New Moke Owner 1965 UK Little Wheeler in Oregon

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

All you have to do then is glue them together

[Robin Jones]

Come on Nigel... glue is so like last century...... All the cool kids are using duct tape these days.

CLM, post up some pictures of the surgery once you have the panels in hand.

[clm]

I have planned on it, though maintaining 3 different build threads is somewhat cumbersome! lol

I finally figured out what I am going to do for my spare tire mount, I am going to use a front drum drive flange and build a smalll mount from it. I used a simple eye bolt to test it out, and I do like how solid it feels, my only concern with it is the small surface area right now that it touches and that it might damage the back panel if I replace it.







If anything it will hold the rim off the back panel preventing it from creasing it like it is currently... not to mention, I have plenty of spare drive flanges...

Chris

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

I'd have thought the spare was the least of your worries

[clm]

Well, I am still waiting on the panels to arrive, and I wont need the moke torn down right away so I hyave been just going from one end to the other seeing what I have and what I need. Trying to mount the spare to see if I was going to need something ordered to do it was one of the things I did.

Chris

[clm]

HAHAHAHA <== crazy laughter





Chris

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

HaHaHaHaHaHa.......knowing laughter.

[clm]

Well I have taken large chunks of the moke apart today, happy that the engine ran so well I decided to tear it to bits. I dont think there is one panel on this thing without any rust! Yay Fun!

I started out by drilling the rivets out of the mystery plates on the pannier tops.. mooore rust! I wonder if anyone else would even touch this thing heh. The whole bottom of the load floor is covered in scale, that will be fun to clean up.

I still need to get the saloon out of the shop soon. More pictures for all of you.












Chris

P.S. is there any better spot in the forum for projects other then here?

[Dean]

P.S. is there any better spot in the forum for projects other then here?

Not at the moment.
Keep going though, you're doing just fine
Dean

[Robin Jones]

Play safe and make sure your tetanus booster is up to date eh?
Golly that's got some tin worm.

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

I would recommend a copy of Roy Scott's book to you ..... I think you may need it

[clm]

Tetnus booster, I innoculate myself daily... playing with minis

Roy Scott's book? Where would I come across a copy of that?

Chris

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

The full title is, Mini Moke: a comprehensive guide to restoration. I had a quick look on Amazon and found a copy of the second edition (it's on the third edition now) on the first page

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

Just looked a bit further and it says the item is unavailable !! Of course you could always contact Roy directly, his details are in the latest copy of Moking (they should be, he is the editor)

[janz]

Nigel, tried to get a copy of Roy's book myself... looks like the club has run out Haven't tried Roy himself yet........

Chris, I believe there is a word in the US vocabulary that describes your Moke.... FUBAR! No, just kidding. I am sure you will magic this lump of Fe2O3 back into a super Moke