Where to begin now

[landyfromanuthaland]

I have gotten out of my series3 to play with my pair of series 1s, I am going to do them both together, the 107 is the easiest to get going and driving as it will become my daily driver workhorse, the 80 is going to be a bit more involved, and she is where I will really need a plan of attack, is there a standard layout as where to start or do I just rip it apart and start where ever.

My 80 is a 1951 model and she is the standard green, probably olive green or something like it, what would have been the original color for the body and the chassis,

Whats the best paint to paint it in, obviously being alloy the body will need to be etch primed, whats the layout with painting so it doesnt peel, flake.

Let the fun begin Andy

[JDNSW]

I have gotten out of my series3 to play with my pair of series 1s, I am going to do them both together, the 107 is the easiest to get going and driving as it will become my daily driver workhorse, the 80 is going to be a bit more involved, and she is where I will really need a plan of attack, is there a standard layout as where to start or do I just rip it apart and start where ever. But whatever you do, photograph and preferably label everything as you disassemble it.

My 80 is a 1951 model and she is the standard green, probably olive green or something like it, what would have been the original color for the body and the chassis,

Whats the best paint to paint it in, obviously being alloy the body will need to be etch primed, whats the layout with painting so it doesnt peel, flake.

Let the fun begin Andy

The usual practice is to strip to a bare chassis so you can paint it properly - but it may not need to go that far, all depends on what you are starting from.

The choice of paint is up to you - for authenticity I would imagine that the original was cellulose paint, but it all depends on how much work you want to put into it and what you plan on using the result for. For my 2a, used as a working farm vehicle, I used machinery paint - synthetic enamel.

To avoid paint peeling etc, the main requirement is proper preparation, cleanliness, and, as you say, the use of etch primer on aluminium or galvanising (although on Series landrovers none of the galvanising is painted). There is more to it to get a really good finish, but that is all there is to stopping it peeling - and the original would not have been a really good finish anyway.

John

[landyfromanuthaland]

Will certianly photo the works on this one, the memory is getting worse for remembering things these days, when I begin I will start a section in the projects forum.