Blood, sweat & beers ! 1984 Defender 90 restoration

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• Mar 4, 2025

• #41

All the axle and suspension parts are now painted, dry and stored. All of the rusty bits have been dropped off at the blasters, in the meantime it’s bodywork fetteling oh how I have missed weeks of straightening panels and endless DAing on the plus side I am buying….. no Investing ! In brand new heavy duty steel wings, new doors and tailgate son that should speed things up a little

 

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• Friday at 18:37

• #42

Tonight’s mission is to prep the seat box for primer, two new end sections and some metal bashing and its nearly ready for paint. Just have to wait for the panel bond seam seal to go off. Top tip to remove sound proofing, heat it up with a heat gun and peel it off with a sharpened wall paper scraper.
Oh and Ive sent the v5 away today to DVLA informing them of a colour change. Yes unlucky for some this defender is going green. As will be nicknamed Kermit

 

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• Sunday at 22:07

• #43

Seat box all complete ready for etch and primer, bonnet all cleaned up with the steel work rust converted and new seam sealant just to add some strength and dampening to the ali skin. Have a few small dent that needs skimming and sanding then its ready for some primer

 

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UpandOver

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• Sunday at 22:10

• #44

Rear tub dismantled, steam cleaned and sound proofing heat gunned off. Measured up for new 2mm ali floor and inner wings.

 

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UpandOver

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• Today at 19:00

• #45

Bit the bullet and decided to strip it right back to bear ali, came across a few deep dents that had been filled in which is not what I would want to be re painting over. Let the metal bashing begin. Have to admit I do hope mrs hughes doesnt look at my search history, she’ll be ever so concerned when she sees that I’ve been googling New Hammer and dollies

 

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