well needed restoration of my series 2a

todays installment includes fitting the truck cab to tub seal



then the roof to cab seal



then dropping the cab in to position on the tub



then i lifted the roof in to position and fixed with a few loose bolts till its ready to be tightened





then fitted the door hinges loosely, ( wich scretches yet paint , so dont copy this )



then fitted the doors



turns out there is a slight difference in the bulkhead position , so i will be altering the position of the bulkhead to chassis brackets with the steering coloumn etc to gain myself 8 - 10mm any other difference can be taken out by the windscreen position, by altering the wing nuts

very nice, could we have a close up of the cab floor please

sorry, could I have a close up ......

nowt else i can say exept its bloory beautifull that is

Very nice. I suspect I may have fitting issues with my S3 rebuild later on but interesting to hear how you intend adjusting it to fit.

Sean said:

very nice, could we have a close up of the cab floor please

sorry, could I have a close up ......

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yes mate, will take you a pic tomorrow , i presume you mean the ally floor pans etc?

johnny curt 1 said:

nowt else i can say exept its bloory beautifull that is

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cheers mate , hows yours looking

crashbox said:

Very nice. I suspect I may have fitting issues with my S3 rebuild later on but interesting to hear how you intend adjusting it to fit.

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will keep you up dated, but as usual , it wont go to plan , and il end up using a stihl saw and lump hammer to make final ajustments

90truckcab said:

yes mate, will take you a pic tomorrow , i presume you mean the ally floor pans etc?

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I wuz teasing you about what looks like CP floor pans

Sean said:

I wuz teasing you about what looks like CP floor pans

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i was gunna take you a close up ! ,

as someone donated that checker plate ,it seemed a shame not to use it , the paint dont last 5 mins on the floors so it seemed a good idea, brakes all that yellow up too,

mines not lookin too bad at the moment ive replaced all me tranny and gearbox oil yesterday and to my horror it wasnt gear oil in them i dont exactly know what it was exept the nearest thing to it comes out of an engine after chronic HGF so its been a full flush and inspection with new gaskets throughout

thankfully no rust on the cogs or anything though

also got to help me old mate over the street to free him up to get me pump timing sorted
a favour for a favour

woooowww!!


makes mine look tatty will have to do mine again now!!

well , as described i adjusted the angle of the bulkhead as required to gain my 10mm,



nice and straight



a quick respray of the passenger door post as last week i gave it a quick wipe with wat i thort was a clean rag, turned out what ever was on it reacted with the paint and blistered it to **** so i stripped it , primed and painted it again tonight



and its started......... ****in brake fluid, had to crack the top union to let it draw some fluid into the new cylinders as the split systems higher than the original , i knew i spilt a drop, but i thort the two buckets of water had done the trick , obviously not ....



sooooo, thats all comin out and gerrin resprayed again

i hope my towels come clean in the wash

just in from glazing my cab, weathers been spot on so sprayed my new door tops today too, looking more and more like a landrover now , pics tomorrow

90truckcab said:

just in from glazing my cab, weathers been spot on so sprayed my new door tops today too, looking more and more like a landrover now , pics tomorrow

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awwww cant we have just 1 piccie to look at till tomorow

comeing along well now mate cmoon more pics....... hhaha

johnny curt 1 said:

awwww cant we have just 1 piccie to look at till tomorow

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Ok Johnny, a few pics

cleaned me glass for door tops



had number plates made



spent a few hrs setting timing up



mounted a few things on bulkhead

fitted copper vacum pipe to dizzy and carb

finished riviting round doors



door tops on





glazed cab

looks well

Very nice. Can't wait to get started on mine now but I've got to wait until our garage is built.

At long last its been on its maiden voyage, soon to find the carb not quite right, air screw not making any difference to pick up, main jets have been "cleaned" out by a previous owner so it over fuells and chokes its self when pulling off from lights, have ordered new webber so hope that solves the problems, off to sand blasters in morning to pick up tail gate and few last bits, so more pics to come