Thread: The restoration of Wombat

you sound like you got it all sorted. I've just had the 109 off the road for a month chasing down a host of irritating electrical problems. Rather than snip away at it I thought I'd make a list and not drive it again until it had been taken care of properly. I just want to drive it for a bit now its nice and legal before I start looking at the engine / transmission / gears etc etc . Let us know when yours comes back to life. Nothing better than hearing one fire up after a long break. Nice picture of the Mutt.
cheers,
D
p.s talking of things you find - when I took the lower fascia off a live bullet tumbled out!

Not a bad starting point - well done!

Thanks. Pity the overall project won't be as straight forward as cleaning out the tray. Still, one step at a time, fix each cockup then move to the next.

Incidentally, wooden boat builders have a 'moaning chair' in their sheds, where they sit to moan about their latest screwup. Do the sheds of Landy restorers boast a similar feature?

Originally Posted by Sitec

Which leads me to the next pic.. This is written on the front right wing of Wombat. The name and location ties in with the pic that was posted of the hand written sales diary which has the name Ginn.. There's some history to be found here me thinks.....

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/arti...pstart11482225


http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/re...ecade=196&s=20

9th October 1962 there is reference in the Canberra Times page 6 to the initial awarding of the "W J GINN cup" a polo cross trophy, (canberra riding club?) also found references to w j ginn of braddon goulburn winning wool awards
in 50,51 and 52. sounds like a grazier who obviously had something to do with polo... will be interesting to see what turns up.

Originally Posted by crackers

Thanks. Pity the overall project won't be as straight forward as cleaning out the tray. Still, one step at a time, fix each cockup then move to the next.

Incidentally, wooden boat builders have a 'moaning chair' in their sheds, where they sit to moan about their latest screwup. Do the sheds of Landy restorers boast a similar feature?

yep - mines leather and is well worn! I might start a "show us yer moaning chair" thread.
cheers,
D

Originally Posted by crackers

----- Incidentally, wooden boat builders have a 'moaning chair' in their sheds, where they sit to moan about their latest screwup. Do the sheds of Landy restorers boast a similar feature?

Sure do, I have one of those five caster gas adjusting office chairs with one caster missing and that's where I sit rocking back and forward to fume about the latest mishap that I alone can do.
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Where do you store the body panels?

I've got a double shed to work in, but all the sides have shelves or benches or stuff stored. Plenty of room to work in the middle of the shed, but not if I fill it with body panels. So how and where do you store them once you've pulled them off the chassis?

Once the rolling chassis is in the shed, it's not coming out very often because the approach is up a sharp little slope over grass so I really do need all the room I can get in the shed.

there's the rub! So many body panels , so little space. I mused on this once , whether to spend money on a bigger shed - or buy another Landy. A member suggested I do one or the other , and the other would follow! I suppose you could leave them outside on a pallet covered with a tarp.
cheers,
D