Thread: Project 'Bob' (formerly Bobette)

the defenders were on the body, I cant remember where the number plate was on the one piece rear doors on series

Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

the part on the tailgate could be where the number plate holder attaches too.

That's exactly what it is, number plate light and plate holder bracket although some of it is missing....

Cheers Rod

Last two posts are spot on.

John

Only minor progress to update with, had a few hours over the weekend spare so it was out with the grinder and off with some paint. First up was finishing off the windscreen, someone had painted it a mixture of white black and silver, not to mention the tar-like substance they had used as a seal at the top and bottom. All came off with the mighty wire brush wheel


Also started on the passenger side door, which took forever. I think I now have RSI from the vibrations, the paint was so thick in places I thought I might find a coin hidden in there, no wonder the door looked so battered, it's actually not that bad surface wise now. Unfortunately if was quite dark when I finished cleaning up so no picture as of yet. Maybe tomorrow

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

The basic bracket appears to have been intrinsic to the tailgates when they were made

Hello from Brisbane.

Others have already suggested it is what it basically is - the remnant of the rear number plate and number plate light carrier.

The part is basically unique to Australian models and was designed to take the larger/longer Australian plates cf. square plates on UK and many other market models.

The unit on your truck would originally have been comprised of two parts hinged together - one of which is still there - so that when the gate is dropped the plate would still be visible.

Cheers,

Thanks, I think I might manufacture the rest of the bracket when everything else is done, depends on how fed up I get by project end lol

Good to learn all this. It never really made much sense that it could have had anything to do with a spare wheel mounting as it was so flimsy, but I'd picked up that suggestion too somewhere along the way.

I kind of got around the long Australian number plate thing by mounting it on the rear quarter and just bending the last bit in around the tailgate opening.

Ok, finally got the picture of the door loaded up. Spent Thursday working on the final piece of welding with the help of my dad, poor bugger comes over on holiday and ends up working on the Landy lol. Also managed to refit the shock absorbers, and after some extensive testing they appear to be working and we can not see any leaks... They will do for now at least, I shall clean them up a little and see what they come up like.

With winter coming and the rain being a bit more frequent I decided to refit the roof and windscreen, the windscreen is cleaned up nicely and we fitted some new seals at the bottom edge. Cleaned up between the roof and the tub before refitting the roof with nice shiny new bolts. Also refitted the driver side wing so the engine doesn't get too wet, with everything cleaned and oiled it will be easier to take off when needed, feels a bit like backtracking but without a shed or carport to keep the water off its a bit of a necessity.

I think over winter I shall see about cleaning up the interior and applying some paint around in there to brighten it up a bit, also want to remove the fuse box and clean up the mess of wiring, having seen some other projects on here I look at my mess of wires and feel ashamed lol

Anyways, pictures attached of work done!

Clean door...


Welding in progress


Aaaand bob with her lid on, moved around the driveway again so it's easier to connect jump leads, other than the crappy paint job it's coming together slowly.