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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #1

Hello everyone
ive been working on my landie a fair bit recently and I thought I would share my progress and hopefully
entertain and/or inspire some fellow landie enthusiasts...

ive got plenty of pics and I know you all like pics !

I will get started on uploading them to photobucket now so watch this space !

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #2

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here she is as I got her

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #3

here we go with the pic

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #5

first job was sort out the rusty bits so I drilled out the rivets and spot welds and stripped the triangular panels back to see the extent of the rust
which turned out to be pretty bad!
I cut away the rust and replaced it all with new

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #6

the rear crossmember assembly was also shot so I removed that too

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #8

I made a new crossmember assembly and bolted it in,
it all looks a bit scabby underneath which got me thinking a more drastic job could be on the cards.....

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #9

I put it all back together and riveted on the new panels ready for painting at some stage,

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #10

so that was one job out of the way, but I realised there was a lot more to do if I wanted to keep the landie for myself
I just knew I wouldn't be happy with a scruffy chassis and rough looking body underneath

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #11

but before I tackled anything else I had a 300 tdi engine sat in my workshop and it was getting in the way !

there was only one place for it to go......

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #12

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

• #13

so it was out with the old asthmatic 2.5 td and in with the 300tdi disco engine

 

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kirko69

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• Dec 31, 2015

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kirko69

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• Jan 7, 2016

• #15

so with the engine running smoothly and after a few weeks of running I decided to take the plunge
and sort out the corrosion on the chassis

 

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kirko69

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• Jan 7, 2016

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kirko69

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• Jan 7, 2016

• #17

spent an afternoon splitting the chassis from the body,
it wasn't too hard to be honest I had to cut a few bolts here and there,
generally went quite well but the more I saw of it made me think I had done the right thing as it was
looking pretty scabby!