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posted on 5/1/12 at 08:18 PM

i will try and update soon, have made some progress but not as much as i would have liked though

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posted on 9/2/12 at 09:37 AM

Ok, ive managed to finally get some more photos from my camera onto my computer and then onto here

Now im a little disappointed with the progress but its taking longer than planned

More welding of the rear end, these are the towbar brackets

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Ive yet to do the welding on the underside of the chassis, this will be done when i flip the chassis over

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posted on 9/2/12 at 09:41 AM

Now time to look at the new engine mounts (i hope these are in the correct place)

Old ones removed

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Cleaning up and marking out for the new ones

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Tack in place

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And then fully weld in, no going back

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Once agen the underside will be welded once the chassis is flipped over

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posted on 9/2/12 at 09:47 AM

Now its time to remove the old axles

These ones are 10 spline axles and wont be used as i have a nice set of 24 spline ones from my donor disco

First off with the springs

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One free axle that just rolls out of the way

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Now time to remove the rear axle

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One chassis, no axles

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And as if by magic the chassis is flipped over (its a little heavy)

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And welded on the underside

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posted on 9/2/12 at 01:32 PM

Stunning, note to self, must do a landy project at some stage

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posted on 9/2/12 at 01:45 PM

Me too, when iet my 200m2 workshop after the lottery win!

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posted on 9/2/12 at 01:51 PM

You do needs LOADS of space,im using half of my back garden, garden is about 80' x 30' and half of the single garage. There are bits of landy everywhere

Ive got more photos to go on tonight as that progress only takes me upto the end'ish of last year.

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:27 PM

Ok, more update

Oh no where has my chassis gone

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Oh well lets go off roading till i can find my chassis, where did i leave it.....

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Right now i must try and find my chassis, its not the smallest thing to loose

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:30 PM

IVE FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm shiny galvanised sexyness!!!!!!!

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:33 PM

Now its time to hide the silver galvanised surface with a load of black paint to make it look as factory as possible

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Im missing some pics of it the other way up

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:35 PM

More photo's more photo's NOW

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:45 PM

Now with the chassis done its time to look at the axles which ive removed from my disco donor

I had the axles shot blasted and hot zinc sprayed, got to do things propperly and all that

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A few suspension components that have been painted

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And my new cranked trailing arms, thank you mr gwyn lewis, these are monsters, twin wall with a propper lifetime warranty

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First coat of thinned paint

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And now with the top coat

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:50 PM

These are the rear hubs just cleaned up and painted and fitted with brand new genuine wheel bearings

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One side complete with drive shaft installed, 24 spline and nice and strong

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And now for the other side

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Yep it looks just like the other one

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posted on 9/2/12 at 07:53 PM

Nice new a frame ball joint fitted

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these require a 20ton press to fit, the one that i have fitted is adjustable and greaseable so as it wears i can nip it up

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posted on 9/2/12 at 08:02 PM

Time to fit the rear axle to the chassis

First job is to put some wheels on it (i will not be using these tyres)

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On with the trailing arms

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Fitted with new galvanised spring seats

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And on with the new +2 springs (with the mandatory doing some work picture)

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Fitting it to the chassis, as you can see the marquee that i was building it in seems to be missing

, it got damaged beyond repair in the strong winds at the begining of the year

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Thats all for now

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posted on 9/2/12 at 08:12 PM

Hope you are going to keep us updated.
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posted on 10/2/12 at 09:42 AM

I like the hot zinc spray something I thought of doing on the Indy chassis, found someone that would do it as well, wished I had (add's some weight and makes welding a PITA latter though)..

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posted on 10/2/12 at 11:10 AM

I'm lusting after a 90 ATM... I must be getting old. A mate keeps whispering Land Rover in my ear everytime I see him.

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posted on 11/4/13 at 08:43 PM

Whats happened?! Whats going on? News please!

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posted on 12/4/13 at 09:09 AM

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Whats happened?! Whats going on? News please!

Tea break?

Most projects seem to have one...

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posted on 12/4/13 at 03:39 PM

I'm still wrestling with selling my SIII 88". It hadn't run for two weeks up until last Sunday and I needed to take rubbish to the tip - it started in a heartbeat as it always seems to. Great trucks. I can only imagine that the coil-sprung models are even better.

If I didn't have a kit car project, I'd be doing a retro-style Landy.

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posted on 12/4/13 at 04:40 PM

Seems to be a bit of time lag / thread revival here, but a great resto project nevertheless.

Ive got a fully rebuild and re-chassis'd 90 Defender. Fantastic vehicle but probs going to sell it soon.

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