Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

hi Dennis, did you get the fibre washers for the thermostat locally or the UK? I've found a couple around the shed but needed a few more and had no luck with any of the local auto shops. hope the leg is getting better..

cheers, matt

Well this morning I have found myself totally un-motivated, !! true, absolutely no interest in anything Land Rover, I helped the wife do a few small jobs with her chicken enclosure, the humidity was up there ++, anyway as the morning dragged along, a flicker became a flame, then a full blown torch LOL.
I had to work under the carport, as it was too hot n the reflected glare off paint was too much, at least I could see without squinting. I have been having an argument with self about the outer front guards, so I bit the bullet and rubbed both of them down (again)

the far one has been rubbed down all over, the one in the foreground will have to be finished tomorrow, maybe re-paint them later in the week, weather depending, and as usual work tomorrow, anyway cheers Dennis
ps yes I agree that the 'steel' rocker cover is a tad untidy, but it had been sprayed by the previous owner and he subsequently oversprayed it with engine enamel, I had been reluctant to remove it for painting as I do not have another gasket for it, cheers,,

Gotta say it's looking sharp. It's a credit to you

This morning I moved 2 vehicles & 1 No5 trailer to get the Series 1 under cover in the carport, then mask up what I thought might get some overspray on it, mix the paint/hardener/thinners, run out air line fire up compressor, apply DBG, all the time remembering to spray around the edges first, anyway it has now been re-sprayed with it's second coat, I'm hoping that the finish will be good enough

while I was at it the intention was to re-spray the outer guards as well, edges first

again I'm hoping the finish will be OK, cheers Dennis
ps Cobber, mate thanks for the compliment, but I have always regarded myself as a jack of all trades & master of none = amateur LOL who will invairabley make mistakes along the way,,.

Hi Dennis, I sent you a email about a new oil cap I have , i was wondering if you received the email. Wayne

I have always stressed that I am an amateur at everything I do, well after the painting session the other day, I had intentionally mixed enough paint so that I could re-spray the underside of the bonnet, and subsequently the topside as well (because I have missed spots along the edges, and been a bit light on paint in other spots Damn colour blind!! LOL), anyway after making what I call a reasonable job on the tub sides and outer guards, I had prepped the underside of the bonnet ready to spray.
Approx 3 hours had elapsed from the previous painting job, I should have sprayed a scrap piece of alloy first but I didn't, anyway to cut a long story short, the paint came out of the gun like that black underbody spray stuff, well to say I was a tad disappointed would be an understatement.
The only way forward that I could see was to strip the whole underside of the bonnet using paint stripper, so today after a full yard mow etc I made a start

it was hard to see all the work previously put into go down the drain LOL
anyway after 3 hours my back was getting sore so I finished up with it looking like this

so tomorrow after work I know what I will be doing, cheers Dennis

The steps are 1, 2, forward and 3, backwards.
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Coming along but the under side of the bonnet was never painted at from the factory only the lip on the underside of the bonnet got painted