2 Door Range Rover project
Discussion
The trimming is nearly complete with pretty much just the tricky binnacles and door handles to go. Hoping to have the car back to the workshop by this time next week and then blitz all the fiddly trim bits and set about taking all the front panels off to get the body all aligned correctly.
Back from the trimmers and with the bulk of the trimming work complete. Still lots to do, especially the finer detail work. Binnacles, headrests and over carpets still pending.
Slowly fitting all the ancillary electrics such as window switches, USB socket. The panels still need aligning, air con hose fittings changed, rear belts installed, sound system, full electrics check, engine run in, lots of paint touch up after being moved from pillar to post over the last 9 years and all the external '72 trim to be added.
Slowly fitting all the ancillary electrics such as window switches, USB socket. The panels still need aligning, air con hose fittings changed, rear belts installed, sound system, full electrics check, engine run in, lots of paint touch up after being moved from pillar to post over the last 9 years and all the external '72 trim to be added.
Thanks.
The one key part that I am missing is a centre console lid stay. I’m looking for something in chrome that has good weight to it and is elegant. What I need will definitely be on a classic car but web image searches are throwing up few ideas.
The XJS and XJ6 probably have something but wondering if anyone else has any memories of classics with cubby boxes that had nice lid stays?
The one key part that I am missing is a centre console lid stay. I’m looking for something in chrome that has good weight to it and is elegant. What I need will definitely be on a classic car but web image searches are throwing up few ideas.
The XJS and XJ6 probably have something but wondering if anyone else has any memories of classics with cubby boxes that had nice lid stays?
You've probably looked, but these people come to mind:
https://www.europaspares.com/
https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/
https://www.holden.co.uk/
Or maybe a yachting place?
https://www.europaspares.com/
https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/
https://www.holden.co.uk/
Or maybe a yachting place?
DonkeyApple said:
Thanks.
The one key part that I am missing is a centre console lid stay. I’m looking for something in chrome that has good weight to it and is elegant. What I need will definitely be on a classic car but web image searches are throwing up few ideas.
The XJS and XJ6 probably have something but wondering if anyone else has any memories of classics with cubby boxes that had nice lid stays?
From memory my old Stag had one, a pair would do the job very well. Not sure where they might be available, worth trying: http://www.jamespaddock.co.uk/The one key part that I am missing is a centre console lid stay. I’m looking for something in chrome that has good weight to it and is elegant. What I need will definitely be on a classic car but web image searches are throwing up few ideas.
The XJS and XJ6 probably have something but wondering if anyone else has any memories of classics with cubby boxes that had nice lid stays?
Have removed all the seat belts to prep them for sending off for brown webbing to replace the black.
Cant find the roll of paper that had all the correct drill hole markings for the front and rear letters. I know of a Suffix B that I can go and trace the markings from but it means wading through a jungle of nettles, which will be fun
Have been fitting the rear side cards but I kept looking at them and thinking something wasn't right and it was yesterday it dawned on me that the leather hadn't been properly thinned where it was to be folded and so with it being a very thick leather the corners had untidy 'bat ears'
This was just going to annoy me and so I spent the day undoing the corners and setting about the leather with a razor blade to get the edges how they should be.
At the same time I began the repair of the LSE door card speaker covers. The upper covers will be used up in the rear headling, the lower covers in the doors. As per usual the fragile bits of plastic making up the screw holes had snapped on several holes so washers were bonded in to sort that.
Cant find the roll of paper that had all the correct drill hole markings for the front and rear letters. I know of a Suffix B that I can go and trace the markings from but it means wading through a jungle of nettles, which will be fun
Have been fitting the rear side cards but I kept looking at them and thinking something wasn't right and it was yesterday it dawned on me that the leather hadn't been properly thinned where it was to be folded and so with it being a very thick leather the corners had untidy 'bat ears'
This was just going to annoy me and so I spent the day undoing the corners and setting about the leather with a razor blade to get the edges how they should be.
At the same time I began the repair of the LSE door card speaker covers. The upper covers will be used up in the rear headling, the lower covers in the doors. As per usual the fragile bits of plastic making up the screw holes had snapped on several holes so washers were bonded in to sort that.
The new upper tailgate striker plates are in and after some fettling with the lower tailgate with an enormous mallet the rear now closes properly!!!
There is still work to be done on the upper tailgate to get it right as these new aluminium ones simply are not good enough quality, or rather are not put together with enough care and attention. Definitely in future it is better to buy the kit and build them yourself if you want it done properly.
There is still work to be done on the upper tailgate to get it right as these new aluminium ones simply are not good enough quality, or rather are not put together with enough care and attention. Definitely in future it is better to buy the kit and build them yourself if you want it done properly.
Saw this earlier and thought of this thread https://www.instagram.com/p/B0duLDglzXG/?igshid=ul...
Doing a great job,especially like the interior trim and colour
Doing a great job,especially like the interior trim and colour
pistolpedro said:
It was a print advertisement for the Schuler FF which featured a quad grille which looked similar to the ones you have,
Ah, yes. What they did was use a second set of standard lamp surrounds and shorten the centre grill section. An Italian and a German company reproduced the centre grill with smaller lamps. Sadly, because I’ve switched the car to auto, the oil cooler runs across the front and means there isn’t room for any of the versions. New aluminium tailgate finally closes properly!!!
