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Day
1 to 3 - 1. The Zook comes home, 2. The fun begins,
3. Dash rims and bullbar
Day
4 to 6 - 4. Bullbar, rims and dash are painted, 5. Zook gets pulled
apart to prepare for painting, Stuffing Around, 6. Sanding and Primer
Day
7 to 9 - 7.
More primer and we start on the roll bar, 8.
Top coats and clear coats go on, 9.
We start to put the Zook back together.
Day
10 to 12 - 10. The carpet goes in, 11. Seats and internal
fitout.
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My 15 year old son has been
bitten by the offroad bug and decided he wanted to buy a Suzuki Sierra for
his first car. He browsed Auszookers.com and found this little zook
at Ipswich, He handed over is hard earned $1000 from his after school job
and that was that, Jake has just purchased his first car and now the fun
begins. Bookmark this page and follow our
journey as we strip this zook back, give it a paint job, a lift, new
seats, and well, pretty much rebuild the whole thing. Ask
Robo or Jake a question or send suggestions for the build up zookbuildup@boating4x4camping.com.au
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RUNNING EXPENSE TOTAL TO DATE
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see full break down of Jakes expenses to date
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$1999.00
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| After
a 15 hour return trip from Bundy down to Ipswich and back the zook
comes home. |
Before
we can get it off the trailer we need to put the new battery in as
it didn't come with a battery. |
1st
problem, the previous owner obviously had a larger battery in it
because the terminals were way to big for Jake's new battery.
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| While
Fiona is off getting the correct size battery terminals we
have a bit of a look around and see just what we've got
ourselves into. |
The
battery is now in and Jake sits in his new car for the 1st
time. Jake shows his appreciation for letting him have
Fiona's garage for the build up.
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Fiona
and Jake negotiate how long the zook gets to stay in the
garage. |
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A close look reveals that
we have quite a bit of work in front of us but most of it
is minor and easy to replace. The good thing about
these fourbys is just about everything bolts on.
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After
a very long day we call it quits and go up stairs for
feed and a good nights sleep. Tomorrow Jake wants
to get straight into it. |
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DAY 2 - 07/02/2010
- THE FUN
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seats have seen better days so Jake decides he
will dump the fronts and see what he can find
at the wreckers. The rear seat is in
reasonable condition but it isnot going back
in as we plan to fit the back out with a false
floor and a set of drawers. The rear
seat will be sold to off set some of Jake's
costs. |
The
electrics in this car are in a real mess so we
decide to see what is and what isn't working. |
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rebuilding this car has become a
spectator sport. |
Jake
discovers the drivers side headlight has
blown, just as well Dad owns Boating 4x4
Camping and Mum works at Supercheap
Auto. |
I
repair the handbrake sensor and discover
these zooks are quite roomy without the
seats. |
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repair the hand brake light was as
simple as cleaning up connection
and replacing washer to allow a
better contact. |
Time
to see what these wires are |
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removes the speakers.
Gotta have big doof doof ones
ya know. |
After
working out what all the loose
wires were I was then able to
reconnect them and cable tie
them up under the dash. |
Max
& Macca have inspected the
zook and give it the thumbs up
for rides to the beach |
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cleaning up the wires in the
rear, we then made a bracket
out of some old angle I had
laying around and mounted the
trailer connection, little bit
of black paint and it looks
just like a new one. |
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3 - 14/02/2010
- DASH, RIMS AND BULLBAR |
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| Jake
jacks her up and removes the
rims so he can sand and paint,
he has decided to repaint them
the same white. |
Jake
removes the bullbar so he can
sand and repaint. He is
painting the bar black. |
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| Rims
before repaint. Luckily
it is all only surface rust,
they should clean up well. |
The
undercoat goes on. To
prevent overspray on the tyres
we simply cut a piece of
cardboard to the shape of the
rim. |
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bull bar is primed waiting for
top coat of black |
4
bolts and the door's off, I
love working on these zooks.
Jake folds the windscreen down
ready to paint the dash. |
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the vents are popped out,
steering wheel comes off,
cover up instrument panel and
remove all knobs ready for
paint. Jake scrubbed the
dash down a day earlier giving
it plenty of time to dry off. |
Couple
of coats of grey paint and the
dash looks as good as
new. The vents, knobs
and trim will be painted
black. Proper vinyl
paint was used. |
Jake
has sanded the wipers ready
for for primer coat. Why
go and buy new wipers, $3.00
for some paint, wack some new
wiper blades in and they will
be as good as new. |
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It
has started raining pretty
heavy here now and it looks
like it is settling in for a
while so it may be a week or
so before we get the top coat
on. See you soon. |
| Jake
removes the knobs and boots
around gear sticks and hand
brake ready for primer coat. |
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