Stage 1 V8

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...

Well, after a lot of research and realising I'd need to remortgage the house to pay for the 2 part epoxy systems in the quantity I'd need (Permabond ET515 for example), I decided to be bold and experiment a bit and went for an MS polymer adhesive (sort of silicon/mastic type). I chose the Unibond wa...

I decided to affix the side supports and floor tophat sections with adhesive rather than spoil the surfaces with an over the top number of rivets. I started with the inner arch supports. I have six of these to fit to the driver's side. After grinding flat any remaining spot weld and cleaning the sur...

After all the rain, it seems we're now having a heatwave. It's far too hot today to be outside working on the restoration, I did want to do a bit of paint stripping, cleaning, and pre-paint prep on the tub before continuing with the work I've been doing to it but these conditions are not ideal, so I...

Deleted this today and re-made my brake lines to suit.

Had a bit of an enforced break having to deal with my Discovery 2 starter motor problem, followed up with a major vehicle wash which escalated into a block paving jetwash. I need to re-sand the drive now but of course, it's been raining ever since. I did manage a short stint and re-fitted the rear e...

All top-coated (2 coats) with limestone (LRC007). Typically, after waiting for some still, dry weather, the sun comes out on the heatwave scale. Seems OK though. https://i.postimg.cc/nr0wtgrh/IMG-20240624-131210.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/B65VmXGD/IMG-20240624-160023.jpg Should I bother with the clear...