Thread: AYI 077 (The Leyland Brothers S11a 109)

Quick suggestion for the No. plates, get a high quality laser printed copy and laminate them then put the laminated copy inside a numberplate holder with a glass/ perspex cover and keep the originals inside your house. Former boss had HSV ### as his number plates and got sick off them being stolen so did this as it only cost him $5 to replace instead of the RTA rip off . This is not strictly legal but the cops could never tell and he was pulled over far more in his hsv than you would ever be in a landie!

Also talk to your accountant and see if you can write off your expenses/repairs and interest on the purchase as an investment?
You may never want to sell it but you could claim that your investment is increasing in value!

Nice one mate ! ....... one little thing tho .......










wheres the pics at my good man

Originally Posted by Fusion

Nice one mate ! ....... one little thing tho .......










wheres the pics at my good man

Patience

Had a closer look in detail this morning and took it for a run. No horrible noises or vibrations and the GMH and gear box are sweet as. Clutch is nasty though Very sudden.

Ran it up to 55 mph and surprisingly pleasant to drive. steers OK and brakes work quite well.

The chassis has had some fairly ordinary work done over the years including the demise of the lift it had. It was chopped off and welded back on. Had plate welded over the bottom rails so has trapped moisture and rusted. Two of the out riggers are almost beyond it as well. All repairable or on the case of the out riggers replaceable. Has had a new rear X member recently.

Great find there mate, good to see someone is saving one of these iconic landrovers

What specs are you restoring it to?

Originally Posted by Newbs-IIA

Great find there mate, good to see someone is saving one of these iconic landrovers

What specs are you restoring it to?

Firstly get it very mechanically roadworthy and deal with any structural rust.

As others have pointed out we have to be careful with restoration of this as can lose its appeal.

Hope to get it back to how they had it in the "off the beaten track" days.

Change the shackles and hangers back.

Get all the bar work back on.

Re-manufacture the water tanks in the front guards

Find the original bonnet or fit one with the spare tyre carrier.

Do the cut on the front guards as they had at on stage.
Fit the rear tyre carrier.

Try to find similar of exactly the same tyres.

A few other things I may have missed of don't know about yet.

The interior is a hard one to leave as is...
The upholstery really needs to be replaced.
Everything rubber has perished from age including door seals,window seals etc.
Some of the aftermarket gauges are buggered so may have to renew the lot.
Rust in the door frames, Window channels, bulk head and front foot wells so once all repaired we are going to have to respray it unfortunately.


I will put some pics together soon that will help describe its current condition more accurately.

and very important is to add it to your signature


Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

and very important is to add it to your signature


Mrs hh

Yes, I do need to tidy the signature up a little Or just put something in that another member has quoted

I'm going to have to document my collection as will loose count soon