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Here's what it looks like with epoxy on it. The last pic shows some touch up with spot putty. It's not like we are making a show piece, but there are some blemishes that I don't want to see in the final product

Outstanding idea Rory :-D It may have been beaten to death, but evidently it's not dead enough :roll:

With abrasive blasting of the areas with rust completed, preparations for paint begins Second pic shows the beginning of the platform for the light bar , FLIR and whatever else we can fit on it Last pic taken before epoxy primer goes on

My kid’s always help on this, and other projects at the shop. There are many times that their friends want to come over and participate. Here, the sealant is being scraped out of the vision block ports. Sometimes we find bolts broken off in the threaded holes, and they have to be addressed too

Yes, and I hope to get around to putting together a thread for each of them on this site. At the moment, we are kinda busy and I dont have time to do that yet. However, if you google "wgtactical" you will see up to date links to just about everything we've done here. Really complete ones are on...

It probably wont go fit most drive thru's when completed...you will see why later:wink: The first thing we do is steam clean inside and out, then chop off everything that we don't need...then steam clean again.

This is Gwinnett County's vehicle. Since I have had possession of it longer than they have...it probably looks like it's mine :-P

This is will be an makeover for the Gwinnett Sheriff’s SWAT LAV-150. This particular vehicle has some history, as pointed out in an email I received from a gentleman in Texas who wrote: “Hi Gerald, I thought this would interest you. Your V150 was one that was "captured' in Panama during Just...

Rory, I will have a sample in my hands shortly. From our discussions, they're going to be really close. Anyway as soon as I get it, I will advise :wink:

We just got the powerpack in and the hoses, wiring and linkage hooked up. Much of this will be covered, but it still gets the same amount of detail as if it were in the open.

We just made another upgrade to the camera system, along with a few maintenance related adjustments.

I purchased one of the wood tigers for parts...talk about rough shape :cry:

Finally stepping up to thermal:-D

Thanks for the comments guys :-D Rory it was a pleasure to have you here, and it's a shame that you live so far away. Roscoe, when this restoration is completed, it will be little more than a floor ornament here. There will be lots of detailed pictures posted on the net, but it may not...

Here is the power pack just before we sat it in today

Hey Rory, It was great to have you guys out for the past couple days, and we look forward to seeing you again next time :grin:

You are right Yohan, and thank you and papabear for the kind comments :-D I have just seen too many times how loose interpretation of words can either misrepresent or even underestimate the condition of whatever is being discussed or described. Keeping in mind that folks sometimes just...

I agree there should be at least three categories to cover the scope of what everyone is doing. I know that there has been a tremendous effort and resources put into the Eddie Black machine, and that the detail goes well beyond factory specifications. This particular project has seen an...

I've seen so many examples of what folks tend to call a restoration, but I can't recall any gage or format to measure a restoration by. Heck, I've even purchased vehicles with an alleged "restoration" :roll: Basically, I've seen new paint over dents, rust (both surface and deep pitting), dirt...

The originals were cast and then machined, where these are fully machined from billet 6061