Haha ... not quite the deal I was looking for ... but I'm sure for a carton I could take an angle grinder to your panels ... might take a few more cartons to repair them though!! lolOriginally Posted by Punderhead
Haha ... not quite the deal I was looking for ... but I'm sure for a carton I could take an angle grinder to your panels ... might take a few more cartons to repair them though!! lol
mate that looks like your having a blast and its coming along nicely, makes me want to get a project car! if only i had the space !
Looks good mate!!! Wish my old man could do that too but his a defender fantheir alright but SLOW!
Keep up with good work with this ute!!
Cheers
Didn't know they came out with a 4.2 petrol in them?
I thought the late model ones had the 4.2 Diesel?
there was some 4 litre petrol ones and 3.3 diesels in the MQ and the 3.3TD diesels in the MK.
but from memory the GQ wagons and GQshorty's came out but the GQ ute first came out with the MK guards but GQ grill and round headlights for a year or so before they changed fully to the GQ shape.
they had the GQ running gear and 4.2 diesel.
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You can follow me but its gunna hurt !
nice one....dont forget to post pics then all is done
His is an 89 GQ mate - same front end as such (minus headlights, grill and the like) as the MK, but with a Carby TB42 - according to Nissan, the overlap between the MK and GQ lasted for 2 years (1987-1989) so there is a few out there that are hard to determine from look and as per ours, we had to check the VIN plate (Y60).
The VIN plate is the best to check the difference between the later MK utes and the GQ early utes
But the MK utes have rectangle headlights unlike the round headlights of the MQ , and the GQ s have the round headlights,so seems a step backwards or forwrds in the transitition
The dash is a giveaway also, the GQs have the GQ dash,gear sticks opposite sides, the rear diffs are centred on the GQs, the spring hangers are different
The MK still have the shackle pins in the rear rails, the GQs havent,lots of little things
Ive the MK here and mate has a leafy GQ ute
Im enjoying the build threads lately
Not much progress this week, but have attacked most rust, and cut out the floorpan as well as removing the windshield and attacking the rust on the roofline to get it ready for paint prep. Lots of bogging and cutting and welding to be done yet, but hit the drivers side sill last night and it's come up a treat - photos not great, but it's a nice finish. Hit it with a heavy grinding disk, then a flap disk, then a light sand to get the rolled edges back to something like original - have created a mammoth task for myself, but will be worth it ...
Before:
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After:
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Haven't done the bottom edge yet, but I'm sure you'll get the gist of it. Haven't done a lot of panel work in my time, so nice to be learning something new.
Going to be a long weekend of cutting, shaping, grinding and puttying, but that should see it just about ready to be stripped and cleaned ready for paint ...
It'll be rolling again on the weekend also as the brake cylinders will be done and a full bleed of the system and wheels back on ... Ready to roll out and degrease the chassis and clean ready for its makeover also!!
One hell of a project, great to watch someone else doing the work, hahahahahaha
Cheers
Macca
Next you'll be learning to lead wipe, BigRig. Nicer than bog.............
Thanks for sharing the project!
Are you going to keep the chassis black?
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