CountJimmy
New Member
Hi All,
Someone suggested I introduce myself as I'd posted an advice Q, so, here I go!
Well, I should introduce us- husband and wife, Sam and Sarah, desperate to get our hands on our landy! Sam works for JLR designing engines and I've finally convinced him to love landys the way I do!
When I was a kid we had a couple of series 2a lwb station wagons. I remember being allowed to ride up front whilst dads scout group had to sit on the bench seats in the back!
Eventually these became sheds on wheels and mum and dad got rid (although he has just mentioned he's still got some spares for them in the garage, so maybe the next project?!).
We then had an f reg Range Rover petrol that as kids we got searched on the way in for anything sticky or dirty incase we messed up the interior. Alas it was a fairly typical range rover and spent more time broken down than running, so after only 8 months he went! Again, I've seen some spares at the back of the garage so maybe project 3?!
Then we've had a new series 2 disco which dad only got rid of last year because he got a brand new 1- they've improved a bit!
So, this leads us to the 90- Jimmy. Dad bought it 9 years ago as a bit of a project and for weekend shooting/offroading as mum was sick of loosing the disco all weekend during the season. It was in good nick, never having been welded or patched. Dad and my brother started doing some stripping down and tidying up, but kept it on the road. Much to my jealously it kind of became my brothers car when he passed his test- I'd taken our car to uni as he couldn't drive, so it was really my own fault! Then when he moved out he took it with him - cheeky git!
Unfortunately that was the beginning of the end for Jimmy- he was used as an everyday car, but the rot and the leaks were never stopped, which got him to the state he's in today. Got some rot at the top of the bulk head- usual place. Both sides. Front doors are rotten at the bottom, back doors been replaced, but no check straps attached?!?! He's gained some electrical gremlins and he just looks knackered! Everything leaks, there's moss growing all over, the drivers windows been stuck down for 2 years (why he didn't lift it I don't know!).
As my brother's now got a baby, they'd really like it off the drive so they don't have to load the baby into the car on the road. So, we've been and got him up and running so we can get him trailered from Norwich to the midlands and into the dry, ready to finish the stripping down and get him back together.
We want to keep his 19J engine, I know everyone wants to put a 200tdi in, but we know Jimmy's slow- that's kind of the point. Hoping to start offroading on the weekends, although all this is only starting once we've finished renovating the house- I'm hoping the promise of an engine to tinker with at the end if it will spur us on!
So that's it!
Someone suggested I introduce myself as I'd posted an advice Q, so, here I go!
Well, I should introduce us- husband and wife, Sam and Sarah, desperate to get our hands on our landy! Sam works for JLR designing engines and I've finally convinced him to love landys the way I do!
When I was a kid we had a couple of series 2a lwb station wagons. I remember being allowed to ride up front whilst dads scout group had to sit on the bench seats in the back!
Eventually these became sheds on wheels and mum and dad got rid (although he has just mentioned he's still got some spares for them in the garage, so maybe the next project?!).
We then had an f reg Range Rover petrol that as kids we got searched on the way in for anything sticky or dirty incase we messed up the interior. Alas it was a fairly typical range rover and spent more time broken down than running, so after only 8 months he went! Again, I've seen some spares at the back of the garage so maybe project 3?!
Then we've had a new series 2 disco which dad only got rid of last year because he got a brand new 1- they've improved a bit!
So, this leads us to the 90- Jimmy. Dad bought it 9 years ago as a bit of a project and for weekend shooting/offroading as mum was sick of loosing the disco all weekend during the season. It was in good nick, never having been welded or patched. Dad and my brother started doing some stripping down and tidying up, but kept it on the road. Much to my jealously it kind of became my brothers car when he passed his test- I'd taken our car to uni as he couldn't drive, so it was really my own fault! Then when he moved out he took it with him - cheeky git!
Unfortunately that was the beginning of the end for Jimmy- he was used as an everyday car, but the rot and the leaks were never stopped, which got him to the state he's in today. Got some rot at the top of the bulk head- usual place. Both sides. Front doors are rotten at the bottom, back doors been replaced, but no check straps attached?!?! He's gained some electrical gremlins and he just looks knackered! Everything leaks, there's moss growing all over, the drivers windows been stuck down for 2 years (why he didn't lift it I don't know!).
As my brother's now got a baby, they'd really like it off the drive so they don't have to load the baby into the car on the road. So, we've been and got him up and running so we can get him trailered from Norwich to the midlands and into the dry, ready to finish the stripping down and get him back together.
We want to keep his 19J engine, I know everyone wants to put a 200tdi in, but we know Jimmy's slow- that's kind of the point. Hoping to start offroading on the weekends, although all this is only starting once we've finished renovating the house- I'm hoping the promise of an engine to tinker with at the end if it will spur us on!
So that's it!
