saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

I think i may have bitten off more than i can chew so i thought i would pop over here to the series section of landyzone for some advice. there is a lovely old series IIa at the stables where my sister keeps her horse. I have known the stable owners for many years and when we got chatting about the old IIa it turned out that they want to get rid of it but can't bear to break it. they haven't the money to restore it so are in a pickle as it were. to cut an already long story short, i offered to take the project on myself. The only thing is i don't know the first thing about series landrovers let alone mechanics. Is this too much for a beginner or would this be a reasonable first restoration project?

Pikey · Jul 8, 2008

saxon101 said:
I think i may have bitten off more than i can chew so i thought i would pop over here to the series section of landyzone for some advice. there is a lovely old series IIa at the stables where my sister keeps her horse. I have known the stable owners for many years and when we got chatting about the old IIa it turned out that they want to get rid of it but can't bear to break it. they haven't the money to restore it so are in a pickle as it were. to cut an already long story short, i offered to take the project on myself. The only thing is i don't know the first thing about series landrovers let alone mechanics. Is this too much for a beginner or would this be a reasonable first restoration project?

That depends on whats state the thing is in at the moment. If it justs needs the dust blowing off it and an oil change then any idiot can do it. If the chassis is rotten and the engines knackered then it probably isn't even worth starting on.

choppa · Jul 8, 2008

its far to much trouble fer a begginer .... give it to me and i'll take it on .....

i'm such a nice man me ....

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

it drives (apparently) ok but has a lot of rot and yeah, a bit more than just a bit of dust to be blown off

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

can they be dismantled easily?

choppa · Jul 8, 2008

can ya get piccies of it .... ???

choppa · Jul 8, 2008

saxon101 said:
can they be dismantled easily?

similar thing to yer defender really , very simple....

Pikey · Jul 8, 2008

lrb2 said:
similar thing to yer defender really , very simple....

Easier than a defender actually.

Once you get past the rust

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

i will try and get my sis to get some pics for me tomorrow. its in England and I live in Austria. i went to see it when i was visiting last week. got my heart set on it now. Bloody Land rovers will be the death of me

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

there is that company, dunsfold?, i guess i could get them to do the worst of it

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

bit of spit and polish and who knows

Pikey · Jul 8, 2008

saxon101 said:
there is that company, dunsfold?, i guess i could get them to do the worst of it

HAHAHAHA I hope you have really really REALLY deep pockets cause you'll need em if you go to Dunsfold.

It'll cost ya about £10k for a full rebuild

choppa · Jul 8, 2008

saxon101 said:
i will try and get my sis to get some pics for me tomorrow. its in England and I live in Austria. i went to see it when i was visiting last week. got my heart set on it now. Bloody Land rovers will be the death of me

and get some pics of yer sis aswell .....

ya know just in case like ....

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

10K? ok well guess not then

hughesy · Jul 8, 2008

If you budget for absolutely everything needing replacing you won't be far wide of the mark. Even if the chassis/engine/gearbox are ok you'll still need fairly deep pockets. Everything you try to remove will either break or need cutting off with a grinder. You might be able to bodge it together enough to scrape through an MOT for not too much money but if you're talking about rebuilding it prepare for the worst then you won't be dissapointed

saxon101 · Jul 8, 2008

hmmmm well i guess i have bitten off more than i can chew. oh well i will have to have another look at it when i'm over next and see it will be worth trying or not

hughesy · Jul 8, 2008

Try and take somebody with you who knows series landies and has worked on em. Trouble is you don't really find out what needs doing till you take it to bits.

clivees · Jul 10, 2008

It all depends on you.

Are you mechanically inclined ? willing to have a go?

If so then it's a good project to start with as most thing on a series are like "big boys mechcarno" and simple to understand.

If you pay for someone to do it that yep you could be looking at £10

but for you to do it then it can be a lot less

Grippa · Jul 10, 2008

clivees said:
If you pay for someone to do it that yep you could be looking at £10

but for you to do it then it can be a lot less

Rilly Clive, you can do a rebuild for a lot less than £10? You free at the weekend?

clivees · Jul 10, 2008

opps
Me K's not working too well.
That should be £10k

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