Yes, my eldest is 14 and one of the attractions/excuses for getting the 109 is that it should be cheap insurance teaching them to drive. Anyway here is a pic of it down the beach doing one of it's intended jobs & helping to teach the youngsters how to feed themselves !

Here's ours on the right below

We went in the morning and had a really good time. The lads particularly liked the Shorland, we were shown around it by the extremely genial owner. I must admit I'd always thought the Shorland looked a bit odd in pictures but it was much better in the flesh. We took the Beach Bus in buts she's...

Probably, though strangely they like being picked up in it after school trips. Something about being seen with the Landy in front of only a coach load of class mates is cool but not when it's the whole school.

Hurrah, back on the road after two months. Not actually that much work for two months off but day job work is hectic at the moment and when I do have time I'm a bit knackered. So far replaced the servo, master cylinder, all four front slave cylinders, pads and most of the front brake pipes. Took...

I've decided to replace all the cylinders now to avoid problems later. They are not that expensive and I trash a set of pads if/when they fail and leak fluid everywhere, which gets expensive. Also, I was shearing off bleed nipples despite a good soaking with WD40. I've got to the "it happens...

Amberley Museum - Classic Land Rover Day 15th Oct. I'm going to try to get to this one, only about 15 miles away so no excuse really. Anyone been to previous ones? Any good?

Hello, Not much posted recently as I have been using it over the summer, well until we had the two weeks away on the family holiday. It’s been laid up since then. However, before I go into that the progress has been, Fitted Britpart “Deluxe” front seat backs. These make a great improvement in...

Contemplating taking the Series 3 109 rag top. Not sure if the children will tolerate 45 miles each way in the back on the bench seats. They'll probably have to take it in turns in the front. They say they are up for it but I'll give it to Southampton if we are lucky before the "how much...

Not as much done over the last few weeks as I wanted. I started off attacking the door tops but after welding on a strengthening plate to one I looked inside the rectangular section and could see they were rusting from the inside out. I’ll get some new ones as they are beyond saving. That's next...

I'm only managing to get Saturday mornings working on her at the moment so nothing major done other than sorting a few niggles. Easter was spent partly back in Wiltshire where I originally come from. We did a detour on the way back home via Imber village on the Salisbury Plain Training Area as...

I was trying to preserve the paint underneath the non-slip stuff as where it has flaked off the paint is quite good. Nitromors will make everything bubble and come off, though I'm not discounting going down that route in the future. "Ooh, shabby chic" was how SWMBO described the truck, so I'm...

Had a go at a patch of it with some Hammerite thinners I had lurking in the shed today. Brushed it on and left for about 10-15 mins before scrapping the paint off with an old chisel. Seems to work well, though I'm only going to be doing the odd 1/4 hour on it between other jobs to save my sanity..

Hello, I'm in the process of tidying up the rear tub of my series 3 109 FFR. One task that needs doing is removing a coat of what appears to be NATO Green paint mixed with sand. Has anyone come across this before on an ex military vehicle ? It may have been done after being released from the...

I'm only 5'4" so I balance nicely on the wings. I do fear though that if I fell into the engine bay I might not get out again. I have to be careful where I park it as any deep ruts under the drivers door lead to an inelegant exit.

Thanks, I might give the petrol and grease a go. If I had more time I'd completely strip them, but I don't so I'll have to try some of these methods. One other job I got to do was paint the Land Rover badge on the back that had been sprayed over. Any way a few pics, Top of Chalk pit lane...

An update. Several jobs done, though not as many as hoped. I’ve been too busy driving it about. I got one of the lads to turn the engine over whilst I was looking into the engine bay and discovered the knackered sounding starter was even more knackered than it sounded. The motor was barely...

Thanks for the comments everyone. I was going to get a lot done on it yesterday but in the end loaded up the family & took it for it's first trip to the beach with them. Much more fun than the Mondeo having the coffee/ hot chocolate in the back with the sea facing side canvas rolled up. Actually...