Body Off Costs
Restoring the Outriggers and Chassis
The costs of my restoring the outriggers and chassis was minimal as it was just de rusting materials and paint, normally the largest cost by far would be labour:
Wire brushes, several £45
Dremel tools £12
Sanding Disks £14
Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 £34
Bird Brand Red lead Primer £59
Black chassis paint £19
Top coat silver paint FOC 0
Total £183
Wire brushes, several £45
Dremel tools £12
Sanding Disks £14
Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 £34
Bird Brand Red lead Primer £59
Black chassis paint £19
Top coat silver paint FOC 0
Total £183
Suspension
Rear springs £152
Top ball joints £ 60
Bottom ball joints £ 70
Track rod ends £ 30
Anti roll bar drop links £ 75 Anti Roll bar purple bushes £ 38 Total £ 425
Brakes
Refurbished rear brake callipers £150 Piston and seal kits front callipers £ 36
Stainless brake hoses £ 95
Front brakes £ 36
Rear brakes (old stock original Ford) £ 20
Front brake disks £ 60
Handbrake cable £ 45
Total £ 442
Sundries
Bolt kits for suspension, seat belts, exhausrt manifold etc. £120
Exhaust gaskets £ 19
Tie wraps £ 22
Fuel hose from tank to brass U bend £ 29
Starter motor £150
Heatshield £ 22
High temperature glue £ 16
Steering rack boots £ 25
CV grease £ 10
Gearbox oil £ 33
Differential oil £ 27
Engine, air, and fuel filters £ 60
Gear box lever joint £ 15
Engine oil £ 35
2 pin plugs £ 20
Boot clips £ 22
Brake nuts, star washers and rubber grommets £ 22
Contact Adhesive £ 9
Spade terminals £25
Steel plate £26
Aluminium Handbrake grip £40
Windscreen wipers £22
4x ratchet straps £30
V8 Engine mounts £79
Exhaust mounting kit £18
Distributor £149
Total £1045
Grand Total £2093