LANDY'S LAST RESTORATION BY ME

I did get some work done on Wednesday. I went to the workshop & found some short 6mm bolts for the seat backs then off to bolt company to get some longer 6mm bolts to hold the locators on the seat bottoms. I also had to make up some inserts to stop the rubber squashing when bolting them on. Attachment 129437 While I was at the workshop I welded the grip bumps on the worn clutch peddle I am still not sure how to go about fitting the number plate under the tail light, so while at the workshop I made up a support bracket like they use in the Defenders .Attachment 129439 but I am not sure about that also as the plate sticks out 40mm past the side of the tub Attachment 129440 Attachment 129442


Back at home I bolted the seat backs in & fitted the locators to the seat bottomsAttachment 129443 Then bolted the R/H floor in place & fitted the brake & clutch peddle Attachment 129444 Then refitted the heater Attachment 129445
That was it for Wednesday.
Yesterday was my no L/R work day , we had to look after the twins who turn two today Attachment 129446

Dont you have the pivoting number plate holder that hangs centre of the tailgate?

Keith

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Originally Posted by 123rover50

Dont you have the pivoting number plate holder that hangs centre of the tailgate?

Keith

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I did have one Keith but I gave it to Brendan & I want to try to mount it were it should be mounted & don't want to cut into the new harness to run wiring for the No plate light. May go to Qld Transport & see what it will cost to change the color of the plates off the BMW . The back one on it will fit on the back but they are blue & would look odd on a green car. If it is not too expensive I will change them to white on black.
The plates on the BMW I cant work out what they mean , they have no relation to the previous two owners names or the model of BMW it is & I have never rely liked the color even on the blue BMW & was thinking of changing them to black & white for it also.Attachment 129447
That clutch peddle is the one I got off you Keith , came up better than I expected.
Wayne

This is great work ur doing there. Im loving it.

Cheers Rod

Not much done on Landy today. When we were away up the coast I fell down a step & landed on my wrist , I have put up with the pain all week because I knew if I went to the doctors I would not have been able work on the car if they put it in a cast, but it got the better of me this morning so I rang doctors for an appointment. The result was Attachment 129456 still waiting for results of X ray.

I decided to slip the doors back on there hinges , R/H one has no paint on it & L/H still has the original paint . I will take it for a test drive tomorrow to see how she is running after a year off the road. If she is going OK I will drive to ABD on Sunday if not will take on a trailer.Attachment 129457Attachment 129458

Just had a call from the doctor , no brakes , chips or cracks :banana: all soft tissue damage & keep wearing the wrist support .:thumbsdown:

Not too sure what to do with my number plate either same problem . I have fitted your lights so have been puzzled by this. Don't really want to pay $400 odd dollars for custom plates.
By the way your seat locators are on upside down. The flange is pushed through the hole and stops the seat coming out accidentally if you land upside down [bigsad]. I used Bunnings door stoppers, not sure how long the flange will last before it breaks off.

Cheers Steve

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Originally Posted by klonk

Not too sure what to do with my number plate either same problem . I have fitted your lights so have been puzzled by this. Don't really want to pay $400 odd dollars for custom plates.
By the way your seat locators are on upside down. The flange is pushed through the hole and stops the seat coming out accidentally if you land upside down [bigsad]. I used Bunnings door stoppers, not sure how long the flange will last before it breaks off.

Cheers Steve

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Hi Steve ,
$400 is cheap from what I can work out from the PPQ web site the playes I need in Qld are $2500. I wasn't sure how the locaters fitted , they are a tight fit the way I have fitted them, I dought the flange would last more than one removal. Also I do not intend turning up side down[biggrin]

There is a reason why all Australian assembled Series Landrovers came with the number plate mounting and light on the tailgate. Rover's original design did not take into account the standardised size of an Australian numberplate - although I don't think it was standardised in 1948.

Well took Landy for a drive this morning , all is working well except the gear box. If I can get 1st & 2nd & reverse I can't get 3rd , 4th. Has to be some thing in the selector interlock. I am not going to worry tomorrow I will just use 3rd ,4th & reverse & if I have to start on a hill I will use 1st & 2nd until i get onto the flat again, then I just need to select reverse to then be able to select 3rd & 4th.[bigsad]

I have fitted the 1/2 cab canvas tilt as it was quite cold here this morning & I have just spent the last 4 weeks trying to get rid of a cold & don't want to freshen it up.Attachment 129487

Then to finish it off I gave it a wash & fitted the gentleman's pipe & holder.Attachment 129488

Steve how did the lights come up?

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There is a reason why all Australian assembled Series Landrovers came with the number plate mounting and light on the tailgate. Rover's original design did not take into account the standardised size of an Australian numberplate - although I don't think it was standardised in 1948.

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I think in Qld back then we still had Q plates & most people cut then & mounted them the same as in the UK with some numbers above the others . Don't think the police worried about them that much back then.