Disco Bobtail home build

Landyboy90 said:

It is looking good mate


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Cheers its almost there now




The bumper now has its mounts all fitted with gussets all made from 8mm plate so will be well up to the job!




then welded the 2nd hand winch tray to the steering guard brackets





its all worked out quite nicely imo

added the end caps to the bumper so now i just need to trim the step and angle it up



have also used the little off cuts to gusset the recovery points as they had bent in the past


not my tidiest bit of welding but its nice and strong

also take a set of 3 dr arches and get chopping!






just need to cap the ends and add a little bracket and they will be all good!!

Hopefully by the time u get home from work Tom I should have most of it done,famous last words eh : )

well not sure if anybody is interested

but anyway its almost there now

started painting it late sunday




didn't all go to plan tho as for some reason it reacted on the top of the os wing


so a quick flat off and re-prime and paint sorted it





Then on monday we got on with the black stripes











and out of the workshop for the first time in a few weeks


note the the spotlights have been recessed in to the grill took forever to do but was well worth it


just needs the windows refitting and the sliders painting oh and a new rad

That looks the dogs danglies pal you should be proud of urself !!!!!!

Well chuffed,cheers for all your work Matt
Now it finally feels like it was worth all the stress

Yeah its looking the part now will be nice to see it out(of my garage lol) best get it over for mot now then not long till the next p&p

Mate that looks the dogs doo dahs.
Cracking job altogether!

looking well smart mate good job

did u hand paint it or spray?

Sheeprus said:

Mate that looks the dogs doo dahs.
Cracking job altogether!

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Cheers, I'm betting hes going to scuff it 1st outing lol

defender11069 said:

looking well smart mate good job

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Cheers matey

wiltshire landyman said:

did u hand paint it or spray?

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It was done with gloss rollers!!, I wanted to spray it but tbh it's come out really well, it's not a show winning paint job but very respectable none the less

Matt Baxter said:

Cheers, I'm betting hes going to scuff it 1st outing lol


Cheers matey



It was done with gloss rollers!!, I wanted to spray it but tbh it's come out really well, it's not a show winning paint job but very respectable none the less

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might do mine nxt year

Yeah thinking I should do mine now lol
it really has come out far better than I thought it could,
didn't need much prep a quick flatoff with a scotch pad bit of panel wipe and get painting!!

Well it's judgement day !
Mot time

PASSED
Advise slight blow on exhaust.

well done that man

Finally back were it belongs,back at mine and I'm sure Matt is relieved to have his workshop back

well it was out today and performed without any ****ups/failures all me welding held up as did the 1 use winch!

Mark in the bobtail stuck! Pt1 - YouTube

Mark in the bobtail pt2 - YouTube

Well the bobtail (BoB) definately did what i wanted it to
really pleased with the overall finish and performed really well at slab on sunday.
thanks for all the positive comments on sunday
And a big thankyou to my brother matt for all his hard work,def couldnt have done it on my own
heres a couple of pics taken at jetwash on way home from slab,and the good news is the paint didnt wash off

Great build thread, you've done a really tidy job. Did you use matt nato green or satin?