Rebuilding Sid

Sounds like the mob I ordered my BMW parts from the USA , when parts hadn't arrived well after due & trying to get info out of shipping Co who would not talk to me because I wasn't the seller , I went back to the seller who told me it was up to me to chase up the shipping Co. After trying on line through there complaints department one of the two parts arrived . Waited a week than rang the company to be told the part was held up in Customs & needed to pay import deputy & GST which added another $700 to the cost. Part arrived 3 days later. There is no such thing as service these days.

Luckily, there are a few good businesses out there, but unhappily the vast majority are not in Australia.

Bruce who made the wiring loom is excellent, great communications, you only pay the day he starts manufacturing, not the day you place the order. My local upholsterer was great. The sand blaster started well but became a shocker.

Don’t get me started on any of the local parts suppliers.

Australia really has to get the concept of customer service and I think when we find it we should give plenty of credit. Not for the one off as everyone gets it’s right occasionally, but for the consistently good.

Found the escape tunnel out of Victoria.

Although I’ve been in geelong for weeks, they finally conceded that it was a bit unfair to designate Tullamarine as hot spot. SA Gov. permitted travel home to Adelaide via the airport, but how you got there became an issue when landing into Adelaide. As I drove solo in a hire car, I was let in, for one of my fellow passengers in an Uber…. 14 days quarantine.

Anyhow, reunited with Sid and his pile of parts.

The landrover door seals went in perfectly, https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...59272dd2c5.jpg
No hassle, holes lined up, door shuts. There’s a bit of adjustment to do when they bed in, but these are miles away from the BritPart ones. The rubber is much softer and thinner.

Sills are fitted, new brackets arrived.

Pick up number plates tomorrow.

Still no sign of the hood.

Picked up Sid’s number plates today, but they are too wide to fit on the rear end quarters. I don’t think SA has a square option so bit stuck.

What do others do on the rear number plates?

This is what I did , I made up an angled piece same as the ones they use on Defenders I found it stopped people walking into the plate & bending it & ripping there cloths Attachment 171723Attachment 171724 Attachment 171729
Then last year I took the PPQ plates off my 1984 BMW , that were on the car when I bought it & changed the colour from dark blue & white to black & whiteAttachment 171725 & transferred them to my 80". To buy these plates they are quite expensive but seeing as I had them & they had reference to the model BMW it is I could not see the point in leaving them on it. Mind you Qld Transport dose not miss you when changing the colour & swapping from one vehicle to another.Attachment 171728

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Originally Posted by Cadas

Picked up Sid’s number plates today, but they are too wide to fit on the rear end quarters. I don’t think SA has a square option so bit stuck.

What do others do on the rear number plates?

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The standard for all Australian built Series Landrovers was a numberplate bracket rivetted to the centre rib on the tailgate, with an attached light, the lead going between the crossmember and rear rail of the tub. (best picture I could find quickly!) The bracket is hinged so it is visible when the tailgate is down.

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

The standard for all Australian built Series Landrovers was a numberplate bracket rivetted to the centre rib on the tailgate, with an attached light, the lead going between the crossmember and rear rail of the tub. (best picture I could find quickly!) The bracket is hinged so it is visible when the tailgate is down.

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Here’s an even better picture.
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Back home again this weekend and finished the steering wheel.

Taken a bit of time this one, it started out like this
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I was able to get it in the cabinet to bead blast the cracks to clean the muck out. The rest got a deep scrub with soapy water.

Then epoxy resins.

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Forming dams with masking tape holds the shape, as the resin sets up in a few minutes it’s fine. Make sure air is not trapped.

Step one donehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ffc3e5bb7b.jpg
Then it’s just bodywork, body filler, sanding, then epoxy primer to seal, filler primer and then 4 coats of deep black high gloss 2 pack.

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Had to buy a new horn ring (new old stock from Uk) all works perfectly.

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Originally Posted by Cadas

What do others do on the rear number plates?

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The inboard edge of mine is bent in slightly and tucks in behind the non-standard pinchweld which makes up my rear tailgate seal. Nice and snug. The outboard end lines up flush with the bodywork.

John

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Originally Posted by Johnno1969

The inboard edge of mine is bent in slightly and tucks in behind the non-standard pinchweld which makes up my rear tailgate seal. Nice and snug. The outboard end lines up flush with the bodywork.

John

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Similar on mine - the LH edge of the plate is just under the edge of the tailgate.