Brian S
Well-Known Member
Hi. I have been using this Forum for a couple of months now and thought it was about time I showed off my toy/workhorse/pride and joy.
I could not find the right place to put this thread so please feel free to move it if needed.
I brought my first Landrover last Autumn, the usual story, my mates were getting into green laning and off roading and after a few trips in the passenger seat I had to get my own.
I even got the rest of the family into it...... Result.
Here it is when I brought it.
Nice a comfy for those trips out.
Its a 3.9 V8 ES model.
Then I started to get it dirty.
The day after I got it.
Then I decided to give it a thorough check through for rust. I did the basics when buying it but wanted to see how good/bad it was.
The boot floor was not too bad. There is welding done on the arches, behind the rear door already and some surface rust on the boot floor sides but that was it. I removed the loose rust and treated it with Hammerite rust cure. There was section needed welding behind the boot rubber. A friend of a friend did a great job for not much money. He also found a patch on the chassi that he welded a patch on for me.
Then painted it all in Hammerite spray. Quite a close match
The footwells were quite good even though the carpet on the passenger side was damp, I needed to lift the carpet for a few days to let it dry out.
Then took it greenlaning before Christmas
Had a little fight with a tree on Monday night when we went out for some greenlane fun in the snow.
New glass needed
Then today brought some new toys and a glass, to be fitted this weekend.
I could not find the right place to put this thread so please feel free to move it if needed.
I brought my first Landrover last Autumn, the usual story, my mates were getting into green laning and off roading and after a few trips in the passenger seat I had to get my own.
I even got the rest of the family into it...... Result.
Here it is when I brought it.
Nice a comfy for those trips out.
Its a 3.9 V8 ES model.
Then I started to get it dirty.
The day after I got it.
Then I decided to give it a thorough check through for rust. I did the basics when buying it but wanted to see how good/bad it was.
The boot floor was not too bad. There is welding done on the arches, behind the rear door already and some surface rust on the boot floor sides but that was it. I removed the loose rust and treated it with Hammerite rust cure. There was section needed welding behind the boot rubber. A friend of a friend did a great job for not much money. He also found a patch on the chassi that he welded a patch on for me.
Then painted it all in Hammerite spray. Quite a close match
The footwells were quite good even though the carpet on the passenger side was damp, I needed to lift the carpet for a few days to let it dry out.
Then took it greenlaning before Christmas
Had a little fight with a tree on Monday night when we went out for some greenlane fun in the snow.
New glass needed
Then today brought some new toys and a glass, to be fitted this weekend.
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