Thread: Phil's 82 Range Rover Classic

if you get a deep rumble give us details of muffler

Originally Posted by Meccles

if you get a deep rumble give us details of muffler

The muffler is a Redback J635GBP for future reference.
I’ll let you know how it sounds once started.
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Phil

Originally Posted by Phil 850

The flat top of the GPS pod got the better of me so today I added a few more layers of woven rovings to the top section to mimic the instrument binnacle.
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Whils it doesn’t look dramatically different in this photo, it looks a lot better in real life.

Phil

Finally got the GPS pod finished.
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Just in case you’re wondering why I’m phaffing about with this when there are bigger fish to fry, I have many jobs on the go at once.
When one stalls (need parts, boredom) I can amuse myself with other parts of the project, that way there is always some progress. Keeps me sane (although there is someone in the house that thinks otherwise) and motivated.

Phil

Now let me stress up front, I’m no panel beater (unfortunately).
While the poor old Classic doesn’t have one straight panel, most of them didn’t look too bad when I bought it based on the photos on Gumtree. It was during the pandemic and I couldn’t travel to have a look in person.
I have started with the drivers door as I had to replace the quarter window frame anyway and you have to remove the window frame and glass to get it out so with that removed gave me the access I needed to straighten the door.
The area adjacent to the door lock was pushed in significantly and as there is double skinning and door stiffening it made the job fairly complicated and I had to make a few odd tools to get in, some via the key hole itself.
Before
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After
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Someone had previously attacked the door with a sander and put significant gouges in it so it will still need a fair bit of filler but it’s better than it was.
I drew the lines across it so I could see the deviations more easily with my fading eyesight.

Phil

Originally Posted by Phil 850

Now let me stress up front, I’m no panel beater (unfortunately).
While the poor old Classic doesn’t have one straight panel, most of them didn’t look too bad when I bought it based on the photos on Gumtree. It was during the pandemic and I couldn’t travel to have a look in person.
I have started with the drivers door as I had to replace the quarter window frame anyway and you have to remove the window frame and glass to get it out so with that removed gave me the access I needed to straighten the door.
The area adjacent to the door lock was pushed in significantly and as there is double skinning and door stiffening it made the job fairly complicated and I had to make a few odd tools to get in, some via the key hole itself.
Before
213FBEE0-8B0D-4588-9E1E-E07A3421FA89.jpg
After
D79C4382-99AB-498F-9B81-6073106B52E6.jpg
Someone had previously attacked the door with a sander and put significant gouges in it so it will still need a fair bit of filler but it’s better than it was.
I drew the lines across it so I could see the deviations more easily with my fading eyesight.

Phil

That's amazing, you managed ot work aluminum! I've had good success in the past with straightening out sheet metal (especially when using a shrinking disc), but have never been brave enough to try aluminium!

Where did you manage to find a GPS pod that matched so nicely?

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

That's amazing, you managed ot work aluminum! I've had good success in the past with straightening out sheet metal (especially when using a shrinking disc), but have never been brave enough to try aluminium!

Where did you manage to find a GPS pod that matched so nicely?

I didn’t manage to find one, I took a block of polystyrene and shaped it and then fibreglassed over it. Cut out the polystyrene, sanded and painted the fibreglass.
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I quiet enjoy working with fibreglass.

Phil

Originally Posted by Phil 850

I didn’t manage to find one, I took a block of polystyrene and shaped it and then fibreglassed over it. Cut out the polystyrene, sanded and painted the fibreglass.
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I quiet enjoy working with fibreglass.

Phil

What an amazing amount of work! I already feel itchy just looking at the pictures