Decided to give Albert a good sorting out!

We want to make Albert the 88" a talking point in our works car-park (he already is, but for making a
slick like the Amoco Cadiz!!!

I really want to do a very good restoration (not showroom standard etc!) to as close to original as
possible. The chassis & other lower bits are very solid & just need a good de-surface rusting & then
painting up good & proper. I am happy to do this myself.

The way I'm going to do this will be as follows -

Clean & sort the chassis with special paint & make it as rustproof as possible.

Replace shagged axle casing with a good one.

Strip out the interior & clean/replace/repair as much as I can.

Get a hardtop, or swap for the one I have that has side windows ( I want to have it signwritten in
company logo etc) for a hard top.

The body panels are utterly mint with only one very small ding to repair & have it re-painted in petrol
blue & limestone.

Engine & gearbox are sweet enough, the box is a tad difficult but I fear they all are in 1st gear at
anything other than stopped. If not I'll replace the gearbox & stick an overdrive on for the laugh.

It really is in great shape apart from some trim issues & a ripped seat base.

I hate the spare wheel inside the car as it's a waste of space. The rear door had a wash wipe fitted & I
don't really want that either as I would like to mount the spare there.

Anyone got any advice or got anything they think I might need & they don't!

Beers token are on hand to recompense!

I'm really after the hardtop sides with no windows in, either a bonnet that will take the spare. Even a
rear door etc! Colour not an issue as it's getting the Lee_D roller treatment!

Final thing will be to get it sigwritten in company logo etc & use it for local deliveries & site visits
& the like. I want it as a talking point & a working vehicle. Like an old delivery van kind of vibe!

Anyone got any advice or bits they want rid of?

BTW, what would you use to paint a very well used S3 steering wheel to make it look reasonable? Is it
some kind of resin or what?

Cheers

Nige
--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:52:18 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he
wrote:

>I really want to do a very good restoration (not showroom standard etc!) to as close to original as
>possible. The chassis & other lower bits are very solid & just need a good de-surface rusting & then
>painting up good & proper. I am happy to do this myself.

Steam clean the underneath with a proper diesel burner type of steam
cleaner, not those little patio washing pressure things. I can lend
you the compressor to use with the Schutz or Makro in Leeds have some
small ones that'll do the job at good prices. Boil kettle and fill a
bucker, pierce lid of Schutz and let it warm up a lot in hot water,
makes spraying it a doddle. Suit up though as it gets everywehere.
Sometimes helps getting one end at a time up on ramps so you can gut
underneath. Cheap tarp or DPC membrane on drive to stop it getting
worse. I don;t care what anyone says about Schutze, I've used it years
ago and it still has a self healing softness about it, might be due to
the fact I thinned it a little as well. In the tin it is like treacle
so how can it harden and blow from the chassis like the stuff found on
mil chassis. Don;t have any washing outside or neighbours cars too
close, white UPVC doors and such stuff are prime victims as well.
..
>The way I'm going to do this will be as follows -
>
>Clean & sort the chassis with special paint & make it as rustproof as possible.
Frosts do a good paint but IMHO unless you are going to work on a bare
chassis and get in everywhere you are wasting money on it, might as
well do the spray thing then do inside the chassis as well.

>Replace shagged axle casing with a good one.
Pressure wash it and find out where it is leaking, if it is a specific
area.

>Strip out the interior & clean/replace/repair as much as I can.
Do that when you paint it, really sets it off nice when the inside is
a sparkly as outside.

>The body panels are utterly mint with only one very small ding to repair & have it re-painted in petrol
>blue & limestone.
you will surprise yoursefl with how good a finish you can get on a
good day using a small roller. There is a Pound Shop in Keighley
Airedale Centre that has them for a quid, roller, 3 rolls and tray.
See antoher thread about what paint, coach enamel is nice and dries
hard and glossy. Makro also have some small marquees for about £80
that are twice the size of your land rover, certainly up to the job of
putting it up for a weekend and working inside out of the weather.
Would be useful for painting.

>I hate the spare wheel inside the car as it's a waste of space. The rear door had a wash wipe fitted & I
>don't really want that either as I would like to mount the spare there.
Swing away carriers are one option. On the bonnet looks OK if standard
wheels, you won;t have probs seeing over it.

>Anyone got any advice or got anything they think I might need & they don't!
Do the axle first, then the chassis underneath (maybe do the interior
then wait for the weather to get better before painting it.

>Anyone got any advice or bits they want rid of?
>
>BTW, what would you use to paint a very well used S3 steering wheel to make it look reasonable? Is it
>some kind of resin or what?

