Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Dinty,

Are you sure you restored this??

The more I look at the photos the more I think you went back to 1954 in some
sort of time machine and bought one to bring back....


great job.

digger

Well another interesting @ the 'Lunatic Asylum', I went to retrieve the LHS door lock to fit insitu, only to find that what I had refurbished months ago was another lock assembly for the RHS ######'s.
So a quick check through another pile of stuff and a physical/visual check to make sure I had the correct bitz, then check the parts manual to see if any bits were interchangeable, and there is (thankfully),

cover all holes etc to stop grit getting in, fire up the grit blaster, blow off dust etch prime n paint, hang on clothes line (well that's what their for LOL)

about 1 hour later all dry and ready to fit, end of job

Wrong, I closed the door (and it shut quite easily) only to find I couldn't re-open it,

check check n check again, the only way out was to add a spacer washer or two between Bulkhead and chassis rail

I had to undo all the nuts n bolts that held the B/head to the chassis, all the floor screws along the LHS, the rad/sup panel, then with my wife helping I levered the B/head away from the chassis she inserted 2 spacer washers, I knocked them into place with a punch located through the chassis outrigger, while I tapped them into alignment, then slipped the tie bolt back into place.
The gap was wider by 6mm, enabling me to open n close the door with no trouble, but I need to pull the LHS B/head forward to open this gap

anyway here is how I supported the B/head to stop it dropping down

I'm reasonably happy with the door gap ATM



I will be glad when I'm finished with work, hopefully my head wont be as scrambled, fancy doing 2 door locks for the one side of a vehicle LOL, anyway cheers Dennis
PS Digger, mate don't ever lose sight of the fact that I'm just a looney who doesn't know when that's good enough LOL, now where did I park that DeLorean??!!,,.

Silly bugga. See, if you made a mess of things instead of doing them properly, you wouldn't have to do things twice so you can feel like the rest of us

I went shopping this morning, it was a bit like 5 finger discounts LOL to pick up the remainder of the hoop set, not the best weather to be out n about in nevertheless a good morning out, the goods secured on the roof

and safely removed awaiting a break in the weather

so I can dismantle them, and give it the attention it needs, cheers Dennis

Mate, I saw a pic of some land rover guy polishing a panel on a 2015 production line110,,

your panel gaps are EXQUISITE ,,

I have been cleaning/repairing the steering wheel over the past few days when time permits, anyway it's coming along slowly

the rim had some cracks which I have used my dremel drill and a burring tool to open up the cracks and then fill with epoxy resin, anyway I have bought a can of plastic etch primer this morning, I need to find the paint that I want to use also, anyway cheers Dennis

The steering wheel has been done, it has a few minor imperfections but I suppose you have to expect that when your eyesight is upta and colour blind to boot LOL

I will buy a good quality steering wheel cover from the UK and no-one will see the imperfections, anyway cheers Dennis

That's nowhere near good enough. How about you give it to me and I'll give you Wombat's so you can have another go

This is one job I'll be getting back to you on because mine is horrible - that job's a loooooonnnnnnnngggggg way into the future though.