Stage 1 V8

I've been working on the bonnet support frame that I left sitting around to rust again after having de-rusted it last year. Oh well, can't do everything. Anyway, I've been sorting out the rotted front ends. The damage hadn't gotten too bad, and I could ignore it altogether with little to no conseque...

I don't quite see how you want this measured. I have a spare bonnet which is accessible. It's OK, I have a measurement now. It's obviously not really critical anyway, I just didn't have a clear idea of that end profile or more importantly, why it was shaped the way it is. All I wanted to confirm wa...

It would be a great help if any of you could help out with the length of the cutout section (circled in yellow on photo). I'm about to patch the frame I'm restoring and that area has rotted away on mine. Cheers, most appreciated.

Door Frame Repairs Cont. Getting back to it, I welded in the patch pieces I'd made ... https://i.postimg.cc/J06CNsz8/IMG-20240928-164425.jpg ... and that about sorted the driver's side door. Now to do it all over on the passenger side door. Now this one has a relatively solid bottom frame piece but...

RichardsChassis and Maer both sell a Stage One chassis, maybe ask them if they can help.

Continuing on with the doors work, I inspected the frames now that they're freed from their skins. Usual bottom rail rot was very evident, on one with the main damage being to the bottom corners while the other was more extensive. https://i.postimg.cc/7h0y0Zps/IMG-20240919-152636.jpg https://i.posti...

I know that my doors have a lot of rot in the steel frame, but I haven't investigated the full extent or how far to go repairing them, or maybe just replacing them altogether. As I'm collecting together parts for the galvaniser, it makes sense to strip them down now and make some decisions. First on...

Continuing... I managed to free the bead, fish out the loose valve stem and re-inflate. I then replaced the undersized valve in the second wheel that has a 15mm valve hole. Next step was to fit them to the vehicle, easy enough, so both rears on and torqued up; however, the fronts needed the brake pa...

Yes there are two basic stem hole sizes. A Land-Rover wheel usually requires a tube with the fatter stem or with a narrow stem the plastic collar can be used. Despite having had to fit a lot of tyres over the years I haven't struck tubeless stems for the larger hole. I'm amazed it held any pressure...

I decided it was about time to boot up my now refurbished wheels and move on with a rolling chassis. I'll not be back on the road as it were before next year as there's a lot of bodywork/painting to do yet, but it will be easier to be able to move it rather than it sat on the axle stands as they slo...

Well, the painting is still going on bit by bit. After de-nibbing the epoxy primer sealer coat ... https://i.postimg.cc/V6N1G4T5/IMG-20240813-153315.jpg ... I managed a couple of coats of high build on the tub sides. I've decided to finish the painting with the tub back on the chassis, that way I'll...

Talk about annoying losing precious time due to weather. I was about to buy a garden gazebo but the waiting time for delivery would add another week, and then the dry weather will no doubt end. So, I rigged up some temporary cover and just hoped that the wind would stay down. I could at least get on...

Still waiting for a decent day of weather so that I can get on with the painting. The limitation of being stuck with painting in the open is really slowing things down. The wind keeps blowing, leaves and other detritus are falling from the trees.

Cracked on last week and got the surface paint sanded down ready for priming. Hard and horrible work in the hot sun, but got it done. https://i.postimg.cc/J4XjMBCb/IMG-20240731-124827.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XqRF9ndG/IMG-20240731-154906.jpg I had to order up the paint and underseal, so that was it ...

The tub floor replacement continues. Due to the galvanic corrosion on the rear body mounting, I had opted to replace this part as well as the floor supports. This required drilling the spot welds on the corner brackets fixing the mounting to the rear panels, and a few other spot welds holding it all...