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    77 Update

    Ok got some more pics. Not much original steel left at moment!
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    Wow, she was a long way gone to require that much new metal.
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    It was in very similar state to most I have seen. But having new panels, is easier than trying to repair sections of old

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    Some more pics put new clutch on original Borg and beck sill in LR box mated to gearbox back from shop thanks Bearman for help. Chassis and body bits off to sand boasters hopefully this week. Intent is to get chassis done first then fit engine/gearbox then they will fit up body, mm having issue with attachments today
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    Maybe these will work
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    Well done, another example that will live on for some time to come.

    Are you keeping it original?

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    Meccles, loanrangie has already said it but,...WOW, is all I can say. You must have great skill to rebuild from that stage?
    I note the Edelbrock air cleaner,..what will the motor specs be, and do you have an original interior?
    More pics please, of this very interesting restoration.
    Great work, Pickles.

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    Ok well some background for all. I owned this car from 1986 to 1998. Rebuilt it first time in 1988. We put thousands of good reliable comfortable miles in, kids grew up in that car. It turned up just down road from me in 2012. I drove it home. But after another 14 years on beach, well, a lot was pretty tired. After night on red wine and convincing by kid ( all grown up now) I decided to re do it. However, project, like all, has grown. Now at stage where we can't really take short cuts that will effect longevity. But, even in 1986 there were things I changed as I wasn't happy with standard LR offering. So, I figure Lotsawork car will be more valuable as it will be original. Mine, intent is for it to look stock and original, but will have some modern touches to make driving it nice.so, list is:

    Engine- my original 3.5, bored 20 thou 9.75:1 Pistons, ARP rod bolts, crower 50230 cam, cloyes true roller cam drive with Teflon button, heads ported and flowed Teflon valve stem seals, but single spring only ( though strong). Inlet manifold Edelbrock Performer with Edebrock 500 Cfm carb. Petronix Flame Thrower distributor, MSD plug leads. Offenhauser rocker covers. Plus some plug lead tidy ups, ARP S/S manifold bolts. Headers are ceramic coated. If it makes 1 Hp per cubic inch I will be happy.

    Gearbox, my original LT95 rebuilt but also has short shift gear change. Clutch new, braided clutch hose.

    Chassis, new OEM rubber bushes everywhere except pan hard rod which gets urethane. Plus has my "old" 1994 front sway bar. Plus my 1995 Brown Davies 130 litre fuel tank. Which is still in great shape.

    Body will be all original no mods though Color will be Fuji white.

    Brakes: I have re built all calipers with S/S Pistons also fronts have John Davis spacer to fit vented discs. Rotors I have DBA Gold series slotted and drilled, plus braided brake lines

    Interior : I fitted a nice Momo in 86, the wheel has died but hub is still good so got another Momo. Front seats I used Allan "swampy" Marsh seats in88, these were pretty knack erred so picked up some mint 2012 Mercedes AMG coupe seats, these have been modified to remove computers, all adjustments are now done with toggle switches. All trim is original though now recovered in new material. Got a good headlining covered in same material as new Range Rovers.
    Instrument Panel I have gone with Dakota Digital VHX 1018 ( I think that is number) using GPS speedo drive. All sender units come from them also. Binnacle is getting built now copying original shape.

    Wiring: well as most wires were getting brittle have gone for a Painless Performance loom, the 26 circuit off road unit with their protective braid.

    HVAC : car had under dash A/c unit however smiths heater units were bit of issue. Mine and all rest I could find all rods etc had rusted away. So went with Vintage Air and got really nice modern combined heater/a/c evaporator which fits nicely in same space. Controls duplicate original smiths ones. Got all hose ends etc from Nostalgic Air in U/S.

    So, a lot in place, a lot still to do. Why? When I pick up about 50% of my spanners ( Sidchrome) these were my Granfathers he left them to me when he died. And when I swing on many bolts/bits etc I remember doing same thing all those years ago. So yeah I get some pleasure out of that.
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    Bloody hell.... I'd have searched the country for the best 2 door body I could find and strapped it to my car trailer and dragged in home ~~ 200hours labour saved in the blink of an eye . It's going to be way, way, way cheaper and easier than rebuilding a rotten one

    Having said that, man I'm impressed (and horrified) at how you have had to pull that apart

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    Maybe, though I have not come across any old two door that is without cancer. And, add to that my time (which has value) trying to find said perfect body shell. Add to that I brought the replacement panels years ago when dollar was worth something. So real cost has been fitting them up which didn't take as Long as you would think.

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