The Dog

Some of you may know that I bleed blue; IE I am a Ford man. So you will be stunned to find that I acquired a 1982 WB One Tonner. Cost me the princely sum of 1 box of thirty cans...which I then helped to drink. Anyway we completely dismantled this thing to find that the cab was absolutely cactus. It had more tinworm in it than anything I've ever seen before. To top it off, the previous owner had patched it up with fibreglass. By the time I had removed all the 'glass round the back window the whole lot was gone. So another cab was in order. After much hunting I couldn't find a tonner cab in SA for a reasonable price that wasn't stuffed. Just so happened that a mate about 50 metres down the road had a WB ute with no engine, gearbox or diff. Also had no front end....and NO RUST!!!! So I purchased this (for more than the original tonner) and dragged it home, which was an exercise in itself, as the photos show. I cut this at the back of the "wings" which run down to the styleside tray. By boxing this in I've created a space cab, which is something a little different. What I must add (for the knockers out there) that my wife has been out in the shed with me, along with my kids, including my daughter, throughout the build, helping with dismantling, cleaning, cutting and even the welding.
At this point a mate wrote off his EF falcon which presented a unique opportunity. I cut the panel out with the fuel flap in it out, and welded it into the side of the ute. Then I fitted all the associated solenoids and cables. This presented several challenges, but after much bad language and burns, it all appears to work properly. The cab is now in it's underwear awaiting me to finish the chassis rebuild.
Anyway, enough dribble. Here comes the pics. Let me know what you think







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Sorry bout the number of pics, but I am pretty pleased with the way this is going so far. Also pretty happy with the fact that the knockers in the chicks ute categories at ute musters will have nothing to whinge about with this one.
Will update as progress continues. Also anybody with parts PM me as I am always chasing bits.

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