Thread: Barney - a 1958 Series II

Y'know, I've been pretty stoked with the way the Barney project has been coming along; probably not the ultimate restoration but it pleases me... and then our engineering manager turns up at work this morning with the project he's been working on in his shed the last couple of years.

Not my style of vehicle, but you've got to be blown away with the quality of the workmanship he's put into it. Photos just don't do it justice.

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Only been unveiled for a few weeks and he's already taken out top custom prizes at Brisbane and Sydney Hot Rod shows.

A different thing to what I'm doing of course but I'm not sure I'll bring Barney to work when it's finished...

Originally Posted by OneOff

Y'know, I've been pretty stoked with the way the Barney project has been coming along; probably not the ultimate restoration but it pleases me... and then our engineering manager turns up at work this morning with the project he's been working on in his shed the last couple of years.

Not my style of vehicle, but you've got to be blown away with the quality of the workmanship he's put into it. Photos just don't do it justice.

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Only been unveiled for a few weeks and he's already taken out top custom prizes at Brisbane and Sydney Hot Rod shows.

A different thing to what I'm doing of course but I'm not sure I'll bring Barney to work when it's finished...

I prefer shire horse over golden akhal teke. I am sure once completed, Barney should be able crawl through knee deep mud all day long and still hold it’s charm.

P.S. don't tell him to try that not much will be left.

Nav

I had to look that up.

Golden Akhal Teke
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And I think your analogy is good. What's the point of having something that's too pretty to use?

What a great project Pete and you have done an awesome job mate - you have almost caught me up and we started about the same time!!

Can't wait to see the finished product.Barney and The Camel are almost twins!

Cheers,
Tricky

Some awesome work, wow. You are making me look bad! I need to learn some fab skills to keep up with all you guys who do such an awesome job.

Thank you both for the good wishes. It's been quite a while since I've done anything on the thread, or on the car for that matter...

As I mentioned further back in the thread, I'd like to hear it running, even just for a minute, a bench trial so to speak. But I can't get any spark, and I'm worried I may have wired it wrong somehow and burnt out my brand new electronic dizzy. They do warn that may happen in the instructions... I really am an electrical numpty...

Currently I'm refurbishing the radiator support panel which I manage to get a few minutes on every now and then. Life has been getting in the way lately and Barney doesn't look any different than the last photo I posted some months ago.

The next step is to get the tub fixed up, two tubs actually, because I'm going to build a matching trailer. None of the three tubs I have have salvageable guards so I'm looking to buy new skins for them, but finding them is like hens teeth... can anyone help me with sourcing these? LRI have a set to suit a 109' but I can't find anything to suit an 88'.

Any ideas???

spoilt for choice...

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As is fairly normal for a Land Rover of this age, Barney has worn many coats...

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but it's all got to go, so after two days of hard graft with paint stripper and a scourer pad or two (many..)

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and some nice new rear panels

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The ute-dog's just getting in some practice...

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Tomorrow I'll work on cutting out for the second fuel tank...

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As I mentioned, the cutouts were done for the auxiliary tank filler.

Firstly, a big patch over the old hole, I have no facility or skill to weld it up so a patch was the only option. I like it, it looks very Land Rover-ish.

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The holes I made are not exactly the same shape as the other side but it's the biggest hole saw I possess, and I'm reluctant to go out and buy a bigger one just for this job...

I also added the inner shield underneath, measurements being simply copied from the other side -

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Very pleased with progress over the Christmas break, I've also cleaned up all the necessary items ready to go to the galvanizers for re-coating.

Anyone got any idea where I might source a left-hand fuel hose cover?

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Cheers OneOff.