Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

The past few afternoon's after work have been put to good use, preparing for a paint day today, these items had been rubbed back and prepped

they are in DBG now, but up out of the way in the shed so no images atm, these two rims had been painted on the inside along with the rad/supp panel, now sporting it's first coat of DBG

and yes I can see the small areas of undercoat, I ran out of paint and didn't want to mix a small amount, I will get them on the next paint day, which incidentally won't be tomorrow as storms etc predicted and I'm working a late shift.
A shuffle through my 2BA supply and I found a set of the off set washers that hold the cover over the steering shaft insitu, a quick hit in the grit blast cabinet brought them up like new, etch prime n coat with DBG, shown here in etch primer along with a cover from the lower left side of the bulkhead

Still more small items that attach to the bulkhead getting stripped of paint etc and made ready for etch priming, running nuts n bolts over with taps n dies etc etc, anyway that was day, cheers Dennis

It has a busy few days what with the lousey weather and afternoon shift, I have managed to get a bit further down the restoration road.
More paint stripper pressed into service this time on the vents, what a pain they were,

they have now been stripped both sides, but I'm going to have to make a jig (R & Lhs) to hold them before I attempt to spray them, that will keep the hinges in the correct position relative to the hinge bar, that way I won't have any bare hinge bar showing, well that's the game plan.
Some items that I etch primed mid week were painted in Deep Bronze Green this morning

not a bad finish for an amateur, this one is almost mirror finish LOL

here are 3 of the larger items I painted this morning, drying in the shed & don't look at the mess in the background

I still had to recoat the 2 rims from last weekend they were repainted and are still under the carport, they will have to be moved later as the B.O.M are predicting storms this evening.
After all that and a double/triple check that I had no more items ready for a coat of DBG, I decided to use the small amount left and sprayed it on a few area's on the bulkhead that I had previously prepped (small rust indents), anyway I was happy with the painted surfaces they look OK to me, it's a Land Rover not a Lamborgini (if thats' how it's spelt) LOL

I had to be careful not to overspray or spray paint through any holes in the bulkhead, otherwise you end with frosted paint on the other side and I didn't want overspray on the bloodbox.
After lunch I asked the good wife to assist me in setting some rivets on the tailgate, as some of us know the gal/strips have to go back on in a sequence, bottom one first. I had turned a small tool to support the rivet head, so I moved my home made anvil outside so I had more room and could see better in the natural light, well it all went together too easy, and in no time all the rivets were in place along the bottom gal/strip

and at this stage I hadn't cleaned my Iwata spray gun, so I removed the pot dipped in with a small artists brush and touched up the rivet butts with some DBG

yeah I know it's probably overkill but I don't care anyway thats been my few days off, cheers Dennis

Dennis - what more can be said about this restoration that hasn't already been said?

Absolutely brilliant - keep up the fantastic work.

You are an inspiration to us all!

Can you shave using that dbg mirror. What brand of paint are you using?

Cheers Steve

Not a lot happening here after work today, but I have put the radiator into the supp/panel and re-attached it to the chassis & engine, only needs clamps on hoses, hot wire, fuel supply and maybe it will start.
anyway that's been my playtime this afternoon, cheers Dennis
ps Steve, Information off the 4lt can
Selemix (?brand of paint)
384-LINE
Colour ref BS-C.224
British Standard BS 381 Code 224
Deep Bronze Green
I buy this paint from a company called Ovesco, they are in Sandgate nr Newcastle, they also have a branch in Brisbane, link below, cheers
Ovesco - Hardware,Gas Stays,Drawer Slides,Rubber & Seal Strip,Water Tanks & Tool Boxes,Huck Fasteners & Tooling,Recoil,Threaded Inserts

After a relatively easier day at work today yesterday still flaring in my mind, a quick browse through a couple of sites looking for small bolts (2BA raised round head's) to hold the headlight buckets in place, no luck as yet.
Soon after that I was using the grit blast cabinet, to remove the last of the stubborn little bits of paint on the vents. It is very hard to remove the paint from the spot welds, so a spot of, spot grit blasting was the order of the day

you can see where the spot welds are but now paint free, while I was at it I went all over them, maybe etch prime them tomorrow after work. I need to get a few items ready for the next batch of DBG, anyway that was afternoon, cheers Dennis

I recently bought a large quantity of early L/R & early Rover car parts new & second hand& there are a lor of S/H nuts , Bolts & screws , i think there are some 2ba round headed screws , next time i am at our workshop I will have a look . How many do you need ? You are welcome to what you need for free if i have any. There may be some new ones in the Lucas parts.

I found 5 2nd hand screws today . I may find some more in my shed at home. These screws are 2ba & the shaft is approx 14mm long .. Also CDA Eastland Trade supplies 1300 cda ets are supposed to have 2ba X1/2 " brass round head with slot metal threads.