be yet, to be honest it still has its integrity so I could just 'glass it all up but we'll see.

 

I prepped the hood/bonnet/engine cover myself & shot a bit of primer on

 

 

 

I should point out the reason I did it myself rather than getting it done with the rest was just to try and tidy up a few dings as I can think of nothing I like more than doing bodywork..

 

It was definitely NOT because I forget to put it on the pickup when I took everything else up and couldn't be bothered to make another 90 minute round trip to drop it off. Honestly.

 

Thank you for looking, Dan.

Edited February 24, 2023 by CarolsHusband