A successful day . . .

[peterg1001]

Sometimes it's good to share the triumphs with the rest of the community.

It's been a while (20 months to be exact), but the engine on the project vehicle finally turned over yesterday.

If you want a look at the excitement, it's on YouTube at YouTube- MOV002.MOD.

Any messages of support would be gratefully accepted.

Peter

[drifter]

Fantastic! Well done. I really hope mine goes as well as that.

[banjo]

Sweet engine sounds good.

[series3]

Nice work Peter! It's a beautiful sound isn't it

[Landy Smurf]

nice

[peterg1001]

.. and I just updated the web site at www.greenacre.biz (http://www.greenacre.biz).

[dullbird]

well done really makes me excited about getting stuck into mine:)

[Landy Smurf]

.. and I just updated the web site at www.greenacre.biz (http://www.greenacre.biz).
good work i like it

[awabbit6]

Congratulations! Is a fantastic feeling after many hours of fastidious work to hear a new engine fire into life.

[Landy Smurf]

so you rid of the panels on the 2nd vehicle?

[peterg1001]

so you rid of the panels on the 2nd vehicle?

Yes, they're long gone.

[akelly]

looks and sounds great

[dolphint]

Outstanding!!!:D

[peterg1001]

Time moves along, and the project is getting close to completion. Here's a few photos.

Peter

[drifter]

That is looking fantastic.

[ezyrama]

:)Looks and sounds great Peter. Cant wait to finish the S3 so I can get stuck into Ralph.

Cheers Ian

[Johnno1969]

Good one! I remember the thrill when I got my engine finished, installed and started. I called a mate, and when he answered I didn't speak - just put the phone near the engine and started it. Mind you, this was in the days before youtube, and we communicated with pigeons and things.....

[peterg1001]

And an especially good day. Roadworthy and registered!

Peter

[isuzutoo-eh]

Congratulations and well done!
You've put a LOT of effort into your project and all of us who have followed your progress have learnt a thing or two along the way. Now you can admire and enjoy the fruits of your labour :)

[JDNSW]

Well done!

John

[peterg1001]

Congratulations and well done!
You've put a LOT of effort into your project and all of us who have followed your progress have learnt a thing or two along the way. Now you can admire and enjoy the fruits of your labour :)

I forgot - the latest round of pictures is at www.greenacre.biz (http://www.greenacre.biz).

And while I can drive around in the fruits of my labour, I can start to assemble the bits that aren't there yet. First of all come the front vent covers - it was no fun at all driving down for the rego in the rain with no vent covers and no doors :)

And thanks again for the roll bar - the seat belts mount well on it.

Peter

[smith2a]

Nice work on the restoration, I enjoyed reading the progress updates of your project.

You could put together a handy LR restoration manual for aspiring restorers with all the details you've captured along the way...

Jason

[ezyrama]

Congratulations Peter

The vehicle looks great, enjoy yourself.

Cheers Ian

[Seriestwo]

That looks amazing. This thread will help me no end when I set about my 58 series 2 restore. I have the car in storage and when I get back from Scotland it will be ready to start.

Again well done.

[chazza]

Nice work Peter!

Have you any detail on how you fitted your roll-bar? I want to put one in my S1 and the idea is to bolt it to the chassis but I haven't done any detailed planning on how to achieve that,

Cheers Charlie

[peterg1001]

Have you any detail on how you fitted your roll-bar? I want to put one in my S1 and the idea is to bolt it to the chassis but I haven't done any detailed planning on how to achieve that

I bolted the roll bar into the tub, not the chassis, with some big load spreaders (100 x 150mm) under the aluminium.

I have no illusions that this will do anything in the event of rolling over, but I wanted somewhere to bolt the seat belts onto, and this is a better alternative than anything else I can find in a soft top.

If I was going to bolt to the chassis, I would weld plates to the top of the chassis sticking outwards, cut through the floor of the tub (not the wheel arches, they're too wide), and bolt the roll bar onto the plates.

It would be easy if you took the tub off to do the welding (and drilling and painting).

Peter

[Seriestwo]

Is that legal? I was under the impression that seat belts had to be engineered to be put into a vehicle, and for that the roll bar would have to be engineered too.

Please let me know what you think.

Chris

[peterg1001]

Is that legal? I was under the impression that seat belts had to be engineered to be put into a vehicle, and for that the roll bar would have to be engineered too.

The vehicle was built prior to 1973 i.e. prior to Australian Design Rules being introduced.

There is no requirement to install seat belts or, if you choose to, how they should be mounted.

The only requirement for registration is a blue slip safety check, which works out to the equivalent of a pink slip - brakes, lights, steering, wiper (driver side only) and suspension must all be in good condition.

Those are the rules for NSW - check with your own State for more info. There's been a substantial thread on this in here recently.

Peter

[jc109]

I bolted the roll bar into the tub, not the chassis, with some big load spreaders (100 x 150mm) under the aluminium.

I have no illusions that this will do anything in the event of rolling over, but I wanted somewhere to bolt the seat belts onto, and this is a better alternative than anything else I can find in a soft top.

If I was going to bolt to the chassis, I would weld plates to the top of the chassis sticking outwards, cut through the floor of the tub (not the wheel arches, they're too wide), and bolt the roll bar onto the plates.

It would be easy if you took the tub off to do the welding (and drilling and painting).

Peter

I fitted one of these to my SIII and it works a treat for what you've described. I'm sure, as you are, that there'd be little protection in a high speed rollover, but when is that likely in these things anyway? It's certainly better than what I had. And I wasn't satisfied with a simple lap-sash belt. This is the only reason I bought the bar. When I had all new belts fitted (by the only approved guy here in WA) I was told that he had a couple of reservations about the tabs that the upper mount attaches to, but was still happy to sign off on it all.

I can also recommend Kim at All Wheel Trim where I bought this from. He's pretty helpful. Although I'll be more wary of importing anything next time I'm tempted. What a nightmare!

[peterg1001]

I've been doing a bit of patching up since getting the vehicle registered, so here's a link to the latest jobs.

Rework jobs (http://greenacre.biz/landrover/977_reworkjobs/977_reworkjobs.htm)

Peter

[JayBoRover]

I've just spent the last couple of hours reading through your build thread. Outstanding effort - both in the build and the documenting and sharing of it. Good on ya.:D