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HEARTBREAKER!!! :mad:
Got my hopes up for some Land Rover goodness........ but NO!
:dbcry::dbcry::dbcry:
:D
Sorry Darky. :(
:lol2:
Who else did I catch?
Me, but I'll forgive you because of the great work you've done on ambrose. :)
Damn, I just read this entire thread - to be left with that! :)
Looks fantastic - good job!
:D Sorry mate... :angel:
Thanks for the kind words. :) It's okay - you don't have to say he looks good - I know he looks like crap at the moment! :lol2:
Hopefully one day he will look half presentable. :)
:D Sorry mate... :angel:
Thanks for the kind words. :) It's okay - you don't have to say he looks good - I know he looks like crap at the moment! :lol2:
Hopefully one day he will look half presentable. :)
lol fair enough...
I guess I mean the project itself looks great :p
Poor old Gus... :(
It has been months now and I haven't so much as looked at him or worked on any of him. Ambrose has chewed up a heap of my time and only now am I settling down with the big beastie.
So - back to it aye?
I think it is about high time I got panel beating and painting, so now I am saving the pennies for a compressor and spray gear. I also need a set of hammers and dollies and master Dinty is going to turn me up one of his trick rivet tools made from a modified air chisel (he doesn't know this yet... :p) I am tracking down rivets as we speak and hopefully I will be back into it with a vengeance before long. :D
Keeping me motivated, Mark (longing4alandy) has just bought himself a GREAT little 2A shorty truck cab which should be on the road before long. B)
Check it out:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-2-2...she-sweet.html
So, Gus has a younger sister. awww... :p
In other news, I have decided that I don't like having a powdercoated firewall. Powdercoated surfaces do funny things after a while, and once the rust gets in it travels undetected leaving a shiny, flimsy powdercoat surface.
So I am thinking I might get it sandblasted and painted and go nuts with the dinitrol.
meh. I'll probably change my mind later on anyway. :angel:
Like a yoyo... :angel:
No, I haven't come back "up" with my plans again, but have decided to go lower yet again! :wasntme:
Away with the club this weekend I spent about two hours looking over old "Digby" with his owner, Ian (who has owned the truck since it was 5 years old!)
For those who don't know the vehicle, Digby is a Series I 88" that has a serious amount of character and history! :eek: It has completed the "Roof of Africa Rally" three times, served as the owners daily driver for 20 years all over Africa, been shipped back and forth across the globe a few times, been rolled, dropped its handbrake and went rolling down a hill with trailer attached and into a tree - writing off the trailer but not the truck! and much more!
It has trailer lights, funny modifications that it has picked up over decades of *real* use as the Wilkes brothers intended, and ratty mismatched paint with peeling stickers.
While I dare not emulate an appearance earned through years of hardship, it made me think yet again what I wanted to do with Gus.
I want to actually USE Gus for what he is meant for, so I may keep the good panels I have set aside for him in reserve for now, and just have a go at panel beating his current ones out. I still want twin tanks, but instead of damaging the straight mil tub I have, I might just hack a hole in the side of the battered civvy one. ;)
So the plan is now: (subject to change of course!)
1. Restore engine, drivetrain and chassis focussing on longevity.
2. upgrade/ modify where desireable ie: brakes, wiring, twin tanks and other tidbits whilst not straying from series rover simplicity.
3. quick and dirty panel job with no bog, as good as I can (so, average) paint job to make the panels match
4. full rego and fun. :)