Next horror story I discovered was the sunroof coming away from the roof panel - In an earlier thread I mentioned some horrible metal bars that had been bonded with goop and pop rivets, well when I took them off, which wasn't very difficult, I noticed the sunroof was actually falling away and...

Apologies for the lack of updates, mostly boring door stuff done and at last with some good weather able to move on to some body repairs. I finished off the welding of the doors, some nasty corrosion on one of the rear doors but I was able to stitch in some panels from the opposite side spare...

It is amazing how quickly things rust yes, I have bought a decent cover to use but it is still going to be a problem. To make things worse I live right next to the sea, the salt air here is vicious everything rusts amazingly quickly. Got the second door stripped today but wow- There was a ton...

So the O/S rear door has turned out to be not too bad in terms of the frame - Just a small patch to weld in on the right hand side, good sand down and treat any rust - The skin looked a little worse for wear - At some point the car has been resprayed and the paint has lost adhesion with the...

Yes I can see lots of evidence of repairs in the past, it became evident to me today that the car has had probably a full respray at some point. It is a survivor thats for sure not had too much love in the past years but its made it this far despite all the very poor 1980's practice of bare...

Thanks for the encouragement Dave. Weather still bad so carrying on with the doors. Next up is the N/S front, in a similar condition to the previous door - More Formula 1 style repairs with gaffer tape - I have some spare doors from a later model in very good condition. The skins and hinge...

Yes Disco1 I have to find a better solution, I am in to 3D printing and made myself quite a large printer so I am thinking of designing a channel system that outfalls out into the wheel well, I will come up with something. Dave I will no doubt find more nasties as I strip paint, I am prepared...

Cheers Dave yes I will be keeping the car for a long time. I hope I can do justice on this build though I have'nt done any serious body repairs or welding on cars since the mid 1990's, more recently been restoring vintage 1970's Honda motorcycles so hopefully I will get back into the swing of...

Yes the shell although suffering some bad repairs is not as bad as some I have seen. Yep in Jock land absolutely the middle of nowhere! Wow Steve the height you got the discovery shell too using that method gives me some comfort I can do this without 4 post lifts and fork lifts thank you...

Thanks RRDave that is an interesting watch, I have had 3 Disco's never thought they could rust so badly. One thing it did encourage me with was that I splashed out on a new welder, my old SIP Migmate has seen better days and it just happens to be the exact same Parweld machine I have bought in...

Made some progress today, this is where I am at - Most of the interior is out so gave everything a clean to step back and assess what I going to need. Front passenger foot well needs replacing - Both sills look like patchwork quilts, the weld are solid enough but I think the folded bits of...

Cheers Dave, Took a couple of doors off today the front passenger side is by far the worst, as you say scary. I mistakenly bought some doors from a later model off ebay. The frames are in excellent condition so I intend cutting the sections I need out of them and transferring them over. The...

Yeah the body has lift around 700mm to clear the engine, be really scary and as you say mental. Getting the engine out is probably a better option. I could take the wheels off and lower the chassis onto a couple of dolly's to reduce this height. I would have to think about the big lump of a...

Thanks RRDave, I think it will be a matter of adjusting to get a better result but plan for the car to leak anyway. I think the problem with getting the body off is the height to which it has to be lifted, I dont really fancy taking the engine out in-situ so the body has to be lifted high...

Just do it!!! if you dont you know you will regret it. Its been a long time since I drove a 2 1/4 but I remember hitting a shallow incline and needed to shift down to climb it, after throttling the engine half to death I could shift up only to need to shift down again as I lost momentum. The...

Thats very kind of you I am in South West Scotland a small village called Port William. I had in my mind that I would use two sets of straps like a relay as one binds up I can bring the other in to play and vice versa. I try not to think about the amount of work I have to do as it does get...

Ahh right should I have one of these - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354583720998?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050 Not on the car at the moment

Have'nt got much done today, I set out to remove the headlining which is in really good condition and not held in place with tape, black gunk and pop rivets (PO loves pop rivets, why bother with screws when you can just go pop!) - And the sunroof has had a very efficient repair and doesn't leak...

Cheers Dave, I have had quite a few mad ideas, I did see one lift off just using an engine crane which looked precarious. What I am favouring at the moment is to erect two scaffold towers either side of the car linked together across the top with a couple of scaffold boards. Then use some 5...

Thanks Marjon glad you are along for the ride. I made good progress today got most of the dash out - Discovered a bold attempt to fix a leaking A/C unit, jeez (I did note there was no belt on the compressor) - Just a sticky mess, looking at the parts book it looks like this is all part of...