My first proper Land Rover (my Disco doesnt count)

Nice now hurry up and get that thing rebuilt

Well today in torrential rain we extracted my new running gear:

Is it local custom to keep your bath outside?

With the amount of rain we had it was cheaper to fill it that way

So then, my week off commences. First thing is to get the chassis outside, degrease it and wash it down:







Then start applying the T-Wash/Mordant Solution until it goes grey/black:







Back outside for a rinse down:







Back up on the ramp:







And begin applying the Zinc primer:







Stop for a brew (normal size mug on the right )







And first coat applied:

awesome thread!! good luck with your work Your chassis seems being like new
I hope seeing a Britpart 110 as result
kevin

An early start this morning meant i got to get a cracking pic on the way to the workshop:






Then applied another coat of Zinc primer:






Then i lightly sanded it all and started with the paint:








And first coat done! ive left the rearmost part of the crossmember as thats going black:








So tomorrow for another coat. Hopefully it wont need a third as its taking 5-6 hours per layer!

Looking good Drizz. Are you going to waxoill it as well?

Yeah once the paints dried ill tape the holes up and spray it in...

Think i will do mine before the body goes back on might give the back crossmember a bit of black as well as the front irons.

So back in at 6.30 for the next top coat:








So once that was dried i lined the axles up:






Gave the workshop a good clean up (which took most of the afternoon!!!!!!) and got a lot of my bits out id accumulated:






The pushed the bushes in my X-Eng arms. First one went in a treat. Second caused damage:






So tomorrow i can start actually fitting stuff

I went through Retroanaconda's page on Wednesday to work out bolts I needed then headed down the suppliers with my list:






Then masked up the crossmember ready for painting:






T-Washed the box mounts and crossmember:






Dug out the A-Frame:






Improvised using my roofrack as a paint stand:








Fitted the X-Flex kit:






Brian lent a hand:











Got the temporary radius arms on:






And connected the trailing arms to the axle:






Got some wheels on :









Had to cover at work thursday so no more till today....

First job of the day was to get the A frame on, and the X-Eng wide angle ball joint fitted:






Then fit the X-Eng spring kit (without normal spring as ive not got them yet):






Leads to a decked defender:






Then started on the front axle:






And off the ramp and on its wheels for the first time :









Gearbox mounts on:






New Diff casing Bolts:






Prising the chassis rails apart to fit the crossmember:









And lowering the 300TDi Auto into place











And how it finished in there tonight....
A 200SX, a PS13, A Polo VR6, a Mk2 VR6 and the rolling chassis







More Monday

Great thread...coming along nicely

Nice choice of color!!

Honestly or sarcastically lol

It was the Peterborough show sunday and i found the perfect accessory:





Maybe next time LOL. Anyway i did pick up a new bulkhead. But 5 in a disco proved tight with the bulkhead:







Its fairly clean, and 100 times better than mine so ill strip it down, get it dipped and Galv'd:









Today i got a lot of the steering components on such as steering box, panhard rod, track rod etc:







And John popped up to help finish the Axles as i couldnt remember where we got to after all this time:









Back to work tomorrow so progress will slow down again. Got a few bits on the list to get so hopefully it wont drag too long!
Thanks to everyone that checks in to see how im getting on

Mighty nice project, and looks just great
You like orange

Cheers

that's very good!!! My chassi should be that colour as my 90 is orange!

what paint did you use for chassi and axles?