P38_Ireland · Nov 2, 2012

ITS BEGUN!

well i decided to rebuild my 1988 90". im going to do a full rebuild, chassis, engine running gear THE WORKS!! here it is at the moment..............

yesterday i collected a new bulkhead from a TD5 and stripped it today

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its in quite good nick, will get it shot blasted and any get it ready for the new paint,

due to collect the donor vehicle in the next few weeks, a 3.9L V8 Disco 1, i will be using all the axles and braking system and refurbing before they go on the new chassis (which i havent aquired yet!) this will be a long project that will be built when i have time and as im also NOT A MECHANIC, so will be wreckin your heads lookin for assistance when required.

abcdedd · Nov 2, 2012

i assume your keeping the pod? if not , ILL TAKE IT OFF YOU

but other than that bud, the truck looks brilliant! look forward to reading thisone!

piston-return-spring · Nov 2, 2012

nice thread , good luck with it ;-)

defender11069 · Nov 2, 2012

nice one mate keep the pic's coming

P38_Ireland · Nov 3, 2012

abcdedd said:
i assume your keeping the pod? if not , ILL TAKE IT OFF YOU but other than that bud, the truck looks brilliant! look forward to reading thisone!

yup defo keeping the pod for now

piston-return-spring said:
nice thread , good luck with it ;-)

thanks man, im going to need it!

defender11069 said:
nice one mate keep the pic's coming

will do,

went looking for a place to get panels shot blasted today, turns out there is a stone mason 1km from my house who has a blasting machine. charging 40 p/h sounds expensive but he reckons he'll have a bulk head done in 1 hr, sounds ok to me, will try drop it in tomorrow and get it back mid week where i will get more pics and get filling and treating any rust there might be.

mick the builder · Nov 3, 2012

Good luck with the build. " Please dont put the light pod back on, it just dont look right" Too unbalanced

.Just my veiw

P38_Ireland · Nov 8, 2012

Well i took the plunge today, got the bulkhead shot blasted and dropped it up to a massive plant where they told me it would be put in to a jig and dipped twice just to get rid of all the impurity's like plastic clips etc that might not have come out €25 a dip, so €50 in total. Bargain or at least i think so!

going on holidays for 2 weeks so wont have it back till after that. more pics to follow upon its return