Chee rs for the pics, i really quite enjoy progress threads.

Oh and blodey good job on the Vectra, I need someone like that to make my GT4 shiney again!
 
Yes, just had my other cars to work on. Progress should resume in a fortnight i hope
 
I rolled it forward:

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And had loads of muck to clear up from underneath:

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Then got the servo and master off, and loom out:

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Then the heater off:

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And bulkhead off:

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Yesterday i got the Defenders exhaust off:

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And the shocks, and the shock mounts:

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And the fuel lines:

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The started on the towbar:

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But Laney turned up with cake, so obviously nothing else got done.
 
With the Disco sold this is my main off road transport. Best crack on then.
So this week i got hold of these to continue on the Defender chassis:


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wow i wish i could afford for mine to be off the road to strip it right down and make as new, fantastic pics, might buy a 110 that i can make new in a few months anyone selling one cheap?
 
Well shock horror all. If made progress on the defender!!!!!
Ive ground back the front half! doesnt look much as its dusty but last pic shows the difference...


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Another good day today. I carried on:

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Got the tank out:

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And cracked on:

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So all good. New rear crossmember and new outriggers needed and thats all :)
Let the fun begin!
 
Fantastically awesome day today! John arrived and we worked on the defender for 7 hours. Got lots and lots done. But no pics i can show on here im afraid. All hush hush until we get a little further along, all i can say is we acheived a lot! Surprised me how much. Im very very excited now :)
 
pics....i dont think ive seen a car get stripped in that workshop thats rolled back out completley finished:D so whats the score with it then bud?? i wanna 5dr station wagon to **** about with. needs more pretty pics
 
A couple of weeks ago i pulled the defender out:

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Got the buck off and up against the wall

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Got the A bar undone:

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Then the springs out and trailing arms undone:

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And got the axle away and with the buck:

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Then with a little help from my friends, turned the chassis upside down and back on stands ready for the underside to be cleaned up and the grot dealt with:

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I carried on stripping the chassis of bushes, arms etc and then grinded the crud off and its all mint underneath so thats all good :)


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And got the gearbox crossmember off the defender:

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Then this arrived.....


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She's a beut! Drives lovely and other than the little dent in the door and the small corrosion on one arch its very tidy.
Only just fits under the car port though!

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This weekend just gone i went to Mr 'Lips' Lane's to collect him and his trailer, and we trundled of to Canterbury. They had a fair amount of snow!

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And loaded up my new purchase :)

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Was very impressed with the silver one. 300 miles, £60 of diesel and bear in mind half the time it was carrying its weight again plus the trailer. We had a 35mph climb up the M20s hills lmao and we got wasted by the passing arctics, and a 'dont look in the rear view mirror' moment when we got some snaking going on, but other than that a good run. Thanks again to Lips for his driving duties, which ill need again come scrap time :)




So today we cracked on. It started like this:

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And ended up like this:

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I got the props, exhaust, gear selector, Gearbox cooler, engine mounts, and gearbox mounts all disconnected, whilst John disconnected the engine, oil cooler, rad and intercooler, removed the interior parts and front end bits.
Wednesday we will cut the front panel off and lift the lot out. Jobs a goodun :)
 

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