Thread: New Project...

If that was my problem, I would arrange a puller onto the two bolt holes, then warm around the outside edge of the dented area to a black heat using a fine oxy-acetylene tip, then using a steady pressure with the puller draw the section out to it's original position as the heat transfers.

With some more painting practice it would be finished.
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Or you could use the 'Agricultural' approach.... Bolt a spare hinge post on it, put a ratchet strap between the windscreen eyelet and the rear tub to support the bulkhead, then give the hinge one good belt forwards with a lump hammer! This'd b fine if you were not past the painting stage.. Looking good tho! Just thinking about it, if you were to use a flap disk on the mating face of the hinge to bulkhead, and sand a taper towards the front, it would cause the eyelet to move back out the more you sanded..

Even though I haven't done the brakes (installed the shoes, brake springs) - I decided to fit the wheels/tyres. I am sick of working on the car while it is on axle stands, and as it is getting heavier and heavier as things go back onto it. I also want to give the suspension time to settle before I tighten it up - so on went the wheels/tyres:

Passenger front:


Passenger rear:


Passenger side profile:


Drivers side profile:


Next job - install the battery box:


Then the air cleaner:


Then the various throttle linkages - the carbie end:


The main link going across the firewall:



I managed to put the main throttle link on backwards - on the drivers side there is a spring, and only one side of the link has the hole for the spring.. Murphey's law - when I went to put the spring on I couldn't, because the linkage was on backwards... Naturally un-did everything and went at it again. It's now on properly.

Next up - install the choke cable/panel:


That's it for the weekend - still a massive amount of jobs to do, but getting there slowly.

Tyres look great - they really look the part.

Lovely

I agree - the tyres do look the part. Can you tell me what they are - I can't quite read the wording on the side walls.


Thanks


Nic

Hi Nic,

I plan to do very little km's in this Landy (I have a LWB Series II Ute, a 101 and of course my daily driver, and the wife's car).

I hunted around for quite a while and settled on the tyres you see here - cheap at $89 a pop, but they are retreads. Some people love retreads and some people hate them. But I figure that I will be doing very few km's, and I just couldn't justify spending $250+ a tyre.

Here is a link to them on ebay:

7 00 R16 NEW Retread MUD Tyre 7 00 R16 FOR Land Rover Truck OR Trailer in Cranebrook, NSW | eBay

Hope that this helps.

That's the rub Grey Ghost. I've been quoted $200 -$250 plus for each tyre - so at least $1,000 for 5 tyres for a vehicle that won't get a lot of use. I'll just have to win Lotto I guess.


Thanks for your response.


Nic