Time to prepare the tank next. It's a new one but it's made by Britpart so it's going to need help if it's going to last more than ten minutes. It's full of water traps so i've gone round with the puraflex to try to bung a few up. The paint it has arrived in seems surprisingly good. It's thick...

Happy new year and welcome back to more of my old nonsense. Here is my source material for these petrol tank spacers. It's the axle for an old trolley jack and it's a bit of tough stuff. I've had a go at an action shot here. Hasn't worked. After much time and some drill bit sharpening we get...

Good work as always and your timing is perfect. My handbrake return spring is missing and I’ve been wondering where it should go. Now you’ve just shown me so thanks.

No landy progress again but after bragging recently about my fancy new overalls I thought I’d give you a look. Helping my son clear the garden and patio of the remains of this years plants. Far too hot in this mild weather.

You jammy bugger! I've also got 10 days off. If I can get 5 clear hours to myself in that time i'll be lucky. You get stuck in and I'll just get my land rover fix from hearing about your progress. Good luck! 👍

I made a new one as I wanted something with a bit of beef to it. It helped that I had a a bit of tube about the right size. The new replacements didn't look strong enough to brace anything https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/steves-unexpected-series-3-rebuild.292955/page-28

During a previous trial fit of the seat box I noticed that the fuel tank was sitting too high and that the connections would hit the cover. I should have made my measurements then and made it fit but got side tracked. It meant refitting the sill bar things and seat box again. I used more foam to...

That's interesting to know. As it goes this is still the same old tube but i'll watch out for that in the future.

These things got the treatment next. That's a bit over-patinated for my taste. This is about my level really. Scratch a bit of rust off, chase the threads back into order and get some paint back on. I really fancy getting a little setup for home electroplating. Any nut's or bolt heads are...

Just been nibbling away at the outskirts of the job again. Got the first coat of smooth hammerite satin on the underside if the seatbox. A word of caution to my many fellow puraflex 40 users. It doesn't like hammerite. This hasn't happened before so I don't know what's different now...

Looks good to me.

My two-penneth would be to return the stainless one and go standard for now. Gets the big project moving and could make an interesting mini project at a later date. I appreciate accessibility is going to be harder later but also having everything in place to show you exactly where it needs to go...

So sorry to hear about your problems. I hope you’re able to find a solution. Take your time and maybe walk away from it for a day or two. Things can sometimes look a little better after a break. Good luck.

The red ones are plenty thick enough really. Any more layers on top and i'd be like a Michelin man. If I ever fall over while wearing them i'll just have to lay on the drive until somebody comes along to help me get up. Like a turtle stuck on it's back. 😆

I'm getting absolutely nowhere at the moment. Every Friday I think to myself that i'll get such and such done this weekend. Then Mrs LincolnSteve comes along and says 'Don't forget we need to do this and this and this and be here and there and everywhere'. Then LincolnSteve junior needs his time...

That looks really smart

If they hung freshly painted car body panels up in art galleries I would happily stand and stare at them for hours.

It’s all looking so good!

Might it be best to avoid layers? One less place for water to creep in between.

You would need several hammers. Looks a bit 'single use' to me.