Recent content by Forrest Gump

You have the 200tdi in there, which itself is a good engine. Your year of motor should have the 19J but the 200 is a bit zippier and very reliable. 👍

Just remember pal…the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Good on you for helping.

Hello mate. Got my front doors from SP. All fine there, perfect fit and came with locks and slam thingy. Didn’t get the galv ones. Decides to go down the route of paint and then sprayed the internals with dinitrol. Got my rear door from paintman panels. Fantastic made door. Perfect fit again...

1951 series 1 for me, what a piece of kit that is.

Maybe for a James Bond style machine gun that pops out n’ chins the bad guys.

I did mate. It was new galvanised so it was etch prime then primer and then chassis black. Couple of coats of that. Once that was done I sprayed cavity wax into every nook and cranny so I hope I never weld again! I gave my welder to a mate who’s starting on a series 3 rebuild anyway. I’m still...

I did mate. It was new galvanised so it was etch prime then primer and then chassis black. Couple of coats of that. Once that was done I sprayed cavity wax into every nook and cranny so I hope I never weld again! I gave my welder to a mate who’s starting on a series 3 rebuild anyway. I’m still...

Aye,preferred the older one myself too.

Howsit goin, got the same motor. Did a rebuild on it and like yourself replaced some parts of the interior as it had a hard life. Found it pretty hard to find bits but did have some joy on eBay with a couple of 4x4 breakers and private sellers. A jumble might bring something up for you if you...

Van der Valk wasn’t too bad I have to say. All the old stuffs the best. 👍

Sound, glad I could help. They can be awkward to remove so they were prob cut to make it easier taking them off. Ta for getting back to me. 👍

I was dying to ask that 🤣

Not the clearest picture but you can see the step brackets in place here. The sill is still off so it’s easy to see. Hope that helps.

Brackets from a side step. Been cut off probably level with sill rather than bugger about trying to take em off.

And if ye rub it in yer nob the wife thinks she’s got marathon man….😎