Ian

Your going to have great fun with that loader once you get the extra weight on the back

Thanks mate.. Well, you know what they say about blokes and instructions........ Today my mission was to get my blast cabinet working which meant sorting out the dust extraction once and for all.. After drilling a big hole and a couple of bolt holes in the side of the cabinet, I bolted this filter on that had been kicking about for years... It did come with the blast cabinet which I found a bit strange as the only "hole with bolt holes" was way bigger with 3 not 2 bolt holes.... So it got wrapped up in a random bit of paper and stuffed in a draw until today.. On the inside I folded up this cover to stop the inside of the filter from getting blasted away.. It was whilst bolting the inside cover on that I noticed this strange box like thing at the back of the cabinet under the light! Can you guess what's behind it? As it happens the space behind the cabinet is so tight the filter wouldn't of been able to let any air in anyway, so it kinda all worked out for the best! Oh... And the random bit of paper the filter was wrapped in all those years ago... Were the instructions! A few of the bits that have been blasted and coated in the red stuff.. As WN's dash panel had started to rust under the clear coat, it got blasted and hit with clear again.. It's a bit hard to make out but it almost looks like metallic silver only with more metallic showing.. Get it in the right light and it almost sparkles..

A cool video from back in the day when snow was real snow..

That's a cool video Koen, thanks for posting it

It's been a slow few days on WN, but slowly parts are getting put through the blasting cabinet and then hit with red oxide.. Dust extraction has still been an issue though, so I built this er... Thing... This kinda worked, doubling up the fan helped a bit more but is far from ideal.... And then yesterday I lifted the cabinet lid a little with the extraction fans on, and all the dust cleared in couple of seconds!! Me thinks another filtered hole in the side of the cabinet is needed!!

Funny you should mention that Doug, I was talking with Nigel about evil looking red eyes rather than just the normal lights I agree mate, the original light unit only needs a little trim to make it fit, so it makes sense to me A bit more of the WN story for you chaps.. With the chassis cleaned up and coated in the red stuff, I started to look at the vast amount of smaller parts that need cleaning up... Which got me thinking that I have a blasting cabinet and compressor both of which had not been used since I moved workshops well over a year ago! As the compressor is a tad on the large side the fear was the current drawn when starting it up would cause problems with the workshop wiring which could best be described as "needs work"! Anyway, nothing went bang or produced any smoke so a clutch pedal went into the blasting cabinet.... Not bad, maybe the blasting medium is a little coarse but we shall see what it looks like with a couple of coats of red oxide. Only a couple of problems with the blast cabinet... It needs to be raised by 6 inches or so so I'm not bent over using it.. And I need to sort out a dust extraction system as despite a good vent pipe it can get a bit hard to see what's going on.. I've just dug out a spare computer cooling fan which hopefully should suck out enough dust so I can see what I'm doing..

I'm sure I can find something interesting to bring Chris

Thanks James, it will be good to see her in paint.. Can't wait Was that the Ford red that faded? I think I need to go to Halfrauds and have a look in the paint department.. I'm guessing they still have space for a paint department in between all the kids push bikes and boy racer massive speakers? There shouldn't be, all I need to do is read through this build thread I've got almost 1000 photos of the build.. It's been a slow week with WN, tidying welds, welding the odd place or two I had missed, and capping off loads of open box section.. I'm happy to say that despite the thrashing I have been giving WN, there has been no signs of any broken welds which could mean.. A - The chassis is a good strong design.. Or B - I've not been driving her hard enough.... Fully welded up and red oxide'd. I thought I'd find that out today Paul, so I dug a light backing plate/bulb holder out and screwed it to the bonnet.. It was close but not quite enough space... However if I trim a bit off the top of the light backing then it should just slide in

Can't wait to see it in action on the rough stuff James, it looks unstoppable

It was nothing to do with me, Nigel did it while my back was turned I'm thinking maybe in the style of the early Commando decals.. Although WN is kinda a Raider I don't think any of the Raider decals would suit the mean hot rod look..

Hi Pist/on Rust, welcome to MOM... It would be great to see some pics of your machine

Looks like you have had a fun day George, nice ploughing

Do you mind, I'm just about to eat Your place looks very scenic Mark, maybe even more with snow down

I bet a few curtains were twitching as you drove the turf track down the road The plow looks like it works well

Not bad for your first try on Bendy, your soon get the knack with some more playing

There may be space but only just, it's a bit tight to say the least! Maybe rather than lights a pair of glowing evil eyes Thursday was spent taking WN apart.. A big thank you to Nigel for all you help, it certainly made the job a lot easier As the forklift is too tall to fit in my workshop, the bench (it was on a trolley which is now under the engine) went to the forklift.. Up goes the engine.. With the bench out the way.. The engine was lowered onto the trolley. The naked chassis... And a few of the parts which need cleaning and painting.. Speaking of paint, does anyone know which "Car colour" is closest to WH red?

How an they, there's no pink fluffy dice in sight Don't be afraid Andrew, I did ask indeed. Thanks Norm. Thanks James. I agree, it looks meaner without. Don't be sorry Koen, I'm not sure about the hot wheels thing but I do think WN looks better without the lights.. Thanks for all you input guy's, just what I was after.. I think the lights will be staying off, I like the mean look me

Evening chaps, progress on WN has been very slow of late, but that will change on Thursday when progress will suddenly be very fast I've been playing with headlamp positions, bearing in mind if I do decide to fit them they will have much better looking "hot rod" curved brackets.. So the question is.... Do the lamps make WN look all "toy Town" or not? So why will progress start going very fast Thursday?? Well, today this happened.. WN being winched onto the big bench.. Thanks for your help Nigel Thursday is strip down day, I feel a time lapse video coming on I might have a few machines to move out the way first mind

Good progress James, the non pivoting rear end will make things a lot easier

You can say muck spreader if you want James, you would be wrong though.. Which idea is that Norm? Nope, not a BBQ Chris, but it's coffee holding capability's have been tested Sorry for the lack of updates Guy's, although work has been happening I've just been too shattered to type about it.... Saying that, have an update They say there is a first time for everything, for me stripping an oil drum down to bare metal was certainly a first.. Hopefully a last as well as it wasn't fun! Of course once every last bit of paint has been removed, out comes the red oxide and a coat or two of paint goes back on.. You may of noticed Nigel in the above photo actually doing something , he was painting the center of the wheels red.. What follows red oxide? International Harvester Red of course Have an arty shot of the inside of the barrel. Red on the outside if a little blurred.. A detail shot of one of the trailer wheels, it just needs a red pinstripe to match Horse Gut. The almost finished rig, we just need to find a shovel and get some "poo poo collector" decals made to go on the back.. Expect a PM Mark And to finish off this update.......

That's a nice find Koen, it should keep you out of mischief for a while

That's a very cool light, thanks for posting it

If your gonna build it might as well build it BIG That's going to be a beast of a machine when it's done.. Keep up the mad work mate