Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

My neighbor is away and I'm using his property to store a couple of items with his permission, so I have returned the favour by mowing his lawn x 2 so far, it was very hot mowing our lawn and his this morning, with that job out of the way, I set about masking up the underside of the bonnet to stop overspray

then mix up the DBG, fingers XXXX'd etc and spray the topside, whatever the finish is that's how it is, I'm no spray painter that's for sure LOL

gee it's 1603hrs and I'm packed up finished for the day, must be the heat, looks like a storm outside ATM, cheers Dennis

All bonnet hardware re-fitted this afternoon after work, bonnet now doing what it does best covering the engine.
Spent a little time painting the tyres that were fitted the other day, they have raised lettering which I specified needed to be on the inside of the rim so I couldn't see it (too much bling B/S) anyway 3 tyres completed, but the back has given out on me, anyway cheers Dennis

Feeling miserable today, *&^% head cold, runny nose you know how it is, anyway I pushed myself and fitted the corner gal items that the prev/owner made to stop the corners flapping about and splitting as they do

yesterday I made some ground before getting this cold, I had grit blasted the seatback brackets and etch primed them painted in Silver, then tried to screw into the back of the seat the bolts that hold the brackets, these I thought would be 1/4"BSF, but the new seats from Exmoor trim have M6 nuts, I found that out by emailing them, anyway that's all sorted now.
I have to keep the vehicle completely covered as we have fly by's every evening/morning with hundreds of Bats, their droppings are like Acid on the paint, it will eat right through enamel down to the bare metal, so it looks like this most of the time

with it's new shoes on, anyway cheers Dennis sniffle sniffle

I have been busy of late as you will see
my 4 daze off work were lost in a blur of engagements here n there n all over the shop, I don't like wasting time going out to lunches etc, I just can't be bothered but unfortunately I had to.
Anyway all I managed to do over Sat/Sun was to paint the Land Rover badges (after they had been grit blasted/etch primed etc) they received a coat of Gloss Black each, left to dry for 24 hours, then Sunday afternoon a quick go over on one of them had it looking like this

not quite finished off as yet still some minor spots to get at.
I wasn't sure what had been done to the front end of the Series 1, I had found the LHS spindle was knackered so I rebuilt a set of late Series 2A spindles and I'm now in the process of stripping the front end out all together

I am going to replace the road springs as well, as it has a lean to the right, while it is down this far the front diff/housing will get a fresh coat of Gloss Black, then all will be re-assembled.
In my 2 hour time window after work every day, I have now removed the front diff/assembly, it is all stripped down ready for cleaning n painting Gloss Black, here it is sitting with a few mates

the Land Rover with the bonnet up is the 109 Workshop vehicle, I'm waiting on some small bits from Blanchards (hurry up Nick LOL) waiting on a rebuild kit for this Zenith carb

the Series 1 is resting on axel stands, and tomorrow after work I will remove the front springs and put in the set that you can see in the other image

It has been unusually hot here of late temps in the high 30's, but the job goes on. I had been grit blasting/etch priming brake backing plates after de-greasing them overnight in the parts washer

yesterday after work I drove to Maitland to drop off 2 brake drums to have them checked/skimmed and $50.00 later

today I repainted the diff/housing and backing plates and some smaller items

and the sundry items all now Gloss Black

The refurbished front springs are back in-situ, just waiting for all the parts to be re-fitted, anyway I'm off to the show @ Bendemeer NSW in the morning, cheers Dennis

Loving your work!

Yesterday I re-fitted the front differential to the housing, tightened it all up, this afternoon after work in my 2 hour window I have re-fitted the diff/assembly to the springs with help of course from my T/A (wife)

we are now off to Maitland Hospital as our youngest daughter had a baby girl on Monday and I haven't visited as yet, well you do have to have your (my) priorities right Land Rover work 1st LOL cheers Dennis

magnificent!

and congrats "grand dad"!

Originally Posted by digger

magnificent!

and congrats "grand dad"!

And that goese from me too. We watched a dvd of the ultrasound of out youngest daughter's twins she is expecting