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TECHNICAL TORQUE<br />
Project 605 Ute<br />
– Part 3<br />
Following in the footspteps of the Aussies who<br />
created the 203 Aussie ute from 203 panel vans<br />
Richard Marken in Brisbane is creating a ute from<br />
a 605 sedan. Here is part three from the August<br />
issue of Peugeotmania.<br />
<strong>THE</strong>RE is one job when doing body work that you should really<br />
try to avoid, that is welding up roof panels. They twist and<br />
warp so easily that you have to take a very slow approach to<br />
welding.<br />
Me! I made three mistakes when I fitted the rear roof section<br />
and C pillars.<br />
The first mistake was that I stood the roof section up at the<br />
back of the 605 whist I stuffed around with the spigot tubes<br />
that I was using to locate and strengthen the frame support.<br />
This made it quite easy for me to then knock the rear roof<br />
section over, resulting in a nice crease in the middle of the<br />
roof section. This didn’t unduly upset me as I was going to cut<br />
the roof section into two pieces so that the C pillars lined up<br />
properly with the B pillars and thus maintained the side profile<br />
of the car.<br />
The second mistake was to once again stand the roof section up<br />
against the back of the 605 and begin stuffing around with the<br />
spigot tubes again, yes! I knocked the bloody thing over again,<br />
resulting in more creases along the rear edge, but once again I<br />
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The photo shows door opening braced before metal is cut.<br />
was not really that upset as the damage was in the area of the<br />
roof that I was going to mount the high level stop light.<br />
The fourth mistake was when I finally got round to fitting the<br />
rear roof and C pillars. I ignored my own advice on welding<br />
roofs and rushed the job. It ended up not too bad, about three<br />
days with a hammer and dolly should get it reasonable and a bit<br />
of body filler should hide most sins.<br />
Oh!! Sorry! Mistake number three! I knocked the bloody thing<br />
over again!<br />
What I also failed to mention was that I also inserted a pair<br />
of 40mm diameter tubes into the C pillars. These were plug<br />
welded in place and, on fitting the roof section, one tube runs<br />
down to the horizontal brace fitted across the rear door opening<br />
and the other back up to meet up with the original C pillar<br />
mount which I plated over with 1.5mm plate. This additional
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