Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Originally Posted by Dinty

Please, I'm asking politely here, not to hijack the thread with things "off topic",

Sorry Mate, that was a bit remiss of me.

In my post No 134 I stated that I knew that Land Rovers were not painted under neath etc, but I also stated that I wanted this vehicle to outlast me, and not rot away with electrolysis/rust etc

I agree with your approach and I'm watching this part of your restoration closely as I have a lot of similar body work to do on 'HECter'. There is a way to hide the protection of bare aluminium, that is by using a clear laquer to coat it.
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I had been talking with a spray painter mate and I have come up with this colour to do all the floor screws etc, originally they were 'Sheradised' which is similar to galvanising.
There are companies out there that specialise in this process but to ask to have about 100 items done would be ridiculous, so I have gone down this path

the washers have been etch primed both sides, underside is flat black

even the speed nuts, but I will have to wait for them to dry before painting the other side

what colour will they be when dry???? is anyone's guess.
I hadn't thought of a clear lacquer for the undersides of the body, that would have been an idea, but it's way too late for that now LOL, one thing for the future if I ever do another, now to clean up and pack up as I'm on an afternoon shift today, have I ever said how much I dislike it!! anyway cheers Dennis
ps enamel paint with hardener is what I used,,.

Even though originally didnt have paint on the underside of body panels I would still do what you have done. great work dennis

I probably would have gone the gal route, they would have done all the horrible cleaning work too.
Looks great though mate!

Originally Posted by ashhhhh

I probably would have gone the gal route, they would have done all the horrible cleaning work too.
Looks great though mate!

THESE BOLTS WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO SMALL TO GALS & YOU WOULD HAVE LOST MOST OF THEM . THEY ARE SMALLER THAN THE HOLES IN THE CENTRIFUGE BASKET & YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE THREADS FILLING UP WITH GALV. BUT YOU COULD HAVE HADE THEM ZINC PLATED, THEY DO SMALL NUTS & BOLTS . THE FINISH IS BETTER THAN GALV BUT NOT AS LONG LASTING. I THINK WHAT YOU DID IS THE BEST WAY.

Hi
A few years ago I acquired several 20 drums of cadmium plated screws, bolts, studs, washers, spring washers, every known bit by their 100's.
Parts by the dozens, including door locks to engine and gear box parts and housings, linkage bits, head bolts, shafts, pistons rockers etc, diff centres, and housings, steering balls, axles, tractor joints, drive flanges, shackles, etc etc etc .
Cadmium plating is or could be the best coating. It takes a long time to dull, these were done 15/20 years ago and look as if they were just done.
I used these in the rebirth of my 109, and still looks as if I only done it yesterday.
I suppose some may want them some time before they go to recyclers.
cheers
Ian

Very hard to get cabimum plating done now council's closed them all down just like the chrome platers & zinc platers . can't get it done in Brisbane , I beleave there is sombody in Sydney that still doese it.

I have been occupied with other task's, mainly club rego day, making sure all 8 Land Rovers & 2 trailers were up to scratch. Yesterday I had the pleasure of driving one of my S2A 88"GS to the registration location @ 9 mile creek just Nth of Raymond Terrace, in fact it was this one 113-372 ex Provo Sth Vietnam

The weather looked ordinary at 0630hrs when I left home, fog was thick visibility was around 75mtrs, but that cleared about 10k's from home, easy run with little traffic on the M1 (or the parts that I used anyway LOL), I was 3rd vehicle there rego check over quickly and I headed home, but the weather had changed and a storm was very close, needless to say I got soaked with not having door tops on and with the back flap rolled up I was sucking in water droplets +++, anyway all good fun
Today (this afternoon as I had been playing with a Solex carby off my Bloodbox) I managed to lightly sand and apply a dusting of etch primer on the rad/supp panel,

if the weather holds through the week I might be able to spray a few more items in etch primer in readiness for an application of DBG, anyway cheers Dennis