Defender 110 Restoration
Discussion
Thanks again for the nice comments everyone..
The Defender is still in daily use and going great. I am still finding little jobs to do with her to iron out any niggles. The main job I am planning to undertake next week is to apply some sound deadening to interior panels as she is very noisy. Hopefully this will make it less of an assault on the ears when driving.
I am taking her on a bit of a road trip up to the Lake District this afternoon so I might even be able to get some tasteful photos with nice scenery in the background!.. I know how popular they are!
The Defender is still in daily use and going great. I am still finding little jobs to do with her to iron out any niggles. The main job I am planning to undertake next week is to apply some sound deadening to interior panels as she is very noisy. Hopefully this will make it less of an assault on the ears when driving.
I am taking her on a bit of a road trip up to the Lake District this afternoon so I might even be able to get some tasteful photos with nice scenery in the background!.. I know how popular they are!
Well I have just got back from my trip to the Lake District..
The Land Rover has run like a dream and Im very proud of her.. A couple of hundred miles with no issues what so ever! Very noisy on the motorway but hopefully my sound deadening will go some way to improve that!
Anyway as promised some photos! (apologies for the iphone lameness!)
The Land Rover has run like a dream and Im very proud of her.. A couple of hundred miles with no issues what so ever! Very noisy on the motorway but hopefully my sound deadening will go some way to improve that!
Anyway as promised some photos! (apologies for the iphone lameness!)
Pat, apologies if I've missed this in the long thread but is the Landie finished in Bonatti Grey? I'm picking up my Defender (sort-of) project* at the weekend and the colour will HAVE to change! I've seen a car in silver (sort of Zermatt silver) with black modulars which looked good but I'm tempted by the Bonatti (despite someone saying elsewhere that they thought it looked like primer!).
*It's MOTd and running, with some issues, so it's going to be a rolling resto to a useable condition, nothing like yours!
*It's MOTd and running, with some issues, so it's going to be a rolling resto to a useable condition, nothing like yours!
Hello
Yep as has been said the Defender was re painted in Stornoway Grey. I chose this colour over Bonatti Grey just due to the fact it was the later colour.. With the benefit of hindsight I would have probably done it in Orkney Grey as that is the latest grey on offer.
As far as the nuts and bolts go I would recommend using new ones.. During the strip down of my project I found that it saved a lot of time in certain instances to just cut off seized bolts and replace with new ones when building back up. If you google Land Rover parts manual there is a very handy pdf to download with all the part numbers.. I transferred those to one of the LR parts websites which made ordering quite easy. Again, with the benefit of hindsight it would have probably saved money to go to a local nut/bolt engineering business and choose your own replacements.
Good luck with your projects!.. Any questions fire them my way and I'll try and offer up some advice (rightly or wrongly!).
Yep as has been said the Defender was re painted in Stornoway Grey. I chose this colour over Bonatti Grey just due to the fact it was the later colour.. With the benefit of hindsight I would have probably done it in Orkney Grey as that is the latest grey on offer.
As far as the nuts and bolts go I would recommend using new ones.. During the strip down of my project I found that it saved a lot of time in certain instances to just cut off seized bolts and replace with new ones when building back up. If you google Land Rover parts manual there is a very handy pdf to download with all the part numbers.. I transferred those to one of the LR parts websites which made ordering quite easy. Again, with the benefit of hindsight it would have probably saved money to go to a local nut/bolt engineering business and choose your own replacements.
Good luck with your projects!.. Any questions fire them my way and I'll try and offer up some advice (rightly or wrongly!).
Good Day Patrick (P4T)
My name is Leslie Smith and i stay in South Africa
I have been pondering on doing a rebuild of a Defender for quite some time now, but was not sure what and how to start and what to look for
I came across your 110 Defender rebuild and read through it and now i know what and how i want to rebuild
I think your step for step photos are awesome
Would i be able to ask you a few questions about the project
My name is Leslie Smith and i stay in South Africa
I have been pondering on doing a rebuild of a Defender for quite some time now, but was not sure what and how to start and what to look for
I came across your 110 Defender rebuild and read through it and now i know what and how i want to rebuild
I think your step for step photos are awesome
Would i be able to ask you a few questions about the project
lgssmith1969 said:
Good Day Patrick (P4T)
My name is Leslie Smith and i stay in South Africa
I have been pondering on doing a rebuild of a Defender for quite some time now, but was not sure what and how to start and what to look for
I came across your 110 Defender rebuild and read through it and now i know what and how i want to rebuild
I think your step for step photos are awesome
Would i be able to ask you a few questions about the project
This is what is brilliant about PH My name is Leslie Smith and i stay in South Africa
I have been pondering on doing a rebuild of a Defender for quite some time now, but was not sure what and how to start and what to look for
I came across your 110 Defender rebuild and read through it and now i know what and how i want to rebuild
I think your step for step photos are awesome
Would i be able to ask you a few questions about the project
lgssmith1969 said:
Good Day Patrick (P4T)
My name is Leslie Smith and i stay in South Africa
I have been pondering on doing a rebuild of a Defender for quite some time now, but was not sure what and how to start and what to look for
I came across your 110 Defender rebuild and read through it and now i know what and how i want to rebuild
I think your step for step photos are awesome
Would i be able to ask you a few questions about the project
Hi LeslieMy name is Leslie Smith and i stay in South Africa
I have been pondering on doing a rebuild of a Defender for quite some time now, but was not sure what and how to start and what to look for
I came across your 110 Defender rebuild and read through it and now i know what and how i want to rebuild
I think your step for step photos are awesome
Would i be able to ask you a few questions about the project
I would be happy to answer any questions you have. I was very pleased to see that my build thread was at the top of google when searching for defender 110 restoration so hopefully it can help others attempting the same. I certainly relied on others experiences posted online when undertaking my restoration.
The vehicle was finished and sold in January and hopefully it is going well for the new owner. I often think that if my financial position changed I would try and buy it back!
I will say though that the restoration took A LOT of time, effort and money and I would definately think twice about attempting another in the same time period.. I do still have a Series 3 in the shed on the to do list however a house is taking up most of my time at the moment.
Feel free to send me a PM with any questions you may have.
Patrick
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