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Not very exciting, but I finally got around to getting the last of the holes through the bed sealed off. All shots of the driver side.
Before...
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Filler plates cut and located in place...
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Filler plates bonded in place...
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Same area as viewed from the other side...
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Speaking of "the other side", here's a shot of the completed passenger side...
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Starting out on my new career as a flower delivery-man... :mrgreen:
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I am happy your wife is as tolerant as mine.
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Okay, finally got around to getting the rear of the bed attached to the main body. First, clip off the useless sheet metal...
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High-tech method for holding square tube in place for bonding...
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Ugly, but functional... (it all be mostly hidden any way)
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Some custom pieces cut for the corners out of galvanized angle, opened up to about 110 degrees with the press...
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And the even more high-tech way I held these in place...
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Yum, yum, blue glue... :lol: (Loctite H8600 Structural Adhesive)
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And just tonight, finally got some rust encapsulator/primer (http://nomorerust.com/) on the roll cage and bare metal in the bed...

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nice. did not know you had some welding skillz.. LOL

looks like a fun project.
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Keep up the good work. :D
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LS2XR4 wrote:nice. did not know you had some welding skillz.. LOL
For the most part, I don't. The cage fabrication was totally out-sourced - if you go back to page 18 you can follow along and see that portion being completed. Most everything else is bonded in place - a few exceptions here and there where the spot welder got used.
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Brad, you need one of these!
This one is a little less "busy".
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Here's a Sierra-based pickup that's not a P100.
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CV12Steve wrote:Here's a Sierra-based pickup that's not a P100.
I see you've been spending some time on UK eBay lately Steve! :lol:

This conversion looks really well done. It also helps that a 4-door was used as the donor, for both aesthetic and function reasons. If I was to do it all again :beats head I'd use a Scorpio.

Interesting bull bars too - I didn't know there were several different types. Wonder if they'd bolt-on to the US cars just as easily as the Euro?
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The mounts on the second bar seem to extend much higher than on the first. The headlight openings are also shaped differently. It's possible one may be for a Mk I and the other for a Mk II, though neither specifies.
I would expect some moding/fabing to the mounts being required due to front end sheet differences because of 5mph bumpers.
You'd probably also have to fit a Euro bumper cover (most likely not a Cossie), obviously with less concern about the lack of crash protection underneath. Maybe a 4x4 front cover? It would be good to see something a little different (that is before someone gets overwhelmed with that amazing backside (any thought of naming it J-lo? It is all about the bum)).
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Subaru Outback rear bumper and cover in place....

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See related post in General section, Photoshop my Ride
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Damn that's hot...
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Raze wrote:Damn that's hot...
Thanks Paris. :lol:
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Hurry up and give me your money so I can finish that dam thing. Your time is up!! You need to start another, not so ambitious project that you can finish in less than a year. :thumb

I think you need to take an early morning road trip Saturday and hang out in VA/MD.

By the way its really starting to take shape.
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