Starting to reassemble

Today we started the major job of reassembling the car.

 First we installed the cabin on the chassis.

 Then the truck bed and the rear bumper assembly. And many other parts.

 On the floor of the cabin and on the back panel I installed some sound deadening mats. They will keep the noise of the panels to a normal level.

We are back.

Today I made some minor parts for the install of the body components that are back from the painter.

 Spacers for the cabin

 Lock plate for the cabin.

 Place holders for the Bed.

And Here is are some pictures from the painted parts after arrival.

For the steps I also made some tools.

Tools

This is a short report of what happened the past 3 days.
Thursday I started fabricating a new tool. Its a tool holder for the lathe. which enables me to turn some radius on the lathe from 0 - 30 mm inside and outside.
This first picture shows the frame.

 In this picture below I started fabricating the holder that rotates in the frame.

 Friday the cabin, truck bed and other body components that needs painting are loaded on a trailer to bring them to the painter.

 Today I completed the tool holder.
Here I'm milling the holder.

 This is the first trial fit of the tool.

 And this picture shows the completed tool holder with the chisels mounted.

Monday I can start making the last dies that I need.

Die n° 2

Today I made a second die set for the running boards.

Tomorrow I will make a few more.
The bends I need to make can not be made without them.

Cutting and bending.

Today I did cut the stainless plate into manageable pieces.
All pieces are cut to the size I need and some pieces were bent into shape.
Of the complete plate there is not much left for scrap.

Tomorrow I will have to make the remaining die that I need to make the running boards.

Measurements

As soon as I got home from work I started on the running boards.
I wrapped them in paper with the aid of magnets and traced the outlines.
I also determent where the steps should be mounted on the running boards.

Next I took the wrapper off and made some measurements. With those I calculated the material needed to make the boards.
The Stainless plate was then loaded on the trailer....
And now I will have to wait until tomorrow after work where I will make the first cut and bent on the plate.

Alternator and radiator

Today I tackled the Alternator first. The belt that will go on the engine is 13 mm wide. On the alternator its only 9.5 mm wide. So I will have to make a new pulley for the alternator. I made it from a piece of steel I had laying around.
The pulley is now 2 mm wider then the one that on it and a little bit larger in diameter.

 Then I altered the radiator mount. Since the radiator is a few cm bigger than original the braces that I put in it (original) interfere with the radiator. So I brought them to the outside a few cm.

 Then I sprayed the repaired parts with some primer.

 Then I started with the running boards. I will make new ones from stainless. So I took some measurements.

 And then I fabricated  a new die set to roll in the beads.

 Then the primer was dry and I painted the frame black.