LANDY DOWN UNDER by ANDREW (PART 11)

10
May

Winter is closing in down here so this has encouraged me to stay indoors and get a fair bit done on the Land Rover now there are fun muddy tracks to try out. The firewall has been off to the panel beaters and come back with all the rust cut out and the new footwells wielded in. It was not cheap but he did a good job that should last me a few years. At the panel beaters suggestion I had the whole thing sandblasted to clean up all the remaining surface rust and paint before getting it back home. Continue reading

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SERENDIPITY – A LOVE AFFAIR WITH A SERIES 1 (PART 1)

05
May

In Part one of his memoirs of life with a Series 1, Damian Turner introduces us to the notion of Serendipity: The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.

Words and Photos by Damian Turner

The story began a few years ago at the Northern MG owners rally at Scarsbrick Hall, near Southport and a chance look at a MG ZT revealed a piece of paper in the window that read, ‘1955 Land Rover Series 1 for sale, 37,000 miles, 2 owners from new, original registration and excellent condition, £1,500.’  Well, what else was I supposed to do? Continue reading

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1975 SERIES 3 REBUILD BY A 15 YEAR OLD (PART 2)

01
May

Back in January we told the story of 15 year old Ieuan Davies restoring a 1975 Series 3.

 

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1975 SERIES 3 REBUILD BY A 15 YEAR OLD by IEUAN DAVIES PART 1

Now he’s finished the project, here’s an update from him along with images of his Landy!

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LANDY DOWN UNDER by ANDREW (PART 10)

21
Apr

Hi all, after a bit of a break sorting out some long overdue home repairs we have finally got back onto working on the 110. To start off with you should be able to look at a video of us getting rid of all the scrap after doing the body swap. That got me a few hundred NZ dollars so it will go a long way towards paying for the rest of the build. It was quite scary how easy the chassis half crushed around the front x-member area. I think it had a little more rust in there than I thought!

To go any further on the build we need to repair the firewall as it has rust in the top corners and the foot wells like any Landrover of this age that has had any decent use. I knew things like this would be tricky because of the need to remove all the dash and associated wiring so I allowed a full day to get it done. I started at around 9am and then had a couple of friends join me an hour or two later. Continue reading

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