Garage find Rancho - the bronze one. Rust update, p15

[Noel Tidybeard]

Brilliant. ALL OF TEH RANCHOS. Do like the silver one. Two-number number plate and a Brummie reg. ACE.

 

frayed not me old flower

 

OA - Birmingham

OB - Birmingham

OC - Birmingham

OD - Exeter (the combination "GOD" is not issued) (Devon to 1974)

OE - Birmingham

OF - Birmingham

OG - Birmingham

OH - Birmingham

OJ - Birmingham

OK - Birmingham

OL - Birmingham

OM - Birmingham

ON - Birmingham

OO - Chelmsford

OP -Birmingham

OR - Portsmouth (Hampshire to 1974)

OS - Stranraer (Wigtown to 1974, Stranraer to 1981, issued by Glasgow for

Stranraer from 1981)

OT - Portsmouth

OU - Bristol (Hampshire to 1974)

OV - Birmingham

OW - Portsmouth (Southampton to 1974)

OX - Birmingham

OY - London North West (Croydon to 1965, Greater London to 1974)

[dollywobbler]

Ah. Mis-remembering my own old Reg number. Turns out it was an OJ. Though I'm pretty sure I've had an OY as well at some point. Meh.

[Noel Tidybeard]

now look waht you made me do!

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[tooSavvy]

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'cracking a bottle' over the bows of the beiges' L8est'n GR8est >> bet the Rancho cracks 1st!!

 

TS

[Essex V6]

It's just as well, because I've only gone and bought it!

I fear AS has reached it's peak - two Ranchos now in the fold - surely it can't get any better than this!

[holbeck]

Well done, the beautiful area of Leeds, that is Holbeck ...

 

The pictures you and Braddon have posted don't look at all bad to me. What's the other A post like?

 

 

I'm hoping the photographs don't lie.

[Skizzer]

You smug git with your metal a-posts, you.

[Ben_O]

I wish i could find one for me

[holbeck]

I wish i could find one for me

 

A Gold one will be along in a minute.

[Ben_O]

A Gold one will be along in a minute.

I'm really serious about it.

 

I have always wanted to do a full restoration on one and i think now might be the time if i can find one

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

Ah. Mis-remembering my own old Reg number. Turns out it was an OJ. Though I'm pretty sure I've had an OY as well at some point. Meh.

Someone say OJ reg?

[Skizzer]

Right, I took a brave pill and have been having a poke about in the brown Rancho's nether parts.

 

I'm going to stick my neck out a long way here and say I don't actually think this is too bad.

 

The sills are toast, but we knew that, and I've got replacements for the rear portion which is the worst bit:

 

 

The floor is pretty good...

 

 

...apart from this bit where it joins the sill below the driver's door:

 

 

The rear suspension mounts aren't great and the mounting area needs lots of new metal, although as Junkman said these are quite simple shapes. This seems to be the worst part of the car:

 

 

This is a general view underneath the boot, where the spare wheel goes. Nothing too horrible here that I can see. Various bits will benefit from being dismantled, bathing in Deox-C and then getting covered in either POR15 or Dynax UB as appropriate:

 

 

This is inside the front wheel arch looking up towards the A-post/bulkhead. Again, nothing too nasty here:

 

 

And this is looking forwards at the back of the headlamp bowl:

 

 

The horizontal rails that the rear body bolts on to - the sides of the pick-up bed, in other words - appear pretty good but are hard to photograph so you'll have to take my word for it. There's some surface rust on the nearside one where crap gets kicked up in the rear wheel arch, but again I think it's a case of de-rust and paint rather than new metal.

 

The passenger side a-post looks like Holbeck's silver one, so hopefully not too bad.

 

 

Of course, it might* turn out to have more hidden horrors when I start dismantling, but at least I'm not too terrified to start. Probably.

[Ben_O]

It's all very do-able mate.

 

I look forward to the updates!
 

Ben

[fordperv]

I can't believe this and the other have popped up at a very close time, I am all agog

[holbeck]

I'll just leave this here.

 

[Royale80]

It's far cheaper to bath rusted parts in citric acid-I've de rusted loads of things with crystals I bought off the web-apparently it's easy to get from cookery shops and home brew stores. If you look at some of the de rusters (like deox) you may see that the main ingredient is citric acid-but costs a lot more.

