Chassis looks pretty sound, once bitten lol. No sign of the dreaded three but they can appear any time can’t they :eek: Tbh, she will be a project whilst I get some evening lessons up the local college on welding, it’s only a matter of time with the older trucks after all o_O I think the weak...

Good news though, hopefully I’m back as I’ve just bought a nicer looking D2, praying for no hidden horrors this time. But the mot history for it looks a damn sight better than the van!

Ah the usual brake pipes, steering box and a few other bits and bobs. It was the extent of the welding that killed it for me. But I’ve sold it for what I paid for it to a mate off the CB for him and his wife to restore together, so it should be going to a better place than the scrap yard.

Sad day yesterday, my tame mechanic got back to me about my disco 1 van after giving her a through look over before I started working on her for the mot. Alas, I think she is a goner, the list of jobs was large, not impossible for me to do, but the chassis is gonna need at least 500 quids worth...

Greeted with a flat on the drivers side just before I put her in for the MOT :eek: so had to sort that lol She is in the hands of the tamed mechanic now :eek::eek::eek: Strange, I’ve only had her a week or so but I already lament the space on the drive :(

Well... borrowed a trolley jack, bar and sockets from work, but got held back at work and they stayed in the car. Didn’t fancy jacking the disco up on a cold dark driveway :oops:

Fixed the power steering noise issue. Apparently the previous owner didn’t know they had to top up the fluid :eek: Simple fix in the cold tho after I’d put the tea in the oven...

Stripped out the damp mouldy headlining from the disco :eek: truly rank. Easy enough to peel off the fabric from the liner bit, might recover it when I can be bothered. Took the dog cage bit out. Chucked a bucket of water over it...

I’m not far from there and a noob too so I’ll keep an eye on this thread.

Well there she is, fresh off the trailer. Her indoors has already given it a clean out

Well that’s good news! Sounds like it will fit and you aren’t too far away from me. I’ll take the bumper and the guard then, I’ll drop you a pm

Sounding like a broken record here, if it will fit my little 300tdi truck can we do a deal on that and the steering guard?

If this will fit my 300tdi I’ll have it, where in Dorset are you?

:eek::eek::eek: I did not know about the puddles, I’ve done a bit of it on my mtb back in the day, and that was proper claggy. It must have got worse since then. Won’t go up there on my own for my first adventure when the truck is ready then!!!! I’ll have to keep an eye out on here for some...

Wiltshire, just off Salisbury Plain.

Hi, new to the forum and actually owning my own Landy. Disco 1 van, bit of a project currently. I’m just off Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. Hope to see a few of you knocking around on the range path up there when the truck is ready!