Disco Rebuild

Decided to start the rebuild on the 300tdi discovery i just got. I spent this weekend stripping out the interior and removing the front wings. The pictures aren't the best but theres a few of them.
So far i need to replace-

Both front inner wings
Sills both sides
Rear crossmember
Boot floor

Both front footwells, A panels and the rear seat belt mounts need repairs.

I will be removing the rear wings to make replacing the rear crossmember and repairing the rear arches easier.

So this is how it started Saturday morning-







Removed all the rear trim and seats to find this-
Boot floor is like this in a few places


Both rear seat belt mounts are like this


Both sills are like this




Passenger floor top corner


Drivers floor


In my next post i will post pictures up of the front inner wings.

I hope to have her all welded up and MOTed by the end of March.

Thanks for looking.

just take your time and it will all go ok but looks like could be the base for a good motor

Same areas as them all mate. Won't take you long o sort that.

Right then. Back to it. I haven't been able to spend much time on it till this weekend. Now i have removed the outer front wings i can see whats left.

Drivers side




Passengers side - Not as bad

Next i removed the outer rear side panels.

Drivers side panel removed


Passenger side body crossmember


Passenger side panel removed

And finally for this weekend i removed the fuel tank and cut out the rear floor panel.


Next week i hope to remove the rear axle and clean up and paint the rear half of the chassis.

I have just ordered a pair of sills made out of box section so might look at cutting out the old sills. Going to look at making a rear body cross member out of box section as well.

Think i have found all the rust now so just a case of cutting out the rot and replacing.

i dont envy you, but a steady plod does get through it. i,ve just done two fairly similar but no probs with crossmember, i did completely replace the sills with box section though.

Good pics. Be useful when I do mine. Good luck and have fun

Yep, I'd say that was a pretty rusty one, not many are as severe as that.

Good luck pal, look forward to seeing another one saved

Bloody ell and here was me thinking I had some welding to do! I don't feel half as bad after seeing yours!!! Haha sorry couldn't resist!! Lol... luckily mines got 12 months mot but wil be doing the same as youbonce that's up so il grab a front row seat if ya don't mind, learn from your mistakes as it were!! Lol

Exellent thread so far mate, I'm looking forward to watching her transformed to her former glory, if not better!!! All the best with it.....clive

Hi there CM and Welcome.

Well you've got your work cut out there then haven't you?

I really look forward to seeing your progress.

Cheers and the best of luck

Dave

Well you haven't got one beyond saving PLUS you will do a better job than a garage too.

Front end was like mine and the foot wells were similar too.

Good work

Thanks for the replys. To be honest it's a bit worse than i first expected.

I think i'm going to invest in a plasma cutter this weekend. I've had a good look over the shell and there are a few places that would be hard to get to with an angle grinder.

Just want to make sure i get all the rot out.

On the plus side the chassis seems solid.

Will do another update at the weekend.

look forward to seeing the end result!

Jesus and i thought mine was bad, good luck with the build mate, keep us updated