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  1. 7th January 2009, 11:35 AM #101
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    An update:














































    Nothing to report.
    [B][I]Andrew[/I][/B]

    [COLOR="YellowGreen"][U]1958 Series II SWB - "Gus"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][U]1965 Series IIA Ambulance 113-896 - "Ambrose"[/U][/COLOR]
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  2. 7th January 2009, 11:48 AM #102
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    HEARTBREAKER!!!



    Got my hopes up for some Land Rover goodness........ but NO!




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  3. 7th January 2009, 12:03 PM #103
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    Sorry Darky.



    Who else did I catch?
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    [COLOR="YellowGreen"][U]1958 Series II SWB - "Gus"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][U]1965 Series IIA Ambulance 113-896 - "Ambrose"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="#DAA520"][U]1981 Mercedes 300D[/U][/COLOR]
    [U]1995 Defender 110[/U]
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  4. 14th January 2009, 11:37 AM #104
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    Me, but I'll forgive you because of the great work you've done on ambrose.
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  5. 15th January 2009, 08:31 PM #105
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    What!

    Damn, I just read this entire thread - to be left with that!

    Looks fantastic - good job!
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  6. 15th January 2009, 09:28 PM #106
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    Sorry mate...

    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!


    Hopefully one day he will look half presentable.
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    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][U]1965 Series IIA Ambulance 113-896 - "Ambrose"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="#DAA520"][U]1981 Mercedes 300D[/U][/COLOR]
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  7. 15th January 2009, 09:45 PM #107
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    Sorry mate...

    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!


    Hopefully one day he will look half presentable.
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    [COLOR="YellowGreen"][U]1958 Series II SWB - "Gus"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][U]1965 Series IIA Ambulance 113-896 - "Ambrose"[/U][/COLOR]
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  8. 15th January 2009, 10:10 PM #108
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    lol fair enough...

    I guess I mean the project itself looks great
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  9. 17th March 2009, 01:22 PM #109
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    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... ) I am tracking down rivets as we speak and hopefully I will be back into it with a vengeance before long.


    Keeping me motivated, Mark (longing4alandy) has just bought himself a GREAT little 2A shorty truck cab which should be on the road before long.

    Check it out:
    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-2-2...she-sweet.html

    So, Gus has a younger sister. awww...


    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.
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    [COLOR="YellowGreen"][U]1958 Series II SWB - "Gus"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][U]1965 Series IIA Ambulance 113-896 - "Ambrose"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="#DAA520"][U]1981 Mercedes 300D[/U][/COLOR]
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  10. 23rd March 2009, 11:03 AM #110
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    Like a yoyo...

    No, I haven't come back "up" with my plans again, but have decided to go lower yet again!

    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! 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.
    [B][I]Andrew[/I][/B]

    [COLOR="YellowGreen"][U]1958 Series II SWB - "Gus"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][U]1965 Series IIA Ambulance 113-896 - "Ambrose"[/U][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="#DAA520"][U]1981 Mercedes 300D[/U][/COLOR]
    [U]1995 Defender 110[/U]
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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