Jacks V8 rolling resto

Hi Gents

I thought it would be good if I created a thread detailing the trials and tribulations of owning a discovery 1 from day one.

Vehicle.

• 1996 (300TDI Shape)
• 120K
• Manual
• No Sunroofs
• 3.9 V8i
• Good condition mechanically
• Resonable condition Body/Rust wise (subject to change at anytime!!!)
• Poor Interior
• In need of some TLC
• The vehicle spent the last few years in spain so i hope this has slowed the rust. (slightly)
• Cost £995

I traded my fiat multipla against it and put £100 to it so really doesnt owe me much. The guy I bought it from (small trader) put 12months MOT on it for me so i dont have to worry to much for the next 9 months or so.

Rust wise.

• Had some ruff repairs on rear arches.
• Some rusting to front inner wings.
• No rusting on headlamp mounts.
• Sills dont look to bad.
• Hole at the bottom of the drivers door post.
• Not been brave enough to look at front footwells yet!!
• Havnt pulled the carpet up in the boot yet!!
• Chassis looks to be in good condition.

In regards to the footwells and boot floor. The boot floor looks ok from under the car so carnt be to bad. But i guessed at the price I paid for the car even if I have to replace it then it wont be a budget breaker and the car is good enough to warrant it. The footwells will hopefully be ok as the rest of the car is not to bad. This i got a bit carried away when i bought it and didnt really check it as fully as i should but I toke a chance on the body being worth some work as the mechanicals were in such good condition...

I have a company car for work so the Discovery wont be doing many miles. This allowed me to go for a V8, mainly because ive never had one and fanced it. I decided to stay away from a LPG converted one as im fine wth engines but i dont know anything about lpg and most of the ones in my price range seemed to have running problems, but like i say it wont be doing many miles so can afford the fuel.

Its main job will be towing a caravan and some light off road so i dont really want to go mad on the suspension mods and make it un-usable for towing.

I got home early yesterday so gave it a good clean out and got some rubber floor mats and boot mat for it. The paint work needs a bit of a T-Cut, will get that sorted this weekend if the weather is good. I took some pics with my phone but will start taking them with my camera from now on for a bit better quality.



jack

Pictures as promised

How do i find the paint code?

I look forward to seeing the progress!

Keep it coming

Just ordered some door springs as its getting a bit of a pain having to get in the back and climb through to the front to open the doors.

I have ordered then from dcp land rover parts and they come with a fitting kit, will also be using the sticky at the top but would love to hear any tips anyones got!

Jack

Your chassis plate will have the colour code on it. At a guess its 590 but im probably wrong