After convincing the wife I need a new car, I was offered a really cheap GQ destined for the wreckers, It had done the rounds and apparently needed severe $$$ thrown at it for rust repairs + some minor fixes for a WoF.
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Some grinding + practice wielding from UBZ, we managed to save the roof, luckily we had no cutting disks or it could of become a ute
There were lots of little things that needed doing but the guy thought it was a right off because of the rust, took it back after the weekend (3 days later) - one of those happy moments. - safari with WoF
Then it begins........
Rear Gaurd Chop
Extractors - Hmm..........Brought them off T/me nice and cheap but was a premature impulse thing, they had been made on the truck and removed while still attached to the motor, so now I had cool extracters that don't fit - I only figured this after many hours of trial and error, after a little chop I quickly figured that the pto shaft was in the way so once again busting out the grinder, had some bends put in and happy again
So then the alternater starts leaking oil, this completely stumped me?????? I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure this just aint right. Out it comes, pull it apart, figure it out, completly fark it then send it in for repairs, this is about the time I got myself a manual........
Add snorkel, tyres and a 2inch lift and then its time for a holiday,
off to the far north to introduce the wife to car camping.
And how to use the winch? sort of...
Then someone explained to the wife that if she was a bit nervious she should get out and take photo's, because every boy likes cool photo's of his truck - except for some reason I seem to have lots of photo's of Deiselboy's cruiser.
Jumping a whale
That cost me a shock and an axel seal, How not to change an axel seal, bash a screw into the seal so you have something to pull on, great idea untill someone knocks the screw down the axel, into the diff, we could feel the screw on the inside by putting a finger in the drain hole, yes there's a lip on the inside, after "a while" it came out, haha then we realised the seal was the wrong size but quickly fixed.
On comes the bar work, best thing for rear bars? after looking at tube options I decided on 5mm channel steel, something nice and solid. it kind of gives it a nice symmetrical look with a touch of anger.
Then there's the trick of learning how to wield?, After doing lots and lots of grinding it seemed to get better, faster.
Off to woodhill for a play, go the navi...........He thought we were going for a hoon up the beach
$50 at wash world + hours of cleaning sand set like concrete, it's like a one night stand ending up with twins?
Custom diff breathers, cost about $30 for hose and fittings and the filters were $10 each at super cheap
All it needs is a bit of plate to mount the filters to make it look pretty.
Brought some bullbars off trade me, they had been damaged but solved the problem of more steel on an already heavy whale, a couple of plates to lift the bars to match the body lift, chop, chop, grind to fit the winch,
the next plan is to move the winch back and up, but havn't quite got that figured out yet.
That's how some people make a living. It puts food on their table Richard.
yeh nothing wrong with that 
then the water got no chioce but to hit windscreen 