Grunt's Papaya HX Sandman 18v 308 4 speed Project

[Alien DNA]

Loving this thread!! Dont have to wait long for updates!!

Rebuilding the whole front end while your at it?

[Grunt]

More stripping

[Grunt]

Loving this thread!! Dont have to wait long for updates!!

Rebuilding the whole front end while your at it?

Yep its a body off chassis rebuild so no nut will be left unturned

Front end is all powder coated with new ball joints and bushes. There is a twist to this build that will surface later

[sandman77hx]

WOW!!! This is just awesome.....and inspirational. Time I started on one of mine.

[Grunt]

its time to finish the body primer

[Alien DNA]

There is a twist to this build that will surface later

At the rate this thread is going, i'll only have to wait about 30mins

Should be a super sweet ride when shes done

[Grunt]

Shitty day so thought I would muck around inside the van. Welded up and ground all the extra holes. There must have been a false floor in these sometime so there were heaps og 8G screw hold. Also last owner install a roll out draw and these holes had to be welded and ground.

Then thought I would do a bit more stripping........


I needed to do the floor welding before I started underneath so I could grind and finish the underside without burning the paint welding stuff later

[Grunt]

This was a big day, time to separate the body and chassis.

Being pushed for height and couldnt fit a rotisserie I worked out a prop system to support the body. The hill got me again as it would have been HEAPS quicker to have it blasted. Amway this is what I did

[XX7SANDMN]

looking great admire your work nothing like doing it your self at least you know whats under the paint looking forward to seeing her progress well done

[Grunt]

At the rate this thread is going, i'll only have to wait about 30mins

Should be a super sweet ride when shes done

I started at the end of December and I do tend to get a bit focused on my car projects, a few more updates and we are caught up