Manky's Pop.

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Almost certainly!
As I said, the pipework will be on show without the pick-up bed. I'm doing everything to the best standard I can now, knowing I'll, (hopefully), never have it stripped down this far again.

[Olds]

Surprised that you are using copper lines and not copper-nickel, which doesn't tarnish like the copper.  Polishes up well too.
The grey coating on the fuel line will be to stop it corroding.

[Manky Monkey]

I tried Kunifer, (copper/nickel mix), once before & gave up with it because it was much stronger so wouldn't bend nicely, (can't remember, but imagine it would've been on the original Pop build, trying to bend tight curves in situ under the Pop). Copper's just so much easier to work with.

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Predictably, I ended up sanding the grey coating off the copper fuel pipe today before routing it along the chassis.
An awful lot of swearing went into trying to route the rubber hose that connected it to the brass T piece & one-way valves, but eventually it's as good as it's going to get. I had a couple of anti-chafe springs meant for the oil pipes on a Norton Commando, so cut those into sections & had just enough to cover the various rubber pipes. I just think they look a bit more professional than an unprotected hose. They're not particularly close to any moving parts, but at least look like I've thought about that when it goes for MOT. The springs also seem to stop the hose from kinking so I could turn it through slightly tighter bends.
I managed to scuff the paint in a couple of places while wrestling with connections, so that'll need fixing, but apart from wiring, (which I'm definitely not going to attempt myself), & a short section of exhaust pipe on either side, that's the back end more or less done now.

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It's been manic at work again this week -stop buying stuff online! -so I haven't been to the garage for a couple of days. I finished work a little earlier today though, so thought I'd take a stroll over there & back, just to wind down & enjoy the sunshine.
I made the mistake of taking the garage keys with me though & once I'd unlocked it ...well, I might as well have a quick tinker. I ended up wrestling with brake pipes for an hour or so & made up these.
Alongside the master cylinder, under the driver's floor, are 2 residual valves, an ABS valve & a hydraulic brake light switch. I couldn't make pipes short enough to link straight between the components, so made these looped pipes instead. A small, fiddly job, but I'm quite pleased with them, although only the MOT guy will see them.

[minimutly]

Truck looks really nice Andy. One question - where's the doors?

[stinkey]

Just me being picky, but I'd cut down the screws on the spring protectors that you have over the brake pipe? 😁
And I think a really nice wooden pickup bed (thick polished reclaimed oak?) Would look brilliant, maybe old scaffold boards? But spaced apart( for the sides)one on top of each other? 

[Manky Monkey]

The doors are at Lunatic's workshop on the other side of town. I've got enough to keep me busy for now, but at some point soon we'll arrange to bring them back -they still need some fabrication work & tidying up. I'm dreading fitting them against the painted cab! (I farmed them out to a mate in Wales, who had them for a year but didn't get everything done that needed doing. In the meantime I'd painted the body).

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Yes, the screws will be cut down -I'm looking for a small pair of bolt croppers at the moment. I know that'll make them a pig to remove, but some of them are in places I can't reach with a junior hacksaw.
I made up a flatbed from scaffold planks, but prefer the naked chassis look cos it shows off all the work that's gone into it. It's still sat in my 2nd garage.

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