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I am restoring an Austin Champ, Military version, for a customer. It is very rusty under the hood where the windscreen is attached. Also, the axles are rusted and the hubs have rusted to the axles. I have removed the front axle and hubs, as you can see in the photos. The rear hub on the drivers side, is giving me a time of it. I am now soaking it in WD-40 overnight to see if that will free it up. If not, I will cut it and make a new axle.
Watch along as I restore this toy. I hope I can get the pictures to load up to this thread but if not, they are in my gallery.
Jim N
Here I have let it soak for hours and hours in stripper. Some Dinky Paint just does not want to come off.
The rust on this toy is very bad. The spare tire holder I will have to pick away at and the rest has to be Bead Blasted. The windscreen is very pitted and the hubs you can see, were rusted to the axles. If fact the rear axle had to be cut. So a replacement is in order. The rest can be saved. Sure hope it cleans up nice int the blaster.
Jim N
Show/Hide commentswritten by Nobleco, July 30, 2008
written by Nobleco, July 30, 2008
Jim, See ya there for more and the finished model. I will also be putting in some of my recent restorations.
