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Bombardier Illtis is basically a VW Illtis. I looked both up a bit more, the DAf I think is a bit lower on its wheels and the front fenders go further down and the front is lower than the Illtis. Not sure, but my gut feeling is that the Illtis would be the better on in terrrain, the YA 66 is...
I was with the sand blasting company today and discussed the options. They were just busy finishing a truck they had bought as wreck for their own company and had done the same as you. Good live example. I showed them my pictures and asked about options and costs.
First estimate, just sand...
Thanks for the update on this. It looks you really almost went to bare steel with blasting, much further than I initially thought from your pictures. My son (a blacksmith) has a small very old blasting unit (if it still works) so we would use that. Apart from the engine, blasting around wiring...
I like the beginning shots in the video where you see the tarp bows in the mirror.
Snatched some time here and there to read through this entire thread. Great work. [thumbzup][thumbzup][thumbzup]
You gave me some ideas how to handle cleaning and painting our truck. I got a headache only...
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