perfume on a pig

just been having another look at the
Linseed oil anti rust treatment thread and thought i would share my experience with a nice polished finish..

I have a 2001 defender which i look after well at least the mechanical parts, I have often been tempted to smarten up the bodywork but as my main use is laning and often results in scratches ( and has been on its side more than once) I,m reluctant to do this (I prefer to do my laning worry free)
anyway after cleaning with water put a cupful of baby oil into 4/5/litres of warm water wash the whole vehicle again using a soft handbrush this can then be polished in if preferred .or just left if going out laning or off road. you would be amazed at the way it repels mud and water and only requires a hose down afterwards. the finish looks great , been doing this over 10 years now, even the plastic snorkel looks well.
try to keep off the windows but no big deal if you do


if anyone else tries this let me have you feedback

I have to smile at posts like this; I think the Australian army popped down to Bunnings and picked up a few pallets of ugly house paint on sale for the camo jobs on their Td5s

Someone already "smartened up the bodywork" on this one before I bought it, with what looks like a paint roller.

any more pics ? (do you wear a balaclava when out an about)

Here's a pic from January, stuck in Australian rush hour traffic:



And no, I usually wear an ugly Hawaiian shirt. I kitted it out with multicolored disco lights, though. That gets some fun looks.

There unfortunately appears to be no practical way to get the engine (year 2000) compatible with new Spanish diesel regulations, so although it's currently parked in a garage underneath central Barcelona, technically I'm not legally allowed to have it in the city and I'm desperately waiting on our house purchase in the countryside to come through so I can put it back in its natural habitat.

None of this is helping even the slightest with your question, is it.

looks nice,

I thought the Ozzies used a Jap engine in their Perentie fenders... ??

Cheers

Those are the Perenties - they have Isuzu diesels. Apparently they're too overpowered for the stock transmission to handle, so they end up having to replace them occasionally. Perenties are all cloth sided except for some ambulance and radio van models. I nearly bought one, but the wind in South Melbourne would have been too much, plus we had some jerks who liked to break into cars around the neighborhood.

Mine's a bog standard Td5, one of a series of about 36 (?) ordered for security during Sydney olympics as the ADF probably felt it'd look more civilized to haul around town in a proper hard-roofed vehicle. It's got custom bays for jerrycans and radio gear, and the previous owner did a lot of adaptation for long-distance camping.

johnsalomon said:

Those are the Perenties - they have Isuzu diesels. Apparently they're too overpowered for the stock transmission to handle, so they end up having to replace them occasionally. Perenties are all cloth sided except for some ambulance and radio van models. I nearly bought one, but the wind in South Melbourne would have been too much, plus we had some jerks who liked to break into cars around the neighborhood.

Mine's a bog standard Td5, one of a series of about 36 (?) ordered for security during Sydney olympics as the ADF probably felt it'd look more civilized to haul around town in a proper hard-roofed vehicle. It's got custom bays for jerrycans and radio gear, and the previous owner did a lot of adaptation for long-distance camping.

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Sounds good, thanks for the info.

I have to admit I do like the sound of the Perenties with galv chassis and that engine.....some were being shipped into the UK at one point after the OZ army got rid of them.

Cheers

I'm impressed ..never been to Australia ...even the roads look like boomerangs ,,,Romans never made it that far then eh,,,
any chance of fitting a cat,, think they came in about 2002