M57 Defender 110

Sorry all, no landy update at the moment - bit of workshop update though

Ive now gone full time running my own biz, eek so yeah things have been pushed back, but looking to get start again next week.

Further news, have some workshop updates

I bought some big steel beams...



I learnt how to use a forklift...





and skip a lot of work and were here...





Its a mezzanine floor, but without the floor...

anyway next weekend im picking up an e46 330d plus ive sourced a less rusty bulkhead, more updates soon!

on the look out for a defender r380 is anyone has one laying around?

many thanks

Christ where has the time gone!

anyway small updates...
the bulkhead that was on the defender was in a very bad state, and one locally popped up pretty cheap and in good condition... only needed footplates welding restoring...

so started chopping the rust out and cleaning up some edges to get some metal to weld too

drilling out spot welds after spot welds...




start making up the new panels...






Right so after that was done, another couple of weeks past till we could work on her again...
next job was rear chassis cross member!
First thing was getting the shell back on the chassis to mock the heights of the rear bolts...

oh forgot like a few stages of removing the old cross member... didn't get any photos of that but it involved a 9 inch grinder and a lot of mess!
anyway... clamps

tack and lift back up

weld

annnnnd admire the only part of the chassis that rust hasn't got a hold of yet...


Thats currently caught up, I've been out and bought some doors and a new tailgate, to work between them all to fine a non rusty hybrid.
next up is to remove the m57 out the 330d and then start mocking up engine mounts etc
looking forward to that...
cheers all

Lads...

Priorities change and all that and i'm putting the lot up for sale

at the moment I haven't got a price for the main lot, but please message me if your interested.

bit gutted to be making this call but got a business to put first and this is space that can be earning me money no loosing.

sorry to end the project

Ahh no, was looking forward to seeing that M57 in

Can't you pack it all away into a corner and come back to it lol

Can you not write it off as a business expense?

bankz5152 said:

Can you not write it off as a business expense?

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Haha, always - but unfortunately the time and space problem still exists

Anyway, this isntt the end of the defender... long 8 hour round trip to north Wales tomorrow to pick up the new one, got an MOT and everythinf.