A Kiwi Series 3

Jack square · Jun 27, 2016

Hey everyone name is Jackson am a uni student in the deep south of NZ decided I wanted to be able to get a little further off the beaten track than me lowered VW Squareback would allow so this gave way me acquiring Hugh my 76 Swb hardtop series 3. anyway fast forward to lastThursdayy and this happend

so after a good water blast and clean out i got him looking like this

he has a solid chassis just a few spots of rust in the firewall which I have spent the last couple of days dealing to the passengers side issues and onto the drivers next
floor taking shape

and spent today sorting a rusty bent part where the check strap attaches gave it hell with hammers and a 2500kg truck strop and went from this

to this

anyway this thread will be updated nightly over the next two weeks and then go dead as i go back to uni until the next uni break as i can only work on it when i am home
the VW if anybody is interested was my first car project

kommer2013 · Jun 27, 2016

hello jack tony here,
hopefully you enjoy being on this site, good to see you are getting stuck into an old landrover, and if you ever need help or info feel free to ask, other members will be happy to help out.

Tony.

tottot · Jun 27, 2016

Hi Jack, Rust not a big issue where you are unlike here on the Welsh coast. Looks like you have a good base for a restoration and it will get you well off road. One thing I did on my series 3 was put an extra strap [ flat strip of metal ] from the bracket that fits where you have welded to a point under the screw in the pic to help take the strain. Good luck.

honolulujoe · Jun 27, 2016

is that a fastback estate the green vw?

Jack square · Jun 28, 2016

It's a squareback same base as the fastback but a station wagon

Jack square · Jun 28, 2016

started the day with some door surgery on the replacement drivers door which is complete with bulet holes

doors striped and por 15 the steel then rattle canned in a similar colour to og well the blue one anyway still undecided what to do with the white one

por 15 and paint for the fixed footwell also

then striped out the pedal towers to start fixing the drivers footwell
mudgard? done

then cleaned up and rehung the pass side door and sorted the latch and door top that is pass side sorted in terms of rust got to love dry inland cars

as a bit of context, this is all being done in a childhood neighbors driveway which is 30km from my parent's house where i am staying while on break haha
and thanks for the welcomes

Jack square · Jun 29, 2016

not sure if anybody is interested but tonight's instalment
Decided that i could do better than a wrongly coloured door so i decided to swap door skins haha need to weld a crack in the original blue skin before i put that skin back on

then i spent some time remaking most of the steering box cover

then it was back to cutting holes in the floor and making it whole again to complete the known rust repair on Hugh just a bit of paint and fix the smashed up check strap area definitely going to be adding strengthening straps like suggested

finished up with prepping the metal for por 15 and adding my lock from my munted original door handle to my replacement non-locking handle forgot a photo of the finished product sorry looks like it should work now just to figure out if i have the key haha

probably doing this all wrong and you are all cringing at what I'm doing so sorry about that i have to confess I'm doing this alone and without any sort of manual a bit of internet reading putting me slightly more on track

Jack square · Jun 30, 2016

Spent today painting part and starting in the engine bay afternoon was disappointing as Tryed to rebuild my fuel pump with but the rebuild kit was different to my pump :/
Then went and welded up the crack in the og door skin time to make it whole again tomorrow and then I'll have two doors for the first time yay

Jack square · Jul 1, 2016

Today seemed to be very in productive but he got two doors again for the first time in years I would guess. Engine got degreased and waterblasted the chassis reduce to wire brush and paint

kommer2013 · Jul 1, 2016

yeah man

Jack square · Jul 1, 2016

Nope just an old zenith carb under the filter. I have a rebuild kit on the way for it at the moment along with a new master cilinder. Anybody know if any other cars/trucks share the same size fuel pump sediment bowl mine may have been knocked over and smashed today :/

kommer2013 · Jul 2, 2016

Jack square said:
Nope just an old zenith carb under the filter. I have a rebuild kit on the way for it at the moment along with a new master cilinder. Anybody know if any other cars/trucks share the same size fuel pump sediment bowl mine may have been knocked over and smashed today :/

maybe some other british cars

kommer2013 · Jul 2, 2016

i see you are near dublin

Jack square · Jul 3, 2016

All new rear brakes today and started the process or reviving the sad old fuel tank sorry only took one photo this dident post yesterday

Today was spent wirebrushing the chassis while lying under the truck was nice and confined under there haha anyway it is in metal prep ready for paint tomorrow.

Looking a bit different to when I draged it from under the tree amazing what a week and a half of solid 9-5 work can do for a car

Jack square · Jul 3, 2016

kommer2013 said:
i see you are near Dunedin, i think port Otago is nearby, as we have the old port Otago tugs Karetai and Rangi (Wide Bay and Hervey Bay) and they are now at the port near where i live. pacific tug own them now.
they still have Dunedin port of registry.

Tony.

Yep go to uni in dunedin the Otago port is just by the city. cool that they are near where you are now NZ is usually the one bringing old boats from other countries

kommer2013 · Jul 3, 2016

Jack square said:
Yep go to uni in dunedin the Otago port is just by the city. cool that they are near where you are now NZ is usually the one bringing old boats from other countries

yeah i have heard of that.

Tony.

Jack square · Jul 4, 2016

Noting to show today been painting the chassis well that was about as bad as wirebrushing the chassis

Blackburn · Jul 4, 2016

Do a web search for smithies landrover should bring up a NZ website of interest regarding manuals

Jack square · Jul 5, 2016

Was a bit wet working on the driveway today bit of creative tarp work made it a bit more pleasant

Then spent a few hours fighting the drum got it off eventually with two car jacks pushin it off so glad when it finally fell on my toe haha

Other side came of easy but it got dark before I got the last brake line made and on so she is still up on stands till tomorrow morning.

Look it's all shiny

Jack square · Jul 6, 2016

Hugh got his wheels back on and pedals refitted started the process of getting mim running today also fuel pump is now going strong complete with shot glass fuel bowl. And the full hydro cluch system got rebuilt

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