My 88" Series 3

Would love to have a sneaky peak anytime and as I'm in WA I'll bring the coffees.[bigrolf]

Quite strange to see all the bits you are now putting back on yours, I've just been taking off mine.

cheers
Garry

You're welcome to any time Garry :)

Cheers,

Tim

Mad??,,, naa, but it could probably help,,, but nothing better than a good (slow in our case [biggrin]) road trip to have some fun.

I could take the Series II, 101 or Perentie... [emoji848][emoji12]

Had a care package from Dunsfold Land Rover come in today :) Aside from the replacement NOS steering box, (which will need some attention before fitting), I raided their "specials bin" for some other NOS goodies.


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Along with the loom the speedo drive cable was another victim of the rats, :(


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Steering box looks older than me! :) I've got new seals etc I intended to put in the original box that I'll probably fit to this one as everything looks pretty dried up, including the top bearing grease which is pretty solid.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/08/657.jpg


Cheers,

Got the bonnet frame and tub back from the blasters today:


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/08/848.jpg


It seemed a bit frivolous to remove the frame at the time, but many of the solid rivets were loose or broken, and corrosion was just starting on the inside, so I'm glad I did.

The tub looks a lot better in the picture than it actually is, the transom and wheel wells are a bit of a mess. I'm going to drop it off at the painters as it is so he can do any repairs to prep for paint before I put the floor in. (It's much more accessible/easy to work with with out the floor)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/08/849.jpg


They're both primed with a 2 pack epoxy primer, better than anything I could apply (safely).

Cheers,

Schmicko as usual bro.

Hi Tim, Can i ask what media was used to blast the tub ? would you have any pic's before epoxy was applied?
Nav

Hi Nav, sorry that's a no to both questions. I'll ask the blasters next time I see them though about what media they used. I was worried about the panels stretching/warping, but they seemed quite confident about what had to be done. They did, however, refuse to blast the bonnet for fear of damaging it.

Cheers,

Had a few spare minutes today so the cars "nose" went back on :)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/08/923.jpg


Hopefully tomorrow I can get stuck into the steering box, once that's fitted the brakes and clutch can connected and be bled up.

Cheers,