My Discovery build....

My style would be galv body and have the panels stripped and polished

Car would basically demonstrate that I had cash

brettguise said:

As in take all the panels door off etc and dip the shell to galv the floors the boot the body mounts the wings etc.

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Wouldn't work. Replace when rotten. Mines a 94 disco and boot is still fine. Care is key.

If you were take take all doors off; all glass out; front and rear wings off, then all that would be left is steel isn't it? I know the roof, pillars, floors, sills etc are.

Then you could electro-phoretic coat the body shell, rather than galvanise it.


Dave

yea only the outer skins on the doors and wings are ali

zinc chromate electroplated would be good!

But pointless LOL

Click on the video! Apologies for my god awful sweet as a nut comment. I was excited!






Shortly after i ended up in A&E after a lump of angle fell on me bonce!

Drizz said:

Click on the video! Apologies for my god awful sweet as a nut comment. I was excited!



Shortly after i ended up in A&E after a lump of angle fell on me bonce!

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Recognised the excitement but didn't like the sound of the angle embedding itself in your head - are you OK ?

It hasn't changed your personality/enthusiasm towards Landys then?


Good luck and Merry Christmas to you

Dave

Yeah I've got a nice hole it in and a few hours in A&E, a tetanus, patch up and on my way again

Just read through it all, tbh I don't like discoverys but I do like this one

Jonnygearbox said:

Just read through it all, tbh I don't like discoverys but I do like this one

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Well thank you very much Soon to be progressed once i return from the Maldives!

Just a follow on to the galv body idea. I have seen a 2door range rover that has had all the body unbolted, repaired, galvanised and rebuilt. It looks very very nice and should last forever.

The key to galving the body would be to have it acid dipped first, get rid of all the rot and seam sealer/underseal etc. Then repair with new panels and then have it dipped.
I remember seeing that RRC in LRO a few years ago.
There is a company in Birmingham I think that can do whole shells, a lot of VW type 2 enthusiasts have them done. Think it was shown on an episode of camper van crisis where they dipped one that look solid, but when shown after the front panel was like a net curtain where all the stone chips had started to rust through and made the metal thin.
My only concern with a disco would be how much good steel would be left when you take it out of the acid bath.

Here ya go
http://www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk/technical-process.html

Ye, think he mentioned it was in LRO, got a 4.2TVR lump in the front

You just gotta bite the bullet and acid dip.

At least all repairs will be to good metal not semi rot that we are so often plagued with.

Defo on the lottery list for me!

Mr Noisy said:

You just gotta bite the bullet and acid dip.

At least all repairs will be to good metal not semi rot that we are so often plagued with.

Defo on the lottery list for me!

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Have to agree with you there, would be the ultimate option for repairing the rot.

Seats are in, thats all ive managed recently lol

Well it's still progress

Pics or it didn't happen

Im hoping to get a bit more done this week!