Recent content by NavyAndrew

I'm just finishing the rebuild on my 1965 SWB where I've taken pretty much everything down to bare metal and resprayed it myself. I'm lucky enough to have friends with all the gear I can borrow but brush/rollering works just fine too if you're careful. Bare aluminium needs to be etch primed...

I had exactly the same problem, I got new wing fronts after posting in the wanted section of the series 2 club forum, £10 each.

McArthur in Bristol don't galvanise anymore, there's one called South West Galvanisers somewhere near Exeter. I went to get my chassis done but they actually advised me against it because it will probably twist with all the repairs, I ended up painting it instead.

Just fitted Rocky Mountain parabolics to my 88 and these were NOT handed, so some may not be.

Thanks for all the advice everyone, any thoughts on brands or any to avoid?

Hi everyone, I wanted to add a pair of spot lights onto my series 2a for when I go off-roading, I was thinking of attaching them to the bumper, just inboard of the dumb irons. I wondered what makes of lights other people had and if they could suggest anything? I don't have a huge budget and I...

I roller painted my front wings and bonnet, as long as you're careful and keep the dust off as much as possible while its drying the finish is pretty surprising. I'd certainly recommend this as a better option to aerosol as the paint can be a bit thinly applied and they do cost a lot for not...

Now thats quite an interesting modification Blackburn, especially as I've just fitted Rocky Mountain Parabolics! Is the RR flange just a staright swap then? i.e. it fits onto the axle and gearbox aswell as being the correct size for the UJ?

Thanks for all the replies and advice! I made a note of the alignment before I painted them, just got to get these seals sorted. Are they export only prop shafts or something where I can only get the spares in in the USA?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum so it's great to meet you all. I'm currently restoring a 1965 SWB Series 2a from the ground up and have hit a problem with my prop shafts. I took them apart at the sliding joint firstly to do a through job of painting the shafts and secondly because the seals at...

Hi everyone, I'm Andrew, I'm currently restoring a 1965 Series 2a 88 from the ground up. The project is going well at the moment, although I'm a complete novice at Land Rovers I do have an engineering background so I'm doing ok...