Part II - Restoration and Exploration - Aaron's TGB 1111
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:31 pm
The more time I spend on the truck the more little cool things I discover. (well, duh, of course it's all new to me). It's such a cool feeling. Driving around and getting non stop thumbs up, that's also cool. The truck is purring, leaking a little oil and I love it.
(I need a cool picture to put up, eventually I'll get one!)
I'm going to use this thread to do the following. Post exploration photos, post restoration photos and make a list of all the work I've done on it, I'll keep editing this message with the highlights and updating my list and I'll post in the thread all the pictures and experiences.
Things done to the truck:
1. General clean up of the cab.
2. Attempt at cleanup of the under carriage.
3. Anti-seizure (liquid wrench) on all the hinges, especially the windshield hinges.
4, Attempted to change out the headlights.
5. Removed the fire extinguisher box.
6. More detailed clean up of the interior.
7. Removed the sneeze guard from the gauge cluster.
8. Replace the original axe.
9. Make some storage bins for oil, tools and such.
10. Identify and 'test' the machine gun mount.
11. Get translations for all the Swedish stickers.
12. Basic light rust removal.
13. More rust removal.
14. Freed up the roll bars and removed the windshield. Got the windshield hinges working... ish.
15. Removed all the external brackets, grill and other loose parts in order to sand, prime and paint.
16. Sanded, primed and painted the truck OD Green.
17. Sanded and varnished the wood door trim, but they don't look very nice, I need to re-sand them and then use a varnish with color on it instead of just stain.
18. Installed new headlights, working this time.
(I need a cool picture to put up, eventually I'll get one!)
I'm going to use this thread to do the following. Post exploration photos, post restoration photos and make a list of all the work I've done on it, I'll keep editing this message with the highlights and updating my list and I'll post in the thread all the pictures and experiences.
Things done to the truck:
1. General clean up of the cab.
2. Attempt at cleanup of the under carriage.
3. Anti-seizure (liquid wrench) on all the hinges, especially the windshield hinges.
4, Attempted to change out the headlights.
5. Removed the fire extinguisher box.
6. More detailed clean up of the interior.
7. Removed the sneeze guard from the gauge cluster.
8. Replace the original axe.
9. Make some storage bins for oil, tools and such.
10. Identify and 'test' the machine gun mount.
11. Get translations for all the Swedish stickers.
12. Basic light rust removal.
13. More rust removal.
14. Freed up the roll bars and removed the windshield. Got the windshield hinges working... ish.
15. Removed all the external brackets, grill and other loose parts in order to sand, prime and paint.
16. Sanded, primed and painted the truck OD Green.
17. Sanded and varnished the wood door trim, but they don't look very nice, I need to re-sand them and then use a varnish with color on it instead of just stain.
18. Installed new headlights, working this time.