Dan@pickup

Had another go on the pickup today, first up a diy sheet metal bender was fab'd N/s/r rot inspection, the arch needs replacing: The sill has previously been patched: N/s/r turrett: Cut back to fresh steel I didn't get as much time as i would of liked today so never managed to get any welding done. I cut and shaped a replacement turret piece: I plan to save the top shock bracket if I can, i cut it out and started to de-rust it. Got the 60mm lowering spring and new front shock on while I have this side up and before i bolt on the new wing. Excuse the state of my garage That's as far as I got, the mrs dragged me to tesco and then b&q to look at new kitchens! I also purchased a felicia estate rear wing off of fleabay and will try and fettle that in at some point

Managed to get a couple hours on the pickup today, rotten sill: Rot cut out back to some fresh metal, inner sills look fine although theres a bit of rot behind a previous repair (last pic) New bit of sheet fab'd and shaped to fit Bit of primer, Ready for filling and smoothing eventually thats it for today

Eddie, your retro fitting skills still amaze me. Loving the new mods

I would say buy yourself a baby mig, a sheet one 1mm steel and start rescuing another one of these fantastic pickups.

Looks tidy!

Any plans for the pickup?

Just read the whole thread, your pickup is stunning! I love the stance with the 60mm drop, how unpractical are they? Also what size are your bbs rims?

I haven't really looked at/noticed the front cross member yet. The list of repairs grows haha. Added some genuine skoda front shocks to the pile of new parts to be fitted once the de-rusting process is done.

Thanks, progress will be slow as two young kids and running a business leaves me very little tinkering time!

I have just bought a few of those captive nuts from tps as a few of the wing bolts were corroded in them. Also I'm lucky my inner wing square holes are still intact to house them. Part no. for these if anyones interested D0867059, listed as cage nuts on etka

^^ Nice repair, is that using 1mm steel? Good to see so many of these being rescued, just a shame skoda didn't slap a bit more primer on them in the first place.

I like the pickup in black, i was always led to believe 'once you go black, you don't go back'! I take it your bed is rotten? I am torn between lowering mine either 45mm or 60mm but cannot decide. I don't want it to be unuseable if its rubbing and scraping the tarmac everywhere.

Wow, I thought mine was in a bad way, that first inner wing pic brought a tear to my eye! I doth my hat to you sir, some good quality repairs there. I will be checking out your build thread for more ideas.

That's good to know thanks

Haha! I emailed a company in latvia today for a price on a new bed section, rear inner and outer wings. No doubt it'll be too expensive! I'm toying with the idea of a sheet metal bender but I'm limited on space. Always wanted a pickup and I'm loving owning one.