Mk1 VW LT 35 Tipper Truck 'Lucky Lloyd'

Ok.....time for a massive picture dump update. 

This will be all about the front and rear right hand chassis sections coming together. 

Unlike the left hand side front were I put the the chassis section on and then welded the outrigger plus several other bits and bobs to it, these right hand sections will have everything welded to them before final fitment to the truck. This is so that I can protect any bare metal or burnt paint etc from the welding process that I wouldn't be able to access if it were welded to the truck. As I've already said before....something I regret not doing when I did the left hand front. Saying that....the front chassis, as well as the rear on the left side is full of the creeping cavity wax form Bilt Hamber as well as a very generous amount of  RustBusters Corrolan Active Wax ( which is excellent!!! ) ....so I'm confident that any bare metal that was exposed from welding....now isn't.

There'll be a few words in between all of these pictures, but for the most part, as it's all been explained when I did the left side ( I hope ) ......it's going to be a mainly visual thing!

So....here we go....

Trail fitting the front section.....















A slight adjustment........





Then prepare the inner chassis. Unfortunately, the fabrication company I used were unable to fold the dimensions of steel I required for the inner, so they supplied it in two sections that I then had to weld together.....not ideal, but I had no choice. ( this was of course the same for all other inner chassis sections on this truck ) 





Then on to marking out where the steering arm holes go.....








Then salvage the old anti-crush tubes for the steering arms that are welded to the inner chassis......





Now we're back to that earlier repair of the upper chassis. Here I've made the closing panel and have welded it in.....











On with jig.....














Check all measurements.....which were spot on!....











Back to the jig to mark the location points for the crossmember so that the captive nuts can welded in....


























Now that the chassis was in the right position, I could finish of the outrigger repairs on the joining edge.








Then add the new jacking point to the outrigger....








Trial fit the outrigger.....and weld it in.... along with the repaired reinforcement and the repaired anti roll bar mount...
























Then a lick of paint.....








Before moving on to final assembly of the inner section....











Back no to the jig......and weld the inner on....














Add a load of cavity wax and put to one side while the rear is constructed.....





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Well.......what a sense of achievement I felt when I got to this point !

Unfortunately short lived as just two days after the last pictures were taken was when my Dad passed away.

Thanks for looking in.....more soon.

Dan.