What an absolute farce it’s been. Having walked away from it a few weeks ago to just clear my mind, I spent the morning looking at a selection of Rangies from 70’s ones to my 89, an 80s export and a 90s commercial. The result was that some have the seam in the upper goalpost hammered down where the wiper arm and jet are, some don’t. Some of the upper tailgates have indents where the wiper arm and jet pass.
Long story short, a piece of wood and a mallet sorted out the seam and a length of scaffold and a mallet made an indent magically appear in the right places on the tailgate.
Suffice to say that I knocked off at 3pm to give that final feeling of being a time served, British Leyland specialist as my solution is very clearly how they did it originally.
What an absolute farce it’s been. Having walked away from it a few weeks ago to just clear my mind, I spent the morning looking at a selection of Rangies from 70’s ones to my 89, an 80s export and a 90s commercial. The result was that some have the seam in the upper goalpost hammered down where the wiper arm and jet are, some don’t. Some of the upper tailgates have indents where the wiper arm and jet pass.
Long story short, a piece of wood and a mallet sorted out the seam and a length of scaffold and a mallet made an indent magically appear in the right places on the tailgate.
Suffice to say that I knocked off at 3pm to give that final feeling of being a time served, British Leyland specialist as my solution is very clearly how they did it originally.
slow progress over the summer. Not so much down to lack of effort but more to do with these now being the final, fiddly, jobs and as per usual they take much longer to do than you ever plan.
The door pockets for the back seats are now installed and I'm rather pleased. They are Vivaro van lower door pockets and once cut to fit have the perfect and matching profile to the seat bases. I've made these because without somewhere for two young children to put their tat the said tat will be floating free in the car. There are also USB ports yet to be fitted inside them.
The set belts are back from having the webbing replaced to match the trim and are now in.
Door cards are all in but not finally fitted as we keep blowing door lock actuators. It's a combination of the alarm signal pulse not being long enough and the fact that the Rangie and Disco actuators are all very old now and its a lottery as to whether the used ones you buy work.
I did have a thought one evening last week that these actuators couldnt be any more complex than those little radio controlled servo boxes from when we were children so I dismantled one and sure enough its just a standard issue 12v motor and a bunch of gears. So if the problem persists I'm going to rebuild three actuators with new motors myself.
Hating and air plate is back from a friend who has an automotoive printing business and he's done a fantastic job reprinting the old plate:
The two Montiverdi dash binnacles are back from the trimmers and fitted. They need a little bit of fettling still as I'm not happy with how the leather is currently sitting but I'm not rushing in as it could be very messy and not improve things.
In general the main parts of the interior are now complete and its just minor fettling on the tiny details:
The main work now is test and finish the electrics and refit the final parts of trim under the wheel, finish off some work under the bonnet, fit all the exterior trim and give the whole thing a very serious clean.
The door pockets for the back seats are now installed and I'm rather pleased. They are Vivaro van lower door pockets and once cut to fit have the perfect and matching profile to the seat bases. I've made these because without somewhere for two young children to put their tat the said tat will be floating free in the car. There are also USB ports yet to be fitted inside them.
The set belts are back from having the webbing replaced to match the trim and are now in.
Door cards are all in but not finally fitted as we keep blowing door lock actuators. It's a combination of the alarm signal pulse not being long enough and the fact that the Rangie and Disco actuators are all very old now and its a lottery as to whether the used ones you buy work.
I did have a thought one evening last week that these actuators couldnt be any more complex than those little radio controlled servo boxes from when we were children so I dismantled one and sure enough its just a standard issue 12v motor and a bunch of gears. So if the problem persists I'm going to rebuild three actuators with new motors myself.
Hating and air plate is back from a friend who has an automotoive printing business and he's done a fantastic job reprinting the old plate:
The two Montiverdi dash binnacles are back from the trimmers and fitted. They need a little bit of fettling still as I'm not happy with how the leather is currently sitting but I'm not rushing in as it could be very messy and not improve things.
In general the main parts of the interior are now complete and its just minor fettling on the tiny details:
The main work now is test and finish the electrics and refit the final parts of trim under the wheel, finish off some work under the bonnet, fit all the exterior trim and give the whole thing a very serious clean.
The joys of little people!
They are 7&8 now and as they are girls and have to clean up their own mess they are very tidy. And they only ever have water and dry food in the cars so nothing sugary, sticky, greasy etc. But one of the reasons that I sat on the project for so long was so that they had reached the age of being able to do their own seatbelts (a pain in a two door car!) and had stopped having spillage incidents.
I’ve a friend with two boys who he has worked incredibly hard to train but they just can’t help make an absolute bloody mess.
They are 7&8 now and as they are girls and have to clean up their own mess they are very tidy. And they only ever have water and dry food in the cars so nothing sugary, sticky, greasy etc. But one of the reasons that I sat on the project for so long was so that they had reached the age of being able to do their own seatbelts (a pain in a two door car!) and had stopped having spillage incidents.
I’ve a friend with two boys who he has worked incredibly hard to train but they just can’t help make an absolute bloody mess.
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