How do you fit, align and tweak a pair of series style doors on a defender? Answer : One Saturday 9-6, two pairs of hands and one rubber hammer 😂

Rdx electric fan and switch fitted with a custom made loom, temporary made brackets made to hold the new expansion water bottle and power steering bottle. New indicator and wiper stalks fitted and all of the electrics tested. A few gremlins...

Well deserved beverage me thinks to celebrate the stainless pipes … well thats my excuse 😂🍺

Exmoor black anodized billet ali hinges arrived today and they certainly don’t disappoint. I dout I could get a gnats eye lash inbetween the bushes they are that tightly made. Clock surrounds painted and fitted back into the dash, just waiting...

Well the proof is In the eating or in this case drooling 😂 out with the copper and in with the stainless. Fitted some brass olives each end to stop the hose clamps from pulling off. Looking rather good if I do say so myself. Only haste was that...

Back in the garage and away from the drawing board, for £20 a length next day delivered from BES plumbing I’ve got some 15mm 1mm wall 316 stainless steel seamless pipe, now lets see how it bends using my record plumbing bender !

To be honest I was thinking the same thing when I was making them, back to the drawing board !

hallo, really neet restauration project! Looking foreward to seeing it up and running!

Bet your all thinking how I made the stainless bracket with the curves to sit the pipes in ? Hay ?? Well I welded 2 x 16mm bolts to my vice a bolts width apart, then placed a third bolt behind he stainless in between the two welded bolts and...

didn’t think that l’d achieved much this weekend but after taking some photos it appears that I’ve done quite well and crossed off a number of jobs of the list. First was to fit the aecond hand genuine rad with an electric cooling fan, then I...

This afternoon’s fetteling saw the re trimmed dash back in, looks good with the sprayed green vent cover 👌

Started on the least favorite job, getting the dash back together ! Oh and ordered a set of black billet aluminum door hinges from exmoor trim, saw them in the Newak show and they looked well made and with show discount relatively cheap in...

Busy few days, finished off fitting the galv capping on the tub, re aligned the tub to chassis and bolted down, fitted the heater fan box, fitted a one piece BRT motorsport braided clutch pipe, painted the vent flap fly screens black and re...

You’ve built a monster truck! That’s what my lad said when he stuck his head into the garage, and to be honest he isn’t far wrong. Tyres fitted to the new rims, rear extended arches fitted, new power steering pipes in, fuel pipes fitted to the...

The power steering pump fitted, steering box seals changed cleaned and painted, with new pipes on order. Steering column fitted with some new uj’s. New fuel lines fitted along with a new galv fuel tank bracket and YRM stainless fitting kit. Rear...

Don’t suppose anyone has a set of knackerd front plastic arches that they are thinking of throwing? I need a set to trim down to fill the gap between the outer wing and inner steel wheel arch as the extended plastic arches dont have this bit...

Well it would be rude not to spend some time in the garage on my day off, its amazing the amount of things getting crossed off the needs fitting list, exhaust, rear shocks, handbrake shoes and drum, brake lines, front calipers, clutch pedal box...

Todays sitrep, timing kit fitted, new thermostat and water pump fitted. New fuel injector pipes and front hubs all assembled, along with drilled and vented discs and a set of heavy duty steering arms. All in all a very productive Sunday.

After a good clean up just found out that I’ve got a r380 box, result. Gearbox attached and painted, I’ve fitted the bulkhead again with YRM stainless bolt kits. New chassis loom from Autosprarks installed and clipped to the rear chassis cross...

Sump off cleaned, primed sanded and painted. Water pump looks and spins as new so cleaned it up along with the timing case and rocker cover, oh how I do like a bit of bling

Lazy day in the office, despite being pebble dashed in old engine oil, oh ye! Forgot that I hadn’t drained the oil out of the engine before taking the flipping sump off. Despise knocking the sump with the 13mm socket before starting it bloody...

Rear hubs back on with some drilled and grooved discs, had to order some different caliper bolts as they arent the same as the front 😖 the early def had 7/16 unf bolts unlike the m12 fine front ! Have to pause the front hubs as I need to order...

Extreme 4x4 shocks and HD lowered springs fitted to the front with galv spring plates and YRM stainless bolt kits

Looking good!

Axles attached to the chassis with poly bushes and YRM Stainless nut and bolt kits. Heavy duty progressive 25mm lowering springs from extreme 4x4

Well the 2000 piece jig saw begins! First off I decided to spray the chassis and axles again but this time with a semi gloss 2k Selamix paint, the jotun paint was good but did start to look a bit chalky. Now dry and the trusty spray booth...

Well it would be rude of me not to celebrate this painting milestone

Well thats it folks !!!! Painting finished, well Im all for not wasting and certainly hope that I dont find anything that I haven’t painted as Ive only got a jam pot of paint left over from 5lts just enough for the odd stone chip touch up 😂

Where did you get the chandelier in your conservatory 😉

Doors, tailgate, sills, windscreen frame and inside of the wings are all painted and shining 😀