Coming To Australia - Bluey's Rebuild

**AndyK** · 1st January 2007, 01:49 PM

Hello again,

that was another reason why I wanted a galvo chassis. I didn't want to have shutz the underside at all to prevent rust and therefore accumilate dirt. I want to try and keep the Landy as "pristine" as possible underneath and not use sticky stuff, as a bloke I talked to who had imported into Australia said they're a little paranoid(and actually I don't blame them)! Hopefully Bluey will be very steam clean friendly! Australia to me is a paradise - I will not and do not want to spoil it. My wife and I intend to have a low impact environmental life when we get there. This does include Land Rovers as I think they are the most environmentally friendly vehicle on the Earth.

Think about it.....(bearing in mind I'm a Series man)

since the year dot people have repaired Land Rovers themselves,
Land Rovers have always been recycled never binned(in Britain at least!),
they last 30-40yrs not 3yrs,
the energy cost to manufacture the raw materials alone must out weigh the fuel used during its life,never mind build it,
when a part is useless it can be recycled as it will almost always be made of metal
they plod on through adversity! even though they're broken they'll still go on and can be repaired with "non standard" parts!

I love 'em!!

**numpty** · 5th January 2007, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by AndyK

Hello again,

My workshop garages are in Barnard Castle, County Durham. My Grandparents live there (currently Grandad 85 and Gran 83yrs) and they have given me three of their six garages. I got the brick built ones, my parents got the wood built ones (I'm my Grandads favourite grandson! and the only one whose shown interest (obviously) in the fact that during the war he worked for Rolls Royce manufacturing Merlin engines). I've got loads of things made of Merlin parts and have Merlin engine number plates. During the war my Grandad went to join up in Yorkshire but the RAF allocation for that county was full so cos he didn't want to work with mules in Burma (he was a blacksmith apprentice at the time) he went to the next door county and joined the RAF. He trained as an airframe repairer (welding even aluminium) then specialised in aero engines and was posted to Glasgow with Rolls Royce to manufacture Merlin engines using parts made by Packard. Consequently he's a bit of a nightmare to work with as he is obsessively tidy and a perfectionist but he can use a lathe etc and is a great engineer and mentor.

Err hope that answers your question LRHybrid100!! sorry for going on a bit!!

And if you think its good enough I'll stick with the thumb nails EchiDna

Nice 80" and Tickford Stn Wagon. I presume they were on a club run. Good luck with the rebuild and enjoy your trip to Australia.

**AndyK** · 7th January 2007, 12:07 PM

Hello again

Blimey New Year is over and a good one to everyone.

To Numpty the 80" is the Land Rover which I would like to bring over to Australia with me. It's a 1950 S1 with the "cats eyes" headlamps(apparently quite rare) and a 2lt engine(obviously not original), it's my mates 2nd S1 rebuild so he would allow any one to buy it, but only me. The only trouble is that it overheats in hot summers so at Duddo NSW it would be no good. I've reconditioned the radiator to no avail so I think there is a problem with cooling in the engine block with which a S1 sounds expensive! Can you still get S1's in Australia to restore?

The Tickford is Ken Wheelwright's who in the UK is about the best S1 restorer. I've been to his farm and he has three Tickfords and a number of early S1 Land Rovers. Unlike many S1 guru's he's a wonderful gentleman, who also likes vintage trucks (who doesn't?). We took a 1956 S1 to Norway and he went in his 1600cc Tickford driven by Andrew Bullas (who has his own award winning Tickford). We went to Norway's 25th Land Rover Club anniversary at Trondheim. Any one out there in the Series One Club? cos there was a big write up in Legend about our trip.

The latest on Bluey is that I've had a mare of an afternoon takng the suspension arms off the front and rear axles. The front went OK but dismantling the "A" frame off the rear axle cost me a 28mm socket,a monkey bar, some hammers and copious amounts of oxy-acetylene - oh and a strained back! I'm now thinking that all of the axles and small parts will have to be shot blasted after all.

**numpty** · 7th January 2007, 03:47 PM

Can you still get Series 1's in Australia to restore?

You certainly can although some are pretty well stuffed. We have a 1950 complete with original 1600 engine in bits. Was bought as a long term project, but the term is getting longer and longer. It will probably be sold off in pieces to people looking for certain parts. Hint Hint

**WilliamB** · 7th January 2007, 05:08 PM

I really would get the thing SPOTLESS before you bring her in.
Customs WILL steam clean it for you (you pay) or at the least Quaranteen it.

I bought I motorCycle over..it was er....extreme.
The slightest bit of dried mud, dirt, wood, marmite....

It's fair enough considering the potentail intorduction of destructive fauna.

It looks great bTw....ahh stone cottages...

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