Tinkering with my Vogue

stutab said:

Another night on the spanners, and day for that

These will take some getting through

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Evnin.. I see your getting on with it.. There's not much more you can take to bits !

I think you'll get through those discs quicker than you think ! Have you tried the slitting disks ? Can get them in different thicknesses, 1.2mm up.. very good for accurate cutting and they don't kick as much either.
If your using them on thin sheet go for a slightly thicker one.. they last longer

Paint choices look good.. 2 and 3 with Orange would look like Gulf racing colours ?
Hope all goes well..

oh yes slitting discs all the way..you will never use a normal cutting disc again..i use 1mm,if used carefully they last along time.

blue chassis!!??black..!!

infact entire underside black..u's gonna waxoly i expect anyway...

oh..you so lucky..bugger all rust!!

Hey Stu,

Didn't know you had a thread goin' Lol

Looking good! Is jamie buying the gbox?? I thought he has sold or selling his 90

So I now I may have had some input in this chassis colour business... It was definitely stated that black was not an option....But I must say if it were mine... I would have to agree...Do the bits you'll see in what ever colour you want.... but paint the rest black.

Will look into the slitting discs, got these on flebay cheap so will use them up first.

Ye, no rust x member still got the paint on it footwells and arches have taken the hammering the rest is good, could have something to do with the layers of waxol all over it.. All going to have a fresh coat though. Decision made on chassis, no sealer and you will have to wait and see, the body on other hand thinking the dark candy colour as a mate who sprays cars is coming to help so can get posher paint Will take some good pics of the setup I got lifting the box out

jai_landrover said:

Hey Stu,

Didn't know you had a thread goin' Lol

Looking good! Is jamie buying the gbox?? I thought he has sold or selling his 90

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Dunno, messaged him but not herd back, will text him tomorrow but phone flat now.

Footwells turned up today, and I got my crain sorted for removing the gearbox

Got another afternoon on it, and got the box out..

Had to get a crane sorted as the gearbox was coming out of the roof, it's amazing what there is lying about at work..









I thought I did well getting the box out in 4 hours, nearly cracked and took the engine out as well.













Just got the adaptor plate, talk converter, fuel tank, front wings and all the rot to remove now :jaw:

Looking good!

Cheers, love playing with the Forklift, somebody thought it was a good idea to fit a V6 in it, I totally agree with them

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lookin good stu, old gear box were clean. i have one of those chain block cranes on the 3 point ont tractor , wouldnt of bothered with a forklift handy tho.... yer could of just chained it and lifted it out ,

i bort 1000 of them 1mm cutting discs off ebay, i use them on me dewalt 4.5" cordless grinder, brilliant, dont over heat the metal and ****es thru stuff, anythin thicker i use me plasma cutter

hopes yer got an endless supply of welding gas for the coming weeks !

Got a gasless mig

Will have to look into some mill discs, might have some in the box

Tank, wings and slam panel off on Thursday then start on the sills and footwells.

Selling my car trailer on flebay to pay for the rest of the bits.

And ordered the undercarriage paint today :sly:

Give us a linky then to your car trailer?? I may be interested pending winning the lottery!! Lol no serious put up a link J

Stil on the hunt for a small car transporter just big enough for my trials motor if you hear of anything let me know as its starting to bug me as everyone I've seen has been rotten or Mega money

jai_landrover said:

Stil on the hunt for a small car transporter just big enough for my trials motor if you hear of anything let me know as its starting to bug me as everyone I've seen has been rotten or Mega money

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Ye, I was looking a wile ago, they are mega money or need mega money spending on them

adapter plate pls!!

Got the torque converter off and everything else that was bolted onto the engine.





Started getting the petrol tank off, got all of the nuts and pipes off the tank, then it wouldn't come past the tow bar, couldn't get a single bold undone so cut them off, grinder + Petrol tank :flame: luckily I moved the drained petrol and blocked up the holes so no explosion

So heads cut off, tank held up with couple of threads on a couple of bolts simply tap the bolts out and away we go, YE LIKE FOOK THEY WILL, bloody things are rusted into the chassis :censored::Cry::mad2::5bbanghead::5bsmash:. At this point I gave up, went to the chippy then went home:crazy_driver: