LANDY'S LAST RESTORATION BY ME

Also today I started on the Hand Brake leaver & steering wheel. I mast up the chrome spokes on the wheel & the chrome button in the leaver & then sand blasted The S/W centre & H/B leaver.
I found a small crack in the baker-lite hand grip on the leaver & filled it with body filler. I don't know if the filler is too old or it is just too hot today but it was going off with in a minute of mixing it. :mad: I suspect it is too old , it must be at least 2 years since I bought it.
I then gave the leaver a coat of etch primer ready for when I am painting Black again.
The paint I had painted the steering wheel rim with 29 years ago had started to chip so I sanded the old paint off. There are a few cracks around were the spokes fit into the rim to repair.
I am off to Auto Shop to buy some new filler & I will have a go at repairing then tomorrow.

I had intentions to get lots done today so was up early & did a couple of jobs for my wife. Mixed up some paint in my small touch up gun to fix up a couple of things I stuffed up yesterday. Then the phone rang , it's the son-in law .( i've got today off & I found a Cubbyhouse on gum tree & I have got it home & I can't get it into the back yard.) :mad::mad::mad: I think we need to pull it apart then reassemble once it is in position . I went over & had a look & decided if we lifted the whole roof off we could take it through the garage as they have a roller door at the rear as well. Unfortunately with my son- in law we is not a plural, so I removed all the screws holding the roof then we lifted it off. Then using pipes I rolled it through the garage. I then rolled it onto its back because i had noticed the floor under the carpet seamed to have dry rot. So there it stays until he gets some ply to replace the floor & some bearers .
Now back to Landy, I did my paint repairs , sand blasted the engine side plate & etch primed it along with the new brake pipe clips i had bought, left it in the sun for a couple of hours then sprayed the side plate gloss black & dipped the clips in some yellow enamel mixed with hardener. as per James Taylor's book that says they should be yellow.

Hi Wayne,

The hand throttle was painted a light green, similar to the original light green land rovers.
I am almost 99% sure but cant get to an example to make sure.
Hope this helps

Brendan

I noticed that in one photo in James Taylors book but thouhht it was of a 48 LR. May paint it silver if I cant find small can of correct colour
. Thanks Brendan

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Originally Posted by 1950landy

I noticed that in one photo in James Taylors book but thouhht it was of a 48 LR. May paint it silver if I cant find small can of correct colour
. Thanks Brendan

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Wattyl make a green, which is a perfect match for the hand throttle. Not sure what they call it though,

Cheers Charlie

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Originally Posted by chazza

Wattyl make a green, which is a perfect match for the hand throttle. Not sure what they call it though,

Cheers Charlie

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Thanks for that I will have a look at my Wattle colour chart when I get home on Thursday.

We have been away for the last week up Maryborough way. We called in to see
123Rover50 on the way through & had a look at his latest project.
This afternoon managed to get a little done. Etch primed some of the new 1/4" BSF bolts , nuts, & washers. After allowing a couple of hours for the primer to dry I painted some of them Black , some Silver & the rest DBGreen.
I have also started to bolt some of the fittings back on the bulkhead.

Wayne, you have caught my painting disease, LOL good to see cheers Dennis:)

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Originally Posted by Dinty

Wayne, you have caught my painting disease, LOL good to see cheers Dennis:)

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The last time I painted Landy I went through all the bolts with an artist brush & painted the heads of the bolts after fitting. Very time consuming .

Was going to change the bolts in the bulk head for ones I painted on Friday but after changing two bolts my shirt was soaked with perspiration so decided that was a bad idea. :o
I grabbed the instrument panel that I had previously painted & went into the A/C :D & refitted the gauges & switches. I have fitted LED bulbs in the dash lights so the instruments can be seen better at night. :D
I am thinking of taking the fuel gauge to Otto's instruments to have it cleaned & the face refreshed . The Speedo & AMP were new last time & the fuel gauge is original , it is not bad but looks out of place. I will see what it is going to cost, & make a decision. :confused:
I still need to refurbish the oil light holder, it has a bit of surface rust so have put it in rust converter & I will see what it looks like in the morning , may need to sandblast the metal tube , spring & retainer. I also need to find some thin green plastic sheet to make a new green lens that goes behind the brass cover with the word oil.
My wife has just told me the kids & grand kids are heading our way to cool off in the pool so have to pack up now.
Tomorrow is suppose to be a bit cooler, one can only hope.:)