1. Adam Rose-Alison

    Ground up re build of a 300tdi 110 CSW, HELP!

    Thanks mate, I shall bare that in mind, tbh just after reading a load on this forum stainless steel is going out the window, maybe I'll just use them on the bulkhead to chassis and the bolts for the gearbox, transfer etc...
  2. Adam Rose-Alison

    Ground up re build of a 300tdi 110 CSW, HELP!

    I see, that's really helpful thanks! I guess I need to befriend a metal firm pretty sharpish!, so if you did it again would you go 2 or 3 mm aluminium?
  3. Adam Rose-Alison

    Defender 110 CSW full restoration

    This looks really great, I hope my rebuild goes as smoothly as this, what can you do if the actual rear tub benches are rotted out to? Can you get replacement ones? I couldn't see any on YRM Cheers, Adam
  4. Adam Rose-Alison

    Defender newbie alert!

    Yeah security is a big concern, I figured a pedal lock, upgraded locks, smash proofing the glass, that should stop any opportunists, then an alarm, tracker a blockade on my drive and I'll install a Doberman... ;) anything else I can do?
  5. Adam Rose-Alison

    Ground up re build of a 300tdi 110 CSW, HELP!

    Ok great, yeah the guy who sold me the landy is doing the chassis change and the bulk of the work with his team and I'm doing the less mechanical side like the rear tub and re spray.. yeah I'm I in two minds about stainless steel bolts, the guy doing the classic said he wouldn't bother and just...
  6. Adam Rose-Alison

    Ground up re build of a 300tdi 110 CSW, HELP!

    Ahh and I know I need galvanised tub cappings too
  7. Adam Rose-Alison

    Ground up re build of a 300tdi 110 CSW, HELP!

    Hi guys and girls, i hope I'm posting this in the right place.. I'm a few months off starting my rebuild now and wanna start getting as much information and inspiration as I can. So I thought best start with what I'm using it for.. I'm a fine furniture builder so I currently use it for moving...
  8. Adam Rose-Alison

    Defender newbie alert!

    Hey everyone, I'm Adam... so late 2015 I'd just about had enough of 'cruising' around in a lowered vauxhall Corsa (Sorry! I was a teenager when I bought it), looking like a chaved up drug dealer, grounding it out every time I drove to work or to my local pub (I live in the Country)... so I got...