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Front inner wing panels are mostly surface rust so I will treat with rust convertor and paint. There are 2 holes on N/S inner wing side. A and B posts lowers just need some rust convertor. 1 small patch needed on the sill near B post N/S. Sills are in amazing condition except for the rears of...

Only roof repair as far as I can see

A and B posts and front sill ends

OK more pics and the news is good. It really is not as bad I thought. Front inner wings panels

Ah well I started stripping the beast down and its in great condition with only a bit of welding needed at the front, rear is challenging but still fixable, sills great and original, A and B posts perfect. Sorry everyone it is getting restored and I will keep an eye out for a rotten running V8...

resto_d1 Yes I see your point it is fixable - especially when I see pics of yours!! At least the rear top of mine is still intact Disco1BFG, I knew a while back the truck was generally in OK condition, I have given it a good once over this afternoon, The sills are in great condition with just...

Yes I agree on the welding practice Works out about £450 for the panels I will need plus gas bottles I have not taken the doors off yet so......

I do see what you are saying, the truck is bog stock except for LPG The only special feature this one has it was registered in late June 1999 so must make one of the last D1’s registered unless anyone knows better?

After deciding to abandon my plans to restore my 1999 D1 V8. I have always wanted a V8 Defender but to be honest cannot afford the silly prices being asked. This conversion has been done so I have lots of reference points and advice. Plans are to get the Discovery stripped down to the rolling...

Good luck :)

No longer for sale Thanks Ian

More rust!! The sills are only rusty at the rear and are not too bad long full length.

Here are some pics of the rusty rear body, The more I have dug the worse it gets mm So after some thoughts of Pick up conversion or restore I still could not decide. Last week I thought OK I really would like a Defender and yes I could get one when SWMBO retires in 2 years, I could convert the...

I really like the V8's maybe an addiction or something. Work done this week, a good tidy up, sort out the good parts from the bad so far and pack them away for painting over next few months. Bought a new old stock fuel return pipe - bargain £60 delivered, huge box and very light, swmbo had a...

Sold my 1995 V8 and sold my 1995 300 TDI. Bought a 1999 registered D1 manual V8. I did some repairs to get it thru mot, new downpipes with cats, lambda sensors, anti roll bar refurb, new brake pipes, simple refurb of the front calipers, cleaned up discs, new coolant header tank, replacement ECU...

I have done a few things to the beast since new brake pipe. To repair and restore the rusty rear of the beast; Rear seats, dicky seats and all seat belts removed. Headliner removed. Rear bumper removed. Boot floor removed - what a job and most of the edges came with it too. Anti roll bar grinded...

Thursday, Fixed a rotten brake pipe on drivers side front and while doing this I had to move some LPG pipes etc, undid the coolant tank to move it out of the way and snapped off the small stub off - mm, new one ordered. Today, Cleaned off some rusty parts under engine and around front of the...

Yes I agree ECU's don't normally go down. From experience with bikes in the past. Onward with some more repairs

Discool, I thought it was fixed with the pressure on the ECU clamp - nope. So I found a reasonably priced used ECU, changed it for mine hey presto all fixed, started it a few times so it would get calibrated, small adjustment with the ECU mate and its now sweet as a nut. Thanks for the input Ian

I have found a replacement ecu, it starts and runs great.