Stage 1 V8

Great looking Stage 1. I looks like you had to do a little more work than I did. I had seen your Stage 1 somewhere and read about it. That is where I got the idea and the name of the polishing compound. It does do wonders. I am thinking of painting the bonnet since it did not come back after the pol...

Thanks for all your help and sorry I have not given any update. Update: Took off the left front drum and everything was covered in oil. Decided to rebuild the whole front end. Bought a new brake kit, balljoints and swivelball rebuild kit since the swivelball was rusty, pitted and leaked. Took it all...

One of the first things I said to myself when I saw her was that those stripes have to go. You could tell that it had a respray and that the stripes were not original. All it took was a heat gun, a little acetone and some rubbing compound with elbow grease. After driving quite a bit the last six mon...

Thanks for the compliment. Here are some pics after she has been cleaned up.

Hey it looks like I have gotten this to work. Here are the before pics.

Again thanks for the info and all your help. Have not had a chance to try posting pics. Chris, I live in Wytheville, VA. It is in southwest VA just south of Christiansburg/Blacksburg. It is about 5 1/2 hours from Norfolk. I bought my Land Rover from a guy in Chesapeake. He has about 20 Land Rovers i...

Horst and Terry thanks for the info. It is an original 4-door station wagon!

The VIN is SALLBCMV1AA163824.

Still not sure of the tailgate tabs. I would like to post some pics if anyone can help. I have them in my computer but could not get them to post.

Dane

It is great to find this site. Started checking out this site right before purchase of Stage 1. Didn't know that much about Stage 1's until browsing this site. Great info. Just bought a 1981 Stage 1 five door, tropical roof with full rack. Bought it from a guy in Virginia that imports a couple of La...