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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539  
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Nice job
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13th Dec 2014 7:51pm |
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| scotty38 Member Since: 21 May 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 571  
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looking good
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14th Dec 2014 9:58am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087 
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That looks flippin' awesome Miles...
Looking forward to watching this progress as a top quality job sir, if that is anything to go by... Rog... 
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19th Dec 2014 5:33pm |
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| steve E Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Tenby Posts: 2073 
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Really enjoying this also
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19th Dec 2014 5:42pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873 
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Thank-you!
You're going to be very disappointed when I bolt all the weathered Birmabright back on and end up with something that looks like it did before I started... |
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19th Dec 2014 6:15pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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Had to break the rule prohibiting car parts from the house:
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28th Dec 2014 7:27pm |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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How on earth is that not falling over... 
Lovely Green and great job though... Rog...
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28th Dec 2014 7:50pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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It's all done with superconducting magnets... and a length of bar bolted to the feet and clamped in the workmate.
I got the paint matched to the rest of the very old deep bronze green on the inside. |
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28th Dec 2014 8:08pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3787  
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Top work there Miles, & very speedy. You haven't been mucking about, & with the sort of work you've done, this veicle will be around for a very long time.
Well done, Pickles. |
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28th Dec 2014 9:34pm |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2651 
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We just purchased another one and in process of ordering a galv chassis, first one we rebuilt years ago on a galv while I was still too young to appreciate the rebuild
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30th Dec 2014 9:42pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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Got it flatted off and a second coat of DBG on this morning:
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31st Dec 2014 3:17pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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The welding to the chassis is now complete. It's had both dumb irons fabricated from 3mm plate & Richards Chassis spring hangers:
[URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] A replacement body out-rigger on the nearside where the front of the tub is mounted: [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] And a new gearbox crossmember and the large crossmember immediately in front of this as both had been bashed into the ground and had quite a few patches on them. Much quicker to cut off and replace with the millimetre perfect replacements from Richards Chassis. [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] Plus a couple of minor jobs such as a small patch on the rear crossmember and a lug for the radiator panel. It's completely solid now and will hopefully give many more years of service. I did have a bit of a dilemma as to whether to get a new galvanized chassis and indeed could have done for a few hundred pounds more than it has cost to repair the original. However the complete originality of the vehicle, that the majority of the chassis is still as good as new and wanting to preserve the originality as much as possible really made the decision to get it repaired. Next steps are to paint the chassis with epoxy mastic and then I'll start on the axles. Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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12th Jan 2015 7:37pm |
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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539
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excellent work. |
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12th Jan 2015 8:57pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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12th Jan 2015 9:45pm |
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