Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

I have been at this bonnet and working on a full set of springs all day, and I'm a tad tired LOL, the underside of the bonnet is now ready to be etch primed

and I have been wasting time (I'm sure) rubbing back the topside, I hate having to be super careful around the heads of the rivets

so I will mull it over in my head and ask my spray painting mate the best way to go about rectifying the issue, if not I will strip it back to bare metal and do it all over again, anyway cheers Dennis

My wife found a notice stuck under the door mat yesterday, telling us that we were not home, TNT had tried to deliver my seats, anyway a quick phone call had them delivered today

and 'Harriet' having a sideways look at how she could do some damage to them LOL

I specified Black, as I wanted something different, it has taken just a over 3 weeks from go to whoa, I dealt direct with Exmoor Trim, Debbie was the sales rep that handled all the details, but for the moment they will be staying in a cut down version of that box, cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

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I still have to fit the bottom corner pieces, and before anyone comments I know they are not std, the previous owner made them up to stop the corners cracking etc, he made them an exact copy of the corner pieces on the hardtop.<<<snip>>>.

These corner pieces are a great idea, these corners are often banged up or broken... I like it!

I haven't been able to do anything for the past week or so, too many other things to do and attend, so this afternoon I thought put the RHS guard together, so I rounded up the painted bolts etc and after fitting 2 bolts to hold it together, using a small podger and this clamp and some thick cardboard to protect the painted surfaces

I was able to pull the panel into line, all 10 bolts have been fitted now all edges line up reasonably well

I suppose I will have to be happy with it LOL, anyway cheers Dennis

The underside of the bonnet has now been repainted, regardless of how it finishes I'm not doing it again LOL

it looks OK at this point, anyway cheers Dennis

Miserable day here weather wise, no real work getting done at all, but last evening I bought these 4 tyres for my the Land Rover 205/80R 16 2,000k's on them

methinks they will see me out with it LOL cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

Miserable day here weather wise, no real work getting done at all, but last evening I bought these 4 tyres for my the Land Rover 205/80R 16 2,000k's on them

methinks they will see me out with it LOL cheers Dennis

If you used the SWB 5" rim they wont sit right, they fit better on the wider LWB rims

Originally Posted by Lost Landy

If you used the SWB 5" rim they wont sit right, they fit better on the wider LWB rims

Maybe so.

But as I discussed with Dennis the other day, I have been running 205/80/16's on my S1 on 5" rims for a number of years and a few thousand k's with no ill effect.