My Defender 90 rebuild

Well iv'e had the chassis for a year nearly now so at Xmas i decided it was time to start the rebuild. I was oping to have it all done buy now but have been suffering with back problems so things have gone a lot slower than i wanted.Anyways here's some pics of the progress so far.













Pile of bits for the electroplaters



Time for the repairs to start.



















New seat belt mounting brackets made.



Seat box repairs and a new deeper battery box made.











Back panels in the tub.







New rock sliders made.









New inner sill's made and plated.





Pile of bits back from the platers.



Bars welded on axle for the pipes and new front diff pan







Axels blasted,painted and finished.







Shocks rubbed down and repainted.







More bits back from the platers.



Chassis, primed, painted and a new crossmember made.







Tank done with a new feed for the diesel heater.





Engine stripped and rebuilt using a Turner engineering performance head.









New radiator and inter cooler cores. I will be using the original ends of the intercooler but the radiator will be having new ones on as i am running a separate oil cooler. A lot cheaper than the ally sport ones as well .





New pins been made for mounting the radiator.



Bulkhead was beyond economical repair so i managed to find a very good puma one cheap just needed a bit of altering to suit my needs.






Slowly starting to come back together now.

can you tell more about that Turner head and the turbo/inlet?

looks different from what i've seen before.

Unbelievable, mate. How many times have you done this? Did you have any problems with your new rear quarter panels? Some dimensions were wrong on mine.
Cracking job, looking forward to seeing it finished. Even with a bad back you're faster than me. Great workshop though

Its looking like a work of art in the making . you definitely need a built not bought on the bottom of your reg plate . good work fella

Wow Amazing job
love everything,

Thanks for the comments.

Al2O3 said:

Unbelievable, mate. How many times have you done this? Did you have any problems with your new rear quarter panels? Some dimensions were wrong on mine.
Cracking job, looking forward to seeing it finished. Even with a bad back you're faster than me. Great workshop though

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I have only ever done it once before on an old series 3 but not to this extent though. As for the back panels they weren't that bad yes they needed fitting and didn't just drop in but that's what you get when buying spurious panels. The corner capping is genuine Land Rover though as the ones from Paddock are too short and don't even reach the top capping on the tub.

Andy

GJDisco300tdi said:

can you tell more about that Turner head and the turbo/inlet?

looks different from what i've seen before.

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The head is their performance one they only do exchange ones on the 200 tdi now as for the rest it's just bog standard Defender 200 tdi stuff.

I was wandering were you been hiding..
Looking well smart mate..

defender11069 said:

I was wandering were you been hiding..
Looking well smart mate..

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Cheers matey. i don't know weather it's a pleasure or a pain in the arse sometimes.

Fantastic work. Looking good

That looks the dogs nadgers mate, do you fancy doing mine for me:5brofl:

aaronmorris said:

Fantastic work. Looking good

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Thank you

Marmaduke said:

That looks the dogs nadgers mate, do you fancy doing mine for me:5brofl:

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Cheers and yes could book you in for 2017 the way it's going at the minute.

Quality work mate. I can't wait until Iv got a rolling chassis.

James_mac said:

Quality work mate. I can't wait until Iv got a rolling chassis.

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Cheers matey although its not quite rolling under it's own steam yet .

Painted the radiator frame tonight and got the new radiator and intercooler mounted in it.

Very impressive work. Really like the look of this. I like the electroplated parts idea

Any chance you will be making the rock sliders available for forum members to buy ?
If so, Put my name down the look mint

Great set of photos mate. Loving it.

Great job. Likey

Thanks for the comments.

greyhair said:

Any chance you will be making the rock sliders available for forum members to buy ?
If so, Put my name down the look mint

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Sorry no is the easiest way to put it,they were a pain to make as the folder i have to use is not the best. I may at a later date do some but not yet.

Well got the bulkhead painted and in position tonight.

Wow she looks ACE!!!!!!!![emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]