That’ll be Landy Mandy ! 😂

I’ve also ordered some black plastic caps for the m8 bolts on the chassis to body and the rear door hindges.

Spare wheel carrier painted, brackets fitted but going to leave the swing arm a day or two to fully harden before fitting. Have ordered some stainless bolts instead of using the BZP ones supplied.

SP4x4 swing away spare wheel carrier arrived yesterday didn’t like the galvanized look so decided to etch, prime and paint it blue the same colour as the landy. Here it is primed ready for painting, only problem is I’ll have to wait till Monday as I’ve run out of 2k paint hardener. Best things...

Galvanized Front bumper painted black, dried and fitted this morning. I had to lead solder up the pre deilled holes that were in the end of the bumper as the 300tdi did not come with the plastic bumper end caps as standards these were introduced with the TD5.

Thinking of putting a v8 chevy 4.7 in the early def, but it’s already got a refurbished 2.5L diesel from Turner engineering which sounds and runs like a swiss watch, already in a galv chassis it’d be a shame to separate

Thats very kind of you, it’s duly considered. I will solely blame you if its a youtube sensation 😂 If KSI ever knocks on my door for a duel I’ll blame RustyDefender ! For heaven’s sake place your bets wisely

Hopefully this build may just inspire! My view is that anything is achievable if you put you mind to it. Failing that there’s youtube or google ! I honestly couldn’t have a lot of the work without sitting on the loo on my phone (colitis wows aside) ! 😂

I just hope that if anything happens to me that my wife doesn’t sell my landys for what she thinks I’ve spent on them 🫣 excluding buying the landy which I paid a little over, but worth it just for the Anglesey provenance. Parts alone it would have costed me circa £13k once I purchase the...

The purist in me got the casting vote and I ended up with standard county decals, in fairness I’m glad as they just look right. Eagle eye viewers can just see in the background the new galv bumper is now painted matt black. Should be dry enough to fit tomorrow evening 😀

Judging the price of a new chassis and bulkhead it will take me longer than six months to save enough money! Even though I’m planning on a long term project if the last two restorations are anything to go buy it’ll be ready by Christmas! 😂 Engine is a 1997 cc petrol

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/series-1-109-truck.390328/#post-5646523

old fashioned log book

Third build, and things are starting to get interesting. Finding an Anglesey registered Series 1 was impossible but stumbling across one on Anglesey registered in a near by county Denbigh was close as I was going to get. First registered to Sir Alfred McAlpine of 80 Park Lane London and garaged...

Will start a new thread for the series 1 as soon as the 300tdi is completed. Declas on route Front galv bumper arrived today, have acid eched it ready for primer and black paint.

Dry store, plan is to get all 9 on my list so far i have 4. Series 1 Series 3 Early Def 2.5 300tdi Next to buy series 2 Then 200tdi TD5 Light weight Wolf or Puma

Its a 1959 109, found the VIN plate and have the original old style log book, cant believe how good a condition some bits are, door frames galvanised looking as new, bonnet and roof ad new, rear tail gate as new, rear tub better than my S3 will fix up, front left wing as new, rhs wing needs some...

After attacking the tree that had grown through her here she is on her maiden voyage home

Here’s to the next local landy project ! This time a series 1 109 truck, first registered to Sir Alfred McAlpine in 1959 spent all its life in North Wales so another tick in the box. Does need some work though…. New chassis, new bulkhead and some T cut…..