Rebuild so far

Hi all,
As some of you may or may not know I'm Sam and I'm 16, and have been rebuilding my defender 110 for the past year, thought I should post some updates on here as it's been a while and some of you may be interested.
So I'm converting my 1986 defender 110 pick up to a CSW. I'm converting it from a 2.5 NA to a 4.0 THOR Discovery V8 which also has a LPG gas conversion, I'm also running a auto box from a RRC and am running a BorgWarner transferbox with a viscous coupling inside, which is pretty rare and not done often with the Defenders. Recently been rebuilding the bulkhead due enormous amounts of rust.

Keep us all updated and good luck

doriz said:

Keep us all updated and good luck

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Thanks will do !

Inspiring work

marksman said:

Inspiring work

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Thanks !

Your 16? Well done mate. Are you getting help or just researching and doing it yourself?

Brilliant Sam. Bulkhead looks similar to a project I'm working on! I wish I spent my time at your age doing something half constructive!

Awesome work young man.
Word to the wise though, you've installed that front seat sideways
More regular updates needed

mick the builder said:

Your 16? Well done mate. Are you getting help or just researching and doing it yourself?

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Researching and doing it myself, looking at exploded diagrams and wiring diagrams figuring it out myself.

resto_d1 said:

Brilliant Sam. Bulkhead looks similar to a project I'm working on! I wish I spent my time at your age doing something half constructive!

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Thanks, I enjoy doing welding and grinding, find it a bit relaxing, it hasn’t been the easiest due to the sheet metal only being 1mm thick aswell as the huge amounts of rust but got there slowly.

Al2O3 said:

Awesome work young man.
Word to the wise though, you've installed that front seat sideways
More regular updates needed

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Thanks very much, u need to be able to get that window view some how , will keep you guys updated with the progress

resto_d1 said:

Brilliant Sam. Bulkhead looks similar to a project I'm working on! I wish I spent my time at your age doing something half constructive!

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Thanks, I enjoy doing welding and grinding, find it a bit relaxing, it hasn’t been the easiest due to the sheet metal only being 1mm thick aswell as the huge amounts of rust but got there slowly.

marksman said:

Inspiring work

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Thanks a lot !

Amazing! Well done too. Wish I had half your skill and enthusiasm...
Watching with great interest

Good work, keep it up!

Excellent work Good on you !

As you say, the BW TGB isn't a "normal" upgrade to other LR stuff - but I have never understood why not ...

Watching with great interest - keep up the good work, and keep up the updates when time allows

Sirronluap said:

Amazing! Well done too. Wish I had half your skill and enthusiasm...
Watching with great interest

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Thanks, like the look of your 90

Knappster said:

Good work, keep it up!

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Thanks, will do

Disco1BFG said:

Excellent work Good on you !

As you say, the BW TGB isn't a "normal" upgrade to other LR stuff - but I have never understood why not ...

Watching with great interest - keep up the good work, and keep up the updates when time allows

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Yes will be a brilliant motor when done

Landy-Sam said:

Yes will be a brilliant motor when done

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I'm sure it will - V8 and Auto - ticks the important boxes for me - most important being the Auto - don't "do" "manwels" due a disability.