Good call, I will pop into JSF and see if they know where I can get the grit blasting done. I also considered a mobile welder to be the way forward om the outriggers. Many thanks and merry Christmas

Comrades A few photos showing the one step forward two back progress. Plus a photo of the tools I made to get in those nooks and crannies, together with some rotary wire brushes that I ordered off the net. I thought they were cheap! but they will come handy for restoring the Corgi version...

Thanks guys for your suggestions/offers of help. Does anyone know of a one stop shop that shot-blasts/repairs or replaces sections/zinc coats a chassis? My local zincification applier only has a bath sized for wrought iron gates. I am already fed up with the black bogies and am getting hooked on...

Response to Disco1BFG I should had stated: Very little progress in the last few years. It was stripped down to the chassis in 2017! I then stalled as I thought it needed grit blasting, and I do not have enough friends to lift on a low loader. I also felt guilty about upsetting neighbours with...

Response to V8bob Thanks for your interest and offer for info. It is indeed a V8. Converted to LPG by an earlier owner. With the biggest LPG tank I have ever seen on a vehicle. It came on non standard sized tyres and looked really daft, like "little foot" with the totally worn out original...

Thanks guys for your welcome. As requested here are some pics of the sad old lady. More to follow, but the latest ones are on my hard drive, which keeps crashing my PC, when I plug it in. But they only show the chassis up on its outriggers, as I try and clean the underneath. So not that...

Comrades I may have been on this forum years ago, but since those good old days, I had lost my way (twice): My ex RAF Regiment Defender 127 FFR deteriorated in front of my very eyes. It was down the side of the house: Water was getting through the canvas and corroding the chassis. So I had a...