Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

A very windy day today cold in the shade, but progress has been made my Series 1 has been released from being locked in and is now in a position to be loaded onto a trailer tomorrow afternoon
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I have taken all the loose sundry items out so they don't get lost in transit.
Back home I have stripped the bonnet of all it's paint etc, removed the spare wheel mount, knocked out 1 rivet by mistake, should have had my glasses on
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attention turned to the one piece floor, and started to strip paint off it,
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hopefully have the floor finished by mid week, cheers Dennis

Well many thanks to my mate Gordon for helping out yesterday and to John T, John T Snr and Ian for arranging to meet me at home @1400hrs, across town we went, assessed the situation and had it loaded on the trailer in less than 5 minutes, 20 minutes later we were back home with, my wife asked what's wrong (because we were so quick), Op Rubic's Cube swung into action 4 vehicle movements later and the Series 1 was under cover, all way too easy
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it looks like it has been there forever.
While the party were here they also wanted to look over the fleet, anyway good afternoon, job done in a flash Thanks very much, cheers Dennis
ps forgot to thank John's Mum as it was her V8 Disco that towed the trailer,,.

Looking right at home Dennis, but where do the TAC plates get mounted? and the NATO plug? and the pintle hook? and ......Lol

cheers
Scott

You're actually inspiring me to do my body ... Same crappy paint job story.. Guess ill start on the original engine first though and enjoy driving it this spring/ summer ... Dangerous thing inspiration lol
Cheers mark

After a 4hr short shift due to staff shortages, I came home changed and off to Sandgate dropping off 3 Carburettors
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I did identify the one that was for repair, telling them that if any parts of the other 2 were of any use etc, but did ask them to let me know if the nominated carby was U/S.
Then the run around trying to locate a flat panel beaters dolly, no luck anywhere, so home we went.
Stripping paint was the order of the afternoon, so I have started to dismantle the vehicle in stages, starting with the seatbox
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you can see why I need to strip all the paint off everything, multiple layers ++
approx 1 hour to strip this panel
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the section in the middle has also been done this afternoon, the toolbox cover will get done tomorrow after I get home from the swap meet at the local showground.
Last week I managed to strip the entire floor section, both sides, here it is as I just got started
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I wanted to check the door gaps on both sides before I get too far and either remove the tub or the bulkhead, the gap looks too wide to me, it's approx 20mm on both sides
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anyway enough rambling for one evening LOL cheers Dennis
ps I must sya Thanks to 'Klonk' for putting me onto paint stripper from bunnings, it works well, cheaper to buy it in a 4lt can as well,,.

Originally Posted by Dinty

Then the run around trying to locate a flat panel beaters dolly, no luck anywhere...

What about a piece of 20mm plate Dennis? Radius the edges so that you don't raise dings,

Cheers Charlie

Well after almost 4 hours at the swap meet this morning, not a lot of Series Land Rover gear for sale, did meet a chap that I had met previously at the 'Expo' last year, he had some Series bits but all to suit 80", I did somebody a favour, they were going around in circles trying to find a park, I directed them to my 110 and that solved their problem.
After a quick lunch I set about removing the seatbox for assesment, it has extra bits riveted on and I don't know why?? look at the G/box case, it had been bead blasted along with T/case,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps571f65bc.jpg,
it didn't take long to see why extra bits had been riveted on, there were a few cracks in the seatbox base, nothing that cannot fixed I hope
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one split is around 4" in length, the other two are fractures
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you can see the extra bits across the front also along each side as well, there are no splits cracks on those sides
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I have started to paint strip the seatbox as well, most of the underside has been done, but I ran out of battery (camera) and more importantly daylight, work tomorrow 0430hrs wake up anyway cheers Dennis

what colour is this? do you have a paint code and distributor for it?