so Digger,, will this be a full-on "Dinty" restoration,,
or--?
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so Digger,, will this be a full-on "Dinty" restoration,,
or--?
I dont have the skills for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift
Id like to see how the tray off the other comes up after a cleanup (eg paint off) if it comes up OK then Id like to keep it all bare... I dont mind that at all, but the chassis etc will need a paint, so if I bare that up (which I reckon I must!) then I'll paint it the correct colour...
If the tray, and doors etc dont clean up well then I'll have to look at painting it all.
If I do paint it all the thought would be to give it a pretty good coat but that all depends....
As I have to replace a lot of bits (doors tray tailgate poss front guards) it'll all come down to how they clean up.
So, trying to move along but slowly!
Put some oil and a touch of diesel down each pot, only one plug looked slightly rust coloured on thread but all came out nicely (old plugs too)
Yesterday, put the crank handle through and with one plug out it cranks over free and nicely, put the plug back, and enough resistance to make it reasonable... feels good :)
Still haven't got it starting... tried the two wires and still no response from starter. :( MMM maybe crank start is the go??
other than that with work and cfs etc been pretty busy...
Ohh and lost a full day getting warranty work done on the defender...or 1/2 done...for the second time... but that is for another section. Bit annoying that 4 1/2 hrs and 450k total trip and they want it there at 8...I get it there for the "2 hrs work" at 5.30 I leave after they ask if they can have it back tomorrow:eek::eek:...
stress level lifts!!!
thank god for the series!
I got a harness from Vinwire, very, very nice.
With indicator fittings it was around $450, which I thought was expensive but is on par with others.
[QUOTE=digger;2095179]Afrer much soaking oil in, tonight removed all 4 rims, one brought studs out on 3 of the 5 nuts :(
All 4 are off now anyhow, most look reasonable and a sand blast and paint look like they'll see them right.
All 4 are circle stamped 4/49 (I noticed on my 52 that there is no circle just straight numbers 10/51)
Couple questions..
1) chassis number is: 06103608, this is before the supposed cut off of marking these numbers with R or L prefix.... why is it this one has neither?
06103608
Desp In: 7-11-1949
Desp Out: 8-11-1949.
Champions of Adelaide
CKD Form 6 vehicles in the shipment
Make sure you take plenty of photos of everything before you pull it apart as this is a nice early Champions CKD vehicle.
by 1950 models they started to drop the R/L as by 161/166 vehicles the LHD / RHD part was built into the number. I have seen some 1950s stamped some not.
2) On the engine mount where the number is situated it is prefixed by much smaller stamped numbers I believe read 1404 - I assume this is a factory number -I recall hearing something about it but cannot recall what.
Chassis Build Number: 1404th chassis for the 1950 chassis production year / that variant of chassis.
Thanks very much for that!! :)
Yesterday I finally managed to get the roof off without any damage ! :)
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and cut the bench seat "thing" out of the car. (son nudged the old bale lift over with the tractor a little while before I managed this! :D he almost missed it!)
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and then got the windscreen down... took a bit to undo the hinge bolts!
no rust in the top of the firewall :)
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similarly no rust in bottom of windscreen
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I have been searching for some original paint...not much anywhere!
found some on the cross members behind the fuel tank and the front of the tray area under there also... I assume this dark green is correct for the body but is it dark green or light green chassis (I thought it was supposed to be a rivergum type green)?
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Whilst blasting copious amounts of rusted fuel tank and carrier out of the fuel tank cradle, I found this down behind the fuel tank ... vinyl, only a small
piece but I assume from the original seats maybe? (if so great to use for a match)
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The keyring is for size comparison... the green in it is very light I think compared to the normal landy emblem green.
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I also finally managed to free the hinge on the passenger side seat box lid. I have cleaned out a huge amount of dirt, over 250gms of rust nails (I compared the weight :p ) a heap of spent .22 casings and some live corroded ones! :eek:
all in all it isnt much but it took a fair while!
I am wondering can anyone tell me what the 'ringpull' should consist of, the piece of old fence wire there at the moment doesnt look like its original! :angel: I assume a keyring and a small chain (if I recall rightly, which I probably wont!)
Cheers!