All good things come to those who wait or so we are told, and that was the case with our ’67 with the new rear now been painted. Some eagle eyed reader asked us if this was a right hand drive model. We can confirm yes it and there certainly aren’t may of them around for this year. We’re not sure exactly when the conversion was done, but it was done to high standard and not some of the butchered efforts we have seen in the past that have been past off as even being close to good.

Yogi has started to put some more of the external trim and fittings back.

The fuel lines have been plumbed back onto the new fuel tank and some of electrics reconnected.

With the exterior trims bolted into place we can then start to put the interior trim back together.

Under the rear quarters the chassis has been properly protected from the British weather, and will probably outlast most of us now.

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We have been working on our own ’65 Ranchero shop truck which is going to get a full fresh body paint once we have the body back to together. We knew there was some filler used on the car but to what extent we needed to find out. We started the panel with the rear tailgate, always made difficult due to the raised sections which matches the bed of the truck.

The bed panel bare metal process is a difficult one and takes considerable time and effort to get a bare metal base which is in great condition.

The first fender removed the paint to the filler.

Once the filler was removed the full extent of the rust worm was evident.

We quickly decided that we could have welded up the problem areas, but the metal was very thin and would certainly cause problems in the future. We could weld new metal in and fabricate the metal, but the time and effort would easily negate the cost of the new panel.

The first of the doors is in much better shape than we expected, a couple of little bits needed a little Yogi TLC in the form of a welder, certainly nothing major.

We apply some protection to the bare metal while being stored in the workshops. This prevents any surface rust from making an unwanted appearance. We will bring you more as we go along.

Stay Safe & Take Care!