Thread: Barney - a 1958 Series II

Damn that looks good. And Harry giving away secrets too. Good man Harry. U could have put some coating on the inside of the chassis while u had the sides cut out maybe? Or i spose while its on ur rotisserie you could spray something inside the cavity and let it dry. I used fish oil and turned my chassis over in all 4 angles leaving it to run into all the seams and corners. Just a bit of preventative maintenance for the future.
Good job.

Cheers Rod

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Originally Posted by OneOff

...and before you know it I had this.

It must be all in the wrist.

Originally Posted by OneOff

...and before you know it I had this.

ummm... I think not but soon though

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

It must be all in the wrist.

...just trying to keep up to your standards John...

Working on the steering relay today, which probably didn't need it bit I thought I'd have a look. I should learn to leave well enough alone!

First this...



...being a bit overzealous with the hammer, trying to "free it up" a bit.


And then this...



Ripped the housing completely out of it trying to ease the relay out with the Porta-Power ...just not my day.

So now I've got a major repair to something that was probably ok anyway.

That's a bugger Is the relay shaft ok? (I'm changing my relay, so if you want the casing you can have it).

Cheers,

That's kind of you Tim,
I haven't had a good look at the shaft yet, ran out of daylight today.
If it's good I will take you up on that. I'll PM you.

Peter

I haven't updated this thread for a while; there's been a bit going on at Chez' Barney... including a whirlwind trip to the UK, where seeing as how I was there, I had a look at the "Land Rover Reborn Experience".
Bloody good it was too... but I can see the day coming when you won't be able to find an old Landy for love or money; they are digging them up from all over the world and have no intention of stopping... by the way, if you have the first Series 1 in your shed you are a rich man, Land Rover will pay you handsomely for it...

After botching my steering relay TimNZ very kindly sent me his old one, It's sitting on my bench waiting for a few parts before reassembly. Thanks Tim.

Of course the front cross-member was mangled, possibly repairable but when you consider it had already been patched where the radiator cut-out for the Holden conversion was, I thought the best plan of action was to replace it wholly.

Craddocks to the rescue...





...cracked the old one out; and a quick tidy up.







And nicely welded in; not by me, it's way above my standard!






Yesterday I went to visit the heart of the matter...







...I'm in love..!

so now we're up to axles and diffs.





Thought I'd start with the rear axle; it looks a bit easier

Lots of stuff turning up in the mail lately -
Road springs, shackles, U-bolts, bushes, basically all the bouncy bits will be new... a couple of the springs had broken leaves and some leaves were almost worn to half their original thickness and only a matter of time before more of them break, so I figure at 58 years old they're getting replaced whether needed or not.
I could of bought parabolic springs for about the same money, but I'm trying to keep this project as original as possible.

My thanks to everybody working on their rebuilds past and present; it keeps me inspired and motivated.
As everybody else is finding, the bills are getting scary; I'll really have to pull my head in soon...


Cheers,
Peter.