 

Steve

[Skizzer]

I've heard that, but Deox does give significantly better penetration in tests - there was a discussion on this on the Detailing World forum a while back. For the sake of £15 for 15-20 litres (diluted) I'd rather have the confidence that there is absolutely zero rust underneath whatever coating I'm putting on.

[Mally]

£1.50 or £15?

 I know which I'd try first.

[Skizzer]

I think the citric acid will be fine if the surface isn't pitted, but otherwise the extra surfactants in the Deox-C make a worthwhile difference. Most of this is heavily pitted and it's a keeper not a bodge job.

 

Tell you what, I'll get both and do some back to back tests.

[Spottedlaurel]

I feel a bit like having to pick a favourite child, deciding which thread to post these shots in, but as Skizzer got his first here's the one I found on my holiday:

 

Talbot Matra Rancho by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Looks OK from here?

 

Talbot Matra Rancho by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Oh. That's a shame.

 

If anyone is super-keen to find out what they're doing with it, I can pass on details of the body repair place it was sitting at. Other stuff sitting around there and on the forecourt suggests they have an interest in older cars.

[Ben_O]

 

 

If anyone is super-keen to find out what they're doing with it, I can pass on details of the body repair place it was sitting at. 

Yes please

[DeeJay]

Is this an "official Rancho race" between these 2 for an mot? 

[Skizzer]

Is this an "official Rancho race" for an mot?

 

Hell yeah.

 

 

(Not that I've started work on mine yet.)

[holbeck]

Is this an "official Rancho race" between these 2 for an mot? 

 

 

Hell yeah.

 

Hell yeah.

 

 

Not that I've collected mine yet.

[Jon]

Just clocked a GS Pallas for sale (at an inflated price for a project) and noticed something in the background:

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/citroen/auction-1149821878.htm

 

OMG, NZ Rancho!!

[Angrydicky]

Well that doesn't look too bad really.

 

Do you want to borrow my "Liqui-Technik" vehicle tilter? I'm unlikely to be needing it in the near future. All of that stuff will be so much easier to repair successfully when the sill area is raised up to a comfortable working height and you're not lying on your back with sparks and bits of rust falling onto you. 

 

If you agree to take on the Sierra in the near future (hint, because parents are complaining about it!) I could even deliver it to you

[holbeck]

 

I hear there is snow on the Mumbles

[dave21478]

Yo Skizz, if you can read French (or just want to look at the pictures) I have a Rancho Revue Technique here that I dont have a huge amount of use for.

 

It goes into decent detail like an old style Haynes manual.

 

Note - its old and tatty and the binding is fucked so the pages are all loose.

Its mechanicals only, no bodywork.

 

PM me your address and I will post it.

[Skizzer]

Well that doesn't look too bad really.

 

Do you want to borrow my "Liqui-Technik" vehicle tilter? I'm unlikely to be needing it in the near future. All of that stuff will be so much easier to repair successfully when the sill area is raised up to a comfortable working height and you're not lying on your back with sparks and bits of rust falling onto you. 

 

If you agree to take on the Sierra in the near future (hint, because parents are complaining about it!) I could even deliver it to you

Yes please!! That's one that bolts to the hubs, isn't it? My only slight concern is that a big chunk of the work will involve removing the back axle, but it'll still be good for working on the sills and replacing brake pipes and fuel lines and exhaust and stuff.

 

If JohnK isn't ready to have custody of the Sierra yet then I'd be happy to - except I've run out of storage. Do you fancy borrowing the VX2300 back for a while? Then you could drive down in the Sierra with the tilter, stop overnight and drive back next day in the Vauxhall. Or I could come to you. Or meet half way (Chodmolestly?), or something.

[Skizzer]

Yo Skizz, if you can read French (or just want to look at the pictures) I have a Rancho Revue Technique here that I dont have a huge amount of use for.

 

It goes into decent detail like an old style Haynes manual.

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Note - its old and tatty and the binding is fucked so the pages are all loose.

Its mechanicals only, no bodywork.

 

PM me your address and I will post it.

You are a scholar and a gentleman, sir. PM coming shortly