Newbie

Hi all, I see you get a million of these newbie posts a day so I wont expect many welcomes lol....

My dad and myself have just bought an old series IIA landy as a project. It needs welding on the bulkhead and the chassis and a lot of other restoration ( perhaps even new galvy parts ) however at the price it was a bargain Theres a small pic in my avatar but it doesnt really show much, I will try and upload some better ones when I get back to the other house.

Anyhow, we have never worked on a landy before tho I have a decent amount of experience with mechanics, hydraulics and served my time as a spark - and my dad can work a hammer lol but Im sure we will have fun restoring it

Anyhow, just to say hi to all and I will be popping in now and again for some help and advice no doupt and hopefully one day be passing it on.

Bert

:welcome2:

The fact you wrote that, means you DO expect a welcome haha ...So here is one from me "Welcome aboard"

:welcome2: to the mad house

Cheers for the welcomes folks,
I have been reading up today about the series 2 ( and ordered a haynes workshop manual ), shes going to be a massive project I recon, but well worth it in the end
I am going to pick her up on sunday 1700 with a transporter and trailer ( she does drive but not legally ) so I will have a better idea of what will be involved If anyone has any links to any sIIa info Id be very appreciative, I already got a load of stuff but the more I aquire the better - and I plan to order the haynes restoration manual next week so if you know of any other books that are as good / better let me know
Bert

i have got a millitary 1958-1969 manual that covers absolutely everything, although its a wee bit rare and i doubt if i would be able to get another one so as to whether you could use it im not sure :/ so what i might do is if you pm me when you need some info on something that isnt covered in any of your info then ill send you the relavent information if you want?

spot on n.r.g97 I will keep that in mind

Welcome from fellow jock. My advise is learn before you spend, LR's are great but I spent dosh on the wrong things and missed out on the important bits that can reduce costs longer term. Focus on the key stuff with oils being my big learning point - cost me a transfer box. Good luck

welcome to LZ, im just along the road(ish), old boy was fae fordyce though

far you at happydog?
we are 2 miles fae fordyce the noo in the middle o nae far.....hence the landy for winter lol

Bertbuckie said:

far you at happydog?
we are 2 miles fae fordyce the noo in the middle o nae far.....hence the landy for winter lol

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does it run on coal???

Bertbuckie said:

far you at happydog?
we are 2 miles fae fordyce the noo in the middle o nae far.....hence the landy for winter lol

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in elgin, old boy moved through here when he left the school,ma granny n granda moved through here aboot 30yr ago, nae sure if still got femily through there or no.

lol @ coal.... no but the signum stands no chance of making it out of the drive in the snow and the bike ( I use the term bike loosly, its a 50cc for traveling macduff to banff daily but she does a nice easy 50-55mph so not too bad ) has even less chance lol

I know a few folk in elgin, I used to work in the kill at buckie - grampian pork with a lot of folk fae elgin there

Sorry the replies are slow, no internet here other than a GPRS mobile phone signal

Heres some pics of the other car/bike
( a few new mods since... new splitter on the car being one )











( Im the one holding the kid in the blue gio goi t-shirt )

Bert