Ser 2a Build up Thread

[Landygirl]

Ok so never done one of these before so it should be interesting.

I live on the south coast of NSW and picked up a bargain!! Had to pick her up from Cessnock in the hunter. 6 Hours drive each way with the car trailer being pulled by a cruiser HJ60. Decided to go the day before and camp out at the watagans which was nice.

So we get there and its been sitting on the guys property for about 6 yrs, so it was filthy and rusty and basically didnt look too good. There wasnt much rust in the chassis only the usual under the radiator, the doors were beyond repair and it looked like it need to good clean and paint.







We get it on the trailer with some major effort and the help of a winch. Interestingly had to stop in the middle of newcastle for some road side mechanics when we ended up having death wobbles (tie rod end fail) on the HJ, luckily being a staff member of repco i had an easy time finding the parts.



Finally home with no brakes or clutch and no way of getting it down my very steep driveway we leave it on the trailer at the workshop.

Next day i get in there and give it a good look over. Someone had the idea of putting in Falcon AU seats which they had fixed to a bracket and welded to the seat box (not the brightest thing ive ever seen). With the help of an angle grinder and a die grinder i finally got the seats out only to find a few dead rats and some nesting that looked like it had many yrs spent on it lol.

After that it was time to get the vacumn out and hose it as best i could. After a good clean we filled up the brakes and bled them giving us some sort of braking.

Getting it down the driveway was interesting being that it didnt have a starter motor i borrowed one for it and did manage to get it fired up n running a few times but there was a lack of spark so ended up having to roll it down the driveway with me steering and on the brakes!!
The scariest thing i have ever done to date.

[d@rk51d3]

Looks good. Keep the pics coming.

I know what you mean about dodgy seats. Mine had a couple of bucket seats in the front. All held in by a couple (literally) of tek screws. The passenger seat even had a baby seat fitted to it. That, coupled with no seatbelts ............

[Landygirl]

Child seats not such a good idea.

loads more pics coming just stupid internet not uploading them very quickly! think its time i upgraded!!

Got pretty far with it so far so have pics of each stage coming soon

[Mick_Marsh]

I take it it is a late 2a shorty.
Ex mil?

Looks an interesting Landy.

[Landygirl]

So there was a bit of rust in the Chassis but nothing major very lucky i think. The firewall not so good thou had bit rust holes all down the passanger side and the rubber has perished



So now its time to take her apart and see what we have underneath. Started by taking the guards off, Grille, basically stripping it down to nothing but a chassis, wheels and engine etc.







Removing the ute tub and seat box was a bit of an effort someone maybe original had used sikaflex to hold it all together. mission and a half!!



Then it was time to remove the firewall which means removing the master cylinders, steering etc. Brake master had been leaking everywhere so was nice and gooey under there.



So we are down to a chassis and a firewall

[Landygirl]

I take it it is a late 2a shorty.
Ex mil?

Looks an interesting Landy.

Yes its a 1968 not ex military unfortunately just a wanna be but going to be changing the front end back to original lights in the grille not the guard, personal preferance

[Mick_Marsh]

Some 2a's had the lights in the guards and that is one of them.
Here is another.

Yes, it is a 2a. I don't think there were many series three workshops. I suspect there were none.

[Landygirl]

So the firewall came out, did it on my own so was interesting. Bit of sliding and guiding n hoping it didnt end up through the wall.

Doesnt look too bad now its out hopefully can save it











down to just the chassis and engine now. Time to take it to the workshop for the engine to come out and chassis welded!



So at the workshop i put it on the hoist and took the leaf off with all the axle and wheels still attahced makes transport easier






Time for the engine to come out, in comes the forklift so all we did was disconnect the tailshafts and leave the engine, gearbox, over drive etc still attached to make it easier to put back together



left in capable hands (mainly coz the welder scare the be jesus outta me) the chassis was welded up by a friend. Awesome job btw as u will notice from the pics below, bearing in mind there was a pretty big hole in 2 places, one under the radiator and one on the chassis end where the bull bar was attached.






so now its time to start painting and fish oiling to prevent anymore rust and get her back together

[Landygirl]

Some 2a's had the lights in the guards and that is one of them.
Here is another.

Yes, it is a 2a. I don't think there were many series three workshops. I suspect there were none.

Yep usually the late 2a had the lights in the guards but when they put the 6cyl 173 in they put the different guards on it as they thought it would help with engine cooling. but mine definately came out with the grille lights as i have checked it against the chassis number.

I dont know what you mean by workshop thou

[Mick_Marsh]

Another view of the Workshop Landrover.


The guards you have might be a sought after item for a military enthusiast with one of these late 2a wide light Landrovers.