Biting off too much in one go I reckon, easy way for it too never get
finished. Go for the fresh workplace image part of it first then, that
way you might not get cheesed off looking at it in bits and apparently
not making progress.
--

Wayne Davies, Harrogate 07989 556213

Just another point of view...
www.4x4prejudice.org

[email protected] wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:52:18 -0000, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he
> wrote:
>
>> I really want to do a very good restoration (not showroom standard
>> etc!) to as close to original as possible. The chassis & other lower
>> bits are very solid & just need a good de-surface rusting & then
>> painting up good & proper. I am happy to do this myself.
>
> Steam clean the underneath with a proper diesel burner type of steam
> cleaner, not those little patio washing pressure things. I can lend
> you the compressor to use with the Schutz or Makro in Leeds have some
> small ones that'll do the job at good prices. Boil kettle and fill a
> bucker, pierce lid of Schutz and let it warm up a lot in hot water,
> makes spraying it a doddle. Suit up though as it gets everywehere.
> Sometimes helps getting one end at a time up on ramps so you can gut
> underneath. Cheap tarp or DPC membrane on drive to stop it getting
> worse. I don;t care what anyone says about Schutze, I've used it years
> ago and it still has a self healing softness about it, might be due to
> the fact I thinned it a little as well. In the tin it is like treacle
> so how can it harden and blow from the chassis like the stuff found on
> mil chassis. Don;t have any washing outside or neighbours cars too
> close, white UPVC doors and such stuff are prime victims as well.
> .
>> The way I'm going to do this will be as follows -
>>
>> Clean & sort the chassis with special paint & make it as rustproof
>> as possible.
> Frosts do a good paint but IMHO unless you are going to work on a bare
> chassis and get in everywhere you are wasting money on it, might as
> well do the spray thing then do inside the chassis as well.
>
>> Replace shagged axle casing with a good one.
> Pressure wash it and find out where it is leaking, if it is a specific
> area.
>
>> Strip out the interior & clean/replace/repair as much as I can.
> Do that when you paint it, really sets it off nice when the inside is
> a sparkly as outside.
>
>> The body panels are utterly mint with only one very small ding to
>> repair & have it re-painted in petrol blue & limestone.
> you will surprise yoursefl with how good a finish you can get on a
> good day using a small roller. There is a Pound Shop in Keighley
> Airedale Centre that has them for a quid, roller, 3 rolls and tray.
> See antoher thread about what paint, coach enamel is nice and dries
> hard and glossy. Makro also have some small marquees for about £80
> that are twice the size of your land rover, certainly up to the job of
> putting it up for a weekend and working inside out of the weather.
> Would be useful for painting.
>
>> I hate the spare wheel inside the car as it's a waste of space. The
>> rear door had a wash wipe fitted & I don't really want that either
>> as I would like to mount the spare there.
> Swing away carriers are one option. On the bonnet looks OK if standard
> wheels, you won;t have probs seeing over it.
>
>> Anyone got any advice or got anything they think I might need & they
>> don't!
> Do the axle first, then the chassis underneath (maybe do the interior
> then wait for the weather to get better before painting it.
>
>> Anyone got any advice or bits they want rid of?
>>
>> BTW, what would you use to paint a very well used S3 steering wheel
>> to make it look reasonable? Is it some kind of resin or what?
>
> Biting off too much in one go I reckon, easy way for it too never get
> finished. Go for the fresh workplace image part of it first then, that
> way you might not get cheesed off looking at it in bits and apparently
> not making progress.

Cheers Wayne!

Looks like I have myself a project! I'm not after perfection, but I really want to keep this beastie on
the road & I feel this a a legitamate busniess use of it too.

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:56:12 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he
wrote:

>Looks like I have myself a project! I'm not after perfection, but I really want to keep this beastie on
>the road & I feel this a a legitamate busniess use of it too.

But will we be seeing it on ebay before it's done. "wife forces sale"

Best get that oil leak sorted before taking it to customers premises,
unless you are starting Pikey Tarmac Drives R Us
--

Wayne Davies, Harrogate 07989 556213

Just another point of view...
www.4x4prejudice.org

[email protected] wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:56:12 -0000, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he
> wrote:
>
>> Looks like I have myself a project! I'm not after perfection, but I
>> really want to keep this beastie on the road & I feel this a a
>> legitamate busniess use of it too.
>
> But will we be seeing it on ebay before it's done. "wife forces sale"
>
> Best get that oil leak sorted before taking it to customers premises,
> unless you are starting Pikey Tarmac Drives R Us

Aye, decided to get it temporary fixed to get it mobile, then use it to pick up a very clean (as new)
axle & diff for £50 i have found! I'll clean it up & hammerite it etc & then fit it at my leisure!

I'm looking forward to this job.

I have to add, it's not my first resto project, I rebuilt a mkI RS2000 to showroom condition, then sold
it due to starting my own company! Mind you, we had a garage then, ours is now a dining room!

BTW, do you need the manuals back at all?

Nest time you're round my way if the Subaru is outside drop in for a coffee!

Ta

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"

"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> BTW, what would you use to paint a very well used S3 steering wheel to
> make it look reasonable? Is it some kind of resin or what?
>
> Cheers
>
> Nige
> --
> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>
> Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
>
> "If you tolerate this then your children will be next"

I have a steering wheel going spare, not too bad condition, just a little
worn on the top outside edge. Even still has the middle cover.
I'm only in Cookridge if you are interested.

Nigel

Nigel wrote:
> "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> BTW, what would you use to paint a very well used S3 steering wheel
>> to make it look reasonable? Is it some kind of resin or what?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Nige
>> --
>> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>>
>> Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
>>
>> "If you tolerate this then your children will be next"
>
> I have a steering wheel going spare, not too bad condition, just a
> little worn on the top outside edge. Even still has the middle cover.
> I'm only in Cookridge if you are interested.
>
> Nigel

Yeah, nice one, you can't have too many S3 steering wheels the wife tells me!

Mail me direct matey, I'm Thackley & work in & around Leeds!

I'm sure we can come to some arrangment that involves alcohol!

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"