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Originally Posted by jamesnedtaylor
To be honest I did not name her.
The vehicle came with every service record, invoice, receipt all in exercise books from the day it was purchased. The name was in the book and I liked it so it has to stay. Its part of the reason I decided to rebuild it and not the other one (its name is Major Mustard) it seem to have a soul even if it is somewhat rusty at the moment.
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Originally Posted by JDNSW
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Originally Posted by debruiser
The pressure wash and a ball peen hammer showed more than I expected but its salvageable. I would not have looked at it without the lockers and yes I am looking forward to using them. Are you going to convert to power steering or just remain with the Armstrong original?
No, the front true track is probably coming out... to go into my 88" project. I'd take the locker from the rear too but that's a sals diff.... BUT the 88" will run freewheeling hubs I think, that way when I'm not in4x4 steering will be lighter. or that's the plan anyway. If i had heaps of money I'd just get air lockersQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter O
I got to do a couple of hours this evening so I took the disc cutter to the dumb irons and cross member. Hope to get a couple of hours on it tomorrow and make a little more progress.
Got to put some steel back in too
Replaced the lower half of the RH rail back to the bump stop and replaced the bottom of the front cross member.
I have decided to plate the outer rail and some of the gussets with bigger stronger ones.
I am putting the Fairy winch back on the front so I want good strong mount points.
I also replaced one bulkhead iron
Hi Peter,
Amazing work your doing here. Good pics, theres something about cutting out sections and replacing them.
So can I ask how your doing this exactly, so cut off, measure and just remake the section and rejoin it all yourself, or are you giving peices to a fabricator to make for you. Are you using arc/tig/mig?
Looking forward to watching you take it all the way :D
Just wondering though with the rebuild, how will you go replacing all your doing, when it come to registering it? Do, or will you need to get it engineered, or is it OK as it is a "repair"?
I so want to do something similar, but time and motivation are not on my side :(
Cheers dude, keep up the good work :D
Peter,
When I first saw your photos I thought that chassis was only good for scrap !!
You are a master mate! Well done. Keep up the great posts.
Regards,
Phil.
Chops
I bought a couple of dumb irons because it was quicker than making my own but they were only so so. I have strengthened them and added crush tubes etc.
The chassis bits I cut out are just marked out measured and made from sheet or flat bar.
I have just made a template for the outside chassis plates and dropped it with a mate this morning because he has a plasma at work and will cut the detailed shape easier than me with a disk. I guess you could say I am lazy when it comes to making bits that others manufacture and sell.
I use a mig with gasless wire because I don't do enough to justify cylinder rent all year.
I don't expect any queries when I go to register it as the original welds are very rough and some are poor quality, but I am happy to have an engineer look it over if necessary, I have never had issues with my welds on any of the other V8 conversions I have had engineered.
It looks a bit rough but I am doing this outside due to the fact the dead landcrusier and the VW buggy are in the road of my shed. If I was not so slack I would fnish the Buggy and weld the engine mounts back into the crusier and move them out of the way. I will have to do something before the winter starts. I need to get the heater fan unit out of my RRC so I can get it back on the road.
Phil B
Thanks for the kind words too.