50 Shades Of Green

LaxfieldLandy · Sep 13, 2019

Morning all,

Here is my 1987 90 fitted with a 200tdi.
I only purchased 2 weeks ago so the fun has only just begun, here she is post scrub getting rid of all the mould and lichen...

LaxfieldLandy · Sep 13, 2019

Mid front strip down, getting rid of the cracked front grill, rusty fittings and rusty bowls. Also found one wire earthed to the chassis by strapping it on using electrical tape.

LaxfieldLandy · Sep 13, 2019

I sorted out the front lighting yesterday. Got rid of the NAS style LED lights and fitted the regular size smoked Wipac ones, Truck-lite LED phase 7 headlights fitted with Wipac bowls and all connected with AMP connectors. I also treated it all to some headlight surrounds and a new grill.

landyv1rgin · Sep 13, 2019

Looks good. Are you doing a full restoration? Or just a rolling one and use at the same time?

LaxfieldLandy · Sep 13, 2019

landyv1rgin said:
Looks good. Are you doing a full restoration? Or just a rolling one and use at the same time?

Thanks!
I’m planning on currently doing a rolling resto to keep it going and do bits and pieces but then eventually do a full galv rebuild.

FFR110 · Sep 26, 2019

Looking good.. rebuilding a LR is a love - hate relationship, but we all do it .

resto_d1 · Sep 26, 2019

Oooo my kind of project good luck

Knappster · Sep 26, 2019

Looking good! Keep the pics coming!

LaxfieldLandy · Oct 13, 2019

Morning!
I’m busy sorting out the rear lights and came across a right birds nest behind the driver side stop/tail light. All the wires in the right of the picture all seem obsolete, many bare ended and quite a few joiners. Has anyone got any ideas of what they are/were for?

benpalmer · Oct 14, 2019

Connection to trailer plug I reckon.

resto_d1 · Oct 14, 2019

Rear lights on fender I’m doing is the same!! I don’t actually know how I’m gunna work it out

I did figure same as above however that a few must be accessories/trailer wiring

LaxfieldLandy · Oct 14, 2019

resto_d1 said:
Rear lights on fender I’m doing is the same!! I don’t actually know how I’m gunna work it out I did figure same as above however that a few must be accessories/trailer wiring

I’ve got mine finished now, tidied the mess up and got all lights running on proper connectors so it’s all plug and play. Here’s the before and after....

LaxfieldLandy · Jun 24, 2020

So it’s been a while but I finally decided to get around to doing a few bits. I thought I’d start to remove some rust and also stop advertising britpart.

Before...

A couple of coats of Hammerite Kurust followed by Halfords Etch Primer.

3 or 4 coats of Halfords Satin Black and some shiny new mud flaps!

LaxfieldLandy · Jun 24, 2020

I’ve also started to upgrade the electrics a little after tracing an unreliable drivers dipped beam to a dodgy fuse terminal connection (glass fuses).

I’ve purchased three 8 way blade fuse holders from vehicle wiring products along with a few other bits and pieces.

And mounted them after a bit of cutting and filing. I decided to mount them horizontally so that I don’t run the risk of the wires being too short when I cut them off the old fuse box. There is going to be lots of room for extra bits of kit down the line. The fuse in the box is only temporary and was used to make sure that the cover still fits.

resto_d1 · Jun 25, 2020

Nice dog and good work! Good to see you back on it. Make sure any wiring passing through body like that has grommets too mate

LaxfieldLandy · Aug 28, 2021

So it’s been a while since I’ve done anything to the Landy but I’m finally gearing up to getting rid of some of the rust and getting it all one colour. I’m thinking Keswick green in either gloss or satin with a black roof. What do people think?
So today I finally got round to the issue of my very rusty door frames….
First things first was a cheeky breakfast to start off on the right foot.

So with the doors off one at a time I did the following….

Door clamped to a work bench and the door skin folds heated up and bent out using a wide prybar. Then eased the skin gently from the door frame and separating the dum dum.
I then held the skin away from the frame using a couple of bits of wood.

Then I used two M8 studs to line up the hinge holes on the new repair section against the old door. I also measured from the mid door frame to the bottom of the door frame. The old frame was marked up for cutting.
The window guide lower fixing was also removed.

The old door frame was cut off.
Then I cleaned out all the old tape and corrosion/dirt etc.

Next the door skin internal was sprayed with Etch primer.

Then I applied closed cell foam tape to act as a barrier between the frame and skin.

The repair section was then lined up and tacked on, checked for squareness and straightness and then welded and flapper wheeled. The repair section was slightly bigger than the door frame but enough weld managed to sort it.
Once it had cooled down I then primed the framework and then carefully refitted the door skin before priming it all again.

The doors were then refitted. I will be doing further door improvements and painting them properly when I strip the body to paint it all and replace the cappings etc.

I also made a rather funny looking friend today. It’s either young or had a very heavy night out. It flew off and straight into the side of the neighbours van so I’m going for either!

LaxfieldLandy · Aug 29, 2021

I just managed to get a genuine Safari snorkel off eBay for £26. Bit of silicon oil to polish it back up and it’ll be like new! I do have to fabricate a mounting bracket for it though as that’s missing.

Knappster · Aug 29, 2021

LaxfieldLandy said:
I just managed to get a genuine Safari snorkel off eBay for £26. Bit of silicon oil to polish it back up and it’ll be like new! I do have to fabricate a mounting bracket for it though as that’s missing.

Im sure the brackets can be bought separately. There’s a company who have been featured in LRO a few times.

LaxfieldLandy · Aug 29, 2021

Knappster said:
Im sure the brackets can be bought separately. There’s a company who have been featured in LRO a few times.

Thanks. I’ll have a look into it.
It’ll be easy enough to make up if I can’t find anything that suits though.

mick 1986 · Aug 30, 2021

LaxfieldLandy said:
So it’s been a while since I’ve done anything to the Landy but I’m finally gearing up to getting rid of some of the rust and getting it all one colour. I’m thinking Keswick green in either gloss or satin with a black roof. What do people think?
So today I finally got round to the issue of my very rusty door frames….
First things first was a cheeky breakfast to start off on the right foot.
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So with the doors off one at a time I did the following….

Door clamped to a work bench and the door skin folds heated up and bent out using a wide prybar. Then eased the skin gently from the door frame and separating the dum dum.
I then held the skin away from the frame using a couple of bits of wood.
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Then I used two M8 studs to line up the hinge holes on the new repair section against the old door. I also measured from the mid door frame to the bottom of the door frame. The old frame was marked up for cutting.
The window guide lower fixing was also removed.
View attachment 246668

The old door frame was cut off.
Then I cleaned out all the old tape and corrosion/dirt etc.
View attachment 246670

Next the door skin internal was sprayed with Etch primer.
View attachment 246671

Then I applied closed cell foam tape to act as a barrier between the frame and skin.
View attachment 246672

The repair section was then lined up and tacked on, checked for squareness and straightness and then welded and flapper wheeled. The repair section was slightly bigger than the door frame but enough weld managed to sort it.
Once it had cooled down I then primed the framework and then carefully refitted the door skin before priming it all again.
View attachment 246674

The doors were then refitted. I will be doing further door improvements and painting them properly when I strip the body to paint it all and replace the cappings etc.

I also made a rather funny looking friend today. It’s either young or had a very heavy night out. It flew off and straight into the side of the neighbours van so I’m going for either!
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Good job on the door. I need to do mine, but looking for a cheap enough second set so I can keep it on the road. They are a bit worse than what you have there.

Keswick green with a black roof, granted it’s a 110, but gives you an idea.

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