Ser 2a Build up Thread

[Landygirl]

So i painted the chassis with underbody deadener as well as the leaf, diff and axles.

Once all back together i sprayed it all over with fish oil

A drill and wire wheel came in very handy with all the cleaning












I resprayed the Holden 173 Red engine in the usual holden red




Wire Wheeled, degreased and cleaned the gearbox and all surrounding





Painted the shocks with rust kill just to give them that edgy look. the paint i used was called wilderness it came out pretty good



Next i decided that the panels where so crappy looking id find out how much i could get Army Olive Drab paint for and do a bit of home respraying.... until i got out the Kitten cut and polish and WOW did they come up good. When look at the pics below please refer to the first pics to see just how much of a difference the cut and polish made. Now im just going to touch up a few parts with the colour thats already on it and leave it for a while before i respray.

Before and after on the tailgate




Guards



Bonnet came up good




i was very suprised how good the radiator guard came up.



Once its all back together i will be giving it a good wash and another cut and polish just to give it that extra awesome look.

[Landygirl]

Another view of the Workshop Landrover.


The guards you have might be a sought after item for a military enthusiast with one of these late 2a wide light Landrovers.

Ah ok yeh it looks really kool.

The guards will be up for sale once its registered and have finished the brake upgrade etc, wanna get the more important things done first.
Would like to keep the military cut guards but without the lights in it even thought about keeping my ones and blanking them off and putting the lights back in the grille. But lots to do before i get to that

[numpty]

Nice work Keep it up At least you have a decent workshop to operate from.

[pfillery]

Am I missing something here - the amount of rust in the doors seems uncharacteristic for an aluminium skin. Are they steel skinned doors and if so is this normal? I thought they were all alloy....

[JDNSW]

Ah ok yeh it looks really kool.

The guards will be up for sale once its registered and have finished the brake upgrade etc, wanna get the more important things done first.
Would like to keep the military cut guards but without the lights in it even thought about keeping my ones and blanking them off and putting the lights back in the grille. But lots to do before i get to that

If the chassis number prefix is G or H then the lights should be in the guards. To change to lights in the radiator support, that panel will need to be changed for an earlier one.

The rusty door skins suggest that the doors have been reskinned with steel at some time - not particularly uncommon - my Series 2 had the RH door thus when I bought it s/h in 1963. The doors as built have the frame steel and the outer skin Birmabright alloy.

John

[pop058]

Some 2a's had the lights in the guards and that is one of them.
Here is another.

Yes, it is a 2a. I don't think there were many series three workshops. I suspect there were none.

Mick,

they made 40 S3 workshops, all as cab chassis variants. Rear platforms off earlier workshops and trailers were then fitted.

Landygirl,

looking good, keep the pics and info coming

[Dinty]

G'day All,
Landygirl, you should have give me a nudge, I could have taken you to Edden St Bellbird where the vehicle was, I looked at it sometime ago as I was told about a swb ex-mil Land Rover, I drove out to look but didn't get out of my 110, as it wasn't ex-mil.
I can tell you it has not been there 6 years, at that location maybe 5-7 weeks??, anyway thats past history now, your project is coming along well, keep at it, cheers Dennis

[Mick_Marsh]

Mick,

they made 40 S3 workshops, all as cab chassis variants. Rear platforms off earlier workshops and trailers were then fitted.

I think you will **** they were actually 2A's. at least this wide light workshop was.


I'm off to REMLR just to double check.

I can only find fourteen of them on REMLR. I had heard there were about 40 of them
178-033, 178-042, 178-044, 178-050, 178-051, 178-054, 178-056, 178-058, 178-066, 178-067, 178-068, 178-069, 178-032, 178-065

Sorry to hijack the thread.
Please resume normal service.

[Landygirl]

Am I missing something here - the amount of rust in the doors seems uncharacteristic for an aluminium skin. Are they steel skinned doors and if so is this normal? I thought they were all alloy....

Not normal no they should be alloy but in this case i believe there has been some cut and shut!! i think someone at some point has decided to replace the alloy skins which basically ruined the doors

[Landygirl]

Nice work Keep it up At least you have a decent workshop to operate from.

Thanks im loving every minute of it, my bank account isnt so happy thou


Well only for the chassis part ive been doing it all in my garage which is starting to look like its going to need a very good degrease and high powered wash!! lol mainly rusty radiator water and grease and oil from every part of the car bar the engine lol