gone and doe it again!

[schuy1]

Well must be a sucker full time ;)Saw this on evilbay and thought Hmm just bid this much, it will make a lot more!:) Next thing I know its on the trailer!:eek: Ahh bugger! project for next ?years! Has rust in usual spots, chassis is perfect aprt from a little cancer in dumbirons, doors seem not bad , front door pillers and adjoining firewall yes. Worst is in lower box sections of rear door wheelarch . Has dead gearbox, but 2 spares, was a six but now a 202 holden, Bamford winch complete in the back.
Oh, its a 1970 model and was last regoed in 2001 :) and no the front is not bent, only my wacky cell phone camera! :angry:

[debruiser]

Nice, looks like your going to be busy ;)

[schuy1]

Looks that way :D Well I think will use it to teach the young fella some mechanical skills as we go along the resto route, and patience!!

[debruiser]

Nice, I wish my dad bought me a LR to restore when I was younger.... have to figure it all out myself now that I'm older and can afford a toy.

[schuy1]

Ahh dont we all? :) Although I sometimes wonder about getting stuff to easy :D Im thinking about should I put a LR 6 back in it to stay authentic? Its unlikely to be used as a long distance tourer again :D Finding 1 may present a problem though, I do have 1 in the shed but it was left in the weather and pots got water and rusted :/ so probly not the best to get going.

I see you are from Mackay debruiser, funny as the fella I got this off said it came from Nebo I think to his hands in Rocky and now its in Biloela! :D
Cheers Scott

[disco_goose]

Hmmm...that damned ebay!! Very Cool!! Enjoy the next however many years. Keep us informed as to how/when/as things progress.
Goose

PS. Son, enjoy the time with your old man. You can never have too much father/son time over cars.

[digger]

I reckon that its not the camera, I reckon the car is smiling!

enjoy!

[debruiser]

I see you are from Mackay debruiser, funny as the fella I got this off said it came from Nebo I think to his hands in Rocky and now its in Biloela! :D
Cheers Scott

It's a small world! My car came from Kuttabul the to it's previous owner 500m down the road from me (never saw it there) found it 1 wk after he moved half way to sarina! then had to drag it back here. (wasn't road worthy or running).

Originally my beast was a 6cyl too. has a 186 in it now... I was to change it to a diesel though. When I get the gearbox sorted and a rear swingaway carrier then I think the engine is next ;)

One day we should get all/some the central Qld AULRO people together for a meet somewhere! It'd be cool to meet some localish people with similar interests ie. Series land rovers ;)

[schuy1]

Sounds about how old Murphy works in purchasing !:DThe get together idea sounds great! Deciding which to take could be a problem to some!!

The more I look over this 1 the more I find to do :( It seems to have had some bingle on the passengers side that has had a repair of sorts, chassis doors gaurd, back to rear of back door. Ah well thats what happens, it will just be more testing of my mediocre panel skills:D

Cheers Scott

[debruiser]

Choosing isn't the problem for me. I'm only aloud 1 LR :(

I'm still gently prodding that we should get a 2nd one (maybe a swb county ;) )

Isn't half the point of buying these things to have something to do and work on our crappy panel beating techniques???

[schuy1]

Well after over 12 mths of staring at it , and work and money(lack of) and drought and spare time all getting priority ,I thought I would do an update. We made a start over Easter :) Got the guards and front off. Found a bit of stuff like its had a decent hit sometime and the chassis repair is average in my eyes, not as much cancer in the dumbirons as I thought or in the floors, repairable. The wiring was interesting, done all in a continuous feed with no joiners through the guards or radiator frame! But nothing side cutters cant fix :) Next will be the motor out and box, then start cleaning to see what next.Thinking it may be easier to remove the body and start from bottom up! :o rather than work around stuff which I find annoying! :D the list of "needed" replacement stuff is growing too :angel: Funny how that happens:p
Cheers Scott