Thread: Oh Dear, I bought another one.

Looking good, it may seam like its taking forever to get anwhere with your Landy but it will be worth it

hey do you have any good d-lamps

Yep, I have a couple of D-lamps, one needs a new lens (pic should be on page 2 of this thread.), not really sure if I am going to put them on her yet, being a '57 it had Della Red Beacons (only the cast base left though.)

Weather and work has been preventing me doing too much of late but I put the bulkhead back on this morning and have my reset rear springs on now.
Repainted the rear axle casing too but that can wait for tomorrow to go back on assuming the weather holds out.
Heres my home refurbished steering wheel too.
Starting to actually look like a landrover again.

Thats a nice job, would you give us a bit more detail on the steering wheel refab.

+1 on the steering wheel, Surly.

Steering wheel, firewall and chassis look sensational.

Luckily my steering wheel wasn't too bad just a bit cracked in spots but the bakelite was starting to deteriorate.
I sanded the wheel back to the good bakelite and used a 2 part epoxy I bought years ago from a FDB's type discount place (it was only $2.50 a box but the stuff sets like hard plastic and is really easily worked for a while, I'm sure there would be a sellys or otherwise equivalent.) I filled in any cracks and gaps with the epoxy and when cured filed and sanded it match the bakelite.
I then gave it a few coats of penetrol (magic stuff) with a light sand between coats from there I just gave it a few heavy coats of a satin black spraypack with a light sand between.
Time will tell how sucessful the job is but seems to be good so far.

Been a bit lazy the last couple of weeks but I went and had a look at a garage sale today where they had series 1 parts advertised. I wasn't expecting too much but the bloke had around 4 various series 1's in states of disrepair and a really nice '53.
Think I might buy a 2 litre spread bore off him and a few other bits.