Ex MOD 90 Ugly Duck(ling)

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Here are the photos from the last post.


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Well, finally got the wing outers fitted. What an absolute arse they were, panel gaps are a bit dubious on one side but when all is said and done it is a Land-Rover.


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Ah! Those bulkhead repairs are spot on :D Mine is more or less the same....Im just looking at buying a welder and finding somewhere during the summer to take the windscreen off and crack on with it.
 
Well, after a right clart on I managed to get the gaskets I needed for the screen hinges . Of course being in a blue packet the holes were too bloody small…..Jaysus I despair!
So new screen seal top and bottom and on with the screen, followed by the roof..yeah I know it’s a ****ty roof but it’ll have to do for now.

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Painted slam panel and that’s about it, believe me all this took ages. Hoping to get done for the War and Peace.
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Well I am still cracking on with the 90. I managed some sense with the electrics, if I had stopped and thought about it and not gone into bull in a china shop mode I might have realised that I had managed to pop a fuse…..2 hours of my life that I won’t get back.
I noticed that Island 4x4 had an offer on the swingaway carrier so I convinced myself that the spare on the back would hide the ****ty back door…still need a back door though . . ho-hum.
Next up was paint spraying, everything with the exception of the bonnet was etched , primed and sprayed green,’ tis a good job snots are green so I convinced myself that I had not inhaled any noxious fumes. Panel gap looks ok on the photos but I assure you they are not.
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OK, stuff done up to now.

Put the new rock-slider/sills on, glad I did them body colour as they blend in.

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Tidied up the back, fitted the bumperettes.

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Neither nowt or something but I like them, my three pound door handles.


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Next is door tops, flat and paint then new felts and seals.
 
Looks stunning! Great work.
Makes me want to do mine but its my daily drive so I think it will have to keep the patina for a while longer.............
Still watching with interest :pop2:
 
I have read about the exciting things people have found hidden and long lost in their ex MOD Land-Rovers, well I have joined the hallowed band of finders.
Not to be sniffed at, and up there with bullets and other ordnance, I have a blunt NAAFI knife and a Compo tin opener. I have yet to decide if I should risk arrest and hang them off the mirror, or not!

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The cab area before I start on it.

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Awesome! I found loads of fag butts, about 40 chewed biros, about 5 lighters, 4 empty bullet cases 7.62mm and the crusts off a cheese sandwich shoved in a heater vent pipe so they were totally mummified!!
 
Found nothing in mine so far except the original cast paper put on the windscreen. it took a year to get to Withams then almost another year till I bought it.
 
Latest update; bonnet sprayed, fitted up and on vehicle. It came out better than I thought. New seats fitted along with seat box cover. To hide the fact that the seat individual components were just like a lot of blonds....you get the idea (collars and cuffs), I got some covers from Exmoor and was pleasantly surprised at them. Anyhow here's the photos.

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EDIT Is anybody going to the War and Peace?
 
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