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CY88 said:
Now there's a question. When I did mine 10 years ago, I used a guy who made up any replacement bits for the chassis and bulkhead from scratch - infact the chassis was not bad at all on mine - it was the top of the bulkhead and the footwells that he had to completely refabricate. I know that that's probably not a very helpful answer, but he had restored several series ones and that was his advice to me at the time rather than to try and source replacement parts.
Any other parts I did need to source (like the leaf springs for instance) I found that the people on LRSOC.com pretty helpful, and also the Dunsfold parts collection.
The chassis on this one is "ok" from the bumper to bulkhead, then from there back it turns ugly and rusty.Any other parts I did need to source (like the leaf springs for instance) I found that the people on LRSOC.com pretty helpful, and also the Dunsfold parts collection.
It is the original chassis and is a very early "061" stamped one.
The footwells are a bit rough and the top middle needs attention.
Was getting the parts made from scratch a wallet killer?
I wish I'd taken more pictures before and during the rebuild to show the extent of the repair work.
It looked like this when I got it for £800:
The front chassic arm needed some attention, there were holes in the tops and sides of both foot wells, and the top of the bulkhead when poked with a screw driver was properly shot. However, everything was original and I was keen not to change too much. I wasn't looking for a concours car and I wouldn't say that I used a specialist, but it was someone I trusted who'd had a lot of experience in metal work and old land rovers. Bear in mind that to source and ship a new chassis and bulkhead onto the island would have cost more than if I were based in the UK. Here's a few pictures showing the original bulkhead immediately after repair.
You can see that some of the creases in the metal at the top of the rebuilt bulkhead aren't exactly straight, but to be honest once it was painted and rebuilt this is not really noticable.
In total I would say that over the years I've probably spent around £6-7K on restoration work / parts (including engine work) to get to where I am now - a mainly original regularly used and abused car, structurally and mechanically sound
It looked like this when I got it for £800:
The front chassic arm needed some attention, there were holes in the tops and sides of both foot wells, and the top of the bulkhead when poked with a screw driver was properly shot. However, everything was original and I was keen not to change too much. I wasn't looking for a concours car and I wouldn't say that I used a specialist, but it was someone I trusted who'd had a lot of experience in metal work and old land rovers. Bear in mind that to source and ship a new chassis and bulkhead onto the island would have cost more than if I were based in the UK. Here's a few pictures showing the original bulkhead immediately after repair.
You can see that some of the creases in the metal at the top of the rebuilt bulkhead aren't exactly straight, but to be honest once it was painted and rebuilt this is not really noticable.
In total I would say that over the years I've probably spent around £6-7K on restoration work / parts (including engine work) to get to where I am now - a mainly original regularly used and abused car, structurally and mechanically sound
Sadly the gearbox failed 20 miles from home! Drove from Inverness to Norfolk and back, pulled off the a9, everything was happy. It changed down to second for the first time since I got on the a9, trans fail safe! Smelt very hot under bonnet and oil cooler was toasty. Hoping it's just burnt it's oil and fresh oil might save it.
As it sits, won't engage drive but will engage reverse, weird.
In more positive news, the defender is in good nick for the price
After almost two and a half years I've eventually worn out the tyres that came with my FF. The sport wheels it came with aren't a bad design (they look even better when clean) but the low profile tyres were not to my taste at all.
So I decided to go back to the old school 7 spokes with a little more rubber attached to them.
Much better.
So I decided to go back to the old school 7 spokes with a little more rubber attached to them.
Much better.
Edited by Playsatan on Sunday 26th July 23:50
Edited by Playsatan on Sunday 26th July 23:51
Don't think I've put pictures of my new V8 discovery in here yet.
Bought it cheap as it was using coolant and fully rebuilt the engine on a Turner Engineering top hat block. Went from 4.0 to 4.6ltr at the same time along with new camshaft and tornado systems ECU.
Goes well now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh5wdOH53NA
Bought it cheap as it was using coolant and fully rebuilt the engine on a Turner Engineering top hat block. Went from 4.0 to 4.6ltr at the same time along with new camshaft and tornado systems ECU.
Goes well now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh5wdOH53NA
JordanTurbo said:
Don't think I've put pictures of my new V8 discovery in here yet.
Bought it cheap as it was using coolant and fully rebuilt the engine on a Turner Engineering top hat block. Went from 4.0 to 4.6ltr at the same time along with new camshaft and tornado systems ECU.
Goes well now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh5wdOH53NA
Nice. Bought it cheap as it was using coolant and fully rebuilt the engine on a Turner Engineering top hat block. Went from 4.0 to 4.6ltr at the same time along with new camshaft and tornado systems ECU.
Goes well now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh5wdOH53NA
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