Hello from Cornwall.. Disco project..

Hi, I am Jonny and live in South East Cornwall.. I have just bought me an old dog disco for £400 that then failed its MOT with 3 pages of fail sheets (mostly rust within 30 cm's of mounts)..
I want to do it up and have borrowed a welder, and have a load of cutting disks coming from good old ebay.
No experience of bodywork welding, but I used to weld many yrs ago.. How hard can it be eh..
I am going to do the car up one bit at a time, starting on the rear end The bumper is shot and I need a new one, so my first question is, will a 300tdi bumper fit on my 200tdi..? (they seem to be more available)

Nice to meet you and happy be be here..

Hi & welcome .
yes bumper will fit , just blank the lights. You could wire em up but not worth hastle, sounds like youve enough else to do. re rust I will say THERES NO SUTCH THING AS A LITTLE RUST it always turns out to be a lot . good luck it will be a sharp learning curve in body welding. do some seaches theres some usfull tips etc on here. i.e. box section for sills

:welcome2: a welders a landrovers best friend lol

Cheers chaps..
So, bearing in mind I need to do a lot of patching up, how much steel (roughly) should I get, and what thickness..?

I raid local body shop 4 old panels and cut out what I need, or scrapy 4 box section (sills), bonnets & boots favorite for longer plates. cant say how mutch you need ,cant see it!!

Ey oop JonnyP

Wherebouts in SE Kernow are ya - I'm near Liskeard.

Howdy fellow inbred halfwit, welcome to Loonyzone!

Trewey said:

Ey oop JonnyP

Wherebouts in SE Kernow are ya - I'm near Liskeard.

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I am just down the road from you nr Looe..

Oddie said:

Howdy fellow inbred halfwit, welcome to Loonyzone!

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Speak for yourself bud.. I am from Sussex

Thanks for the welcome..

:welcome2: to the loonyzone,


You need ****loads of metal ... I had a couple of small patches on mine (or so I thought) ended up with holes you can fit ya head into and a mountain of rust!

Ty DD

I started my big project this evening after work.. I cut the rear bumper off (couldn't turn the bolts) and got the tow bar dropped. I need lots of new bolts already.. Where do you buy assorted bolts from..?
I could do pictures for this if anyone is interested..
I shall update this thread as I go, for anyone who may be thinking of doing a similar thing..

Have you got a corwall farmers shop near you I use them we've got one in Tavvy sell 'em in packs of 10 reasonable price CF is good for grease and gear oil too.

Dartmoor Discovery said:

Have you got a corwall farmers shop near you I use them we've got one in Tavvy sell 'em in packs of 10 reasonable price CF is good for grease and gear oil too.

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Yeah, one in Liskeard nr me. Cheers for that..

Mole Valley Farmers too.

Trewey said:

Mole Valley Farmers too.

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Seconded

Hi i am in St Blazey and just bought my first 90 hard top 300 tdi and looking to do it up , it is in good nick but i want to tune the engine and spruce up the inside but it's a case of money and where to spend the budget !! Think i will start with the cabin first some sound proofing rubber mats front and load space ! Then the seats as i am 6.2 tall and it is a bit of a squeeze to drive , but boy they do cost a bit .still i am looking around for some good deals not in a rush to spend the money.

you can build it all from sheet steel , but start the welding practice now,buy a good welder otherwise you will spend hours grinding of chicken ****.

When you get to mounts you can fabricate, but it is allot easier to you replacement panels to keep the lines .

How much steel well that depends on how many buckets of rust you brush up.

Speed4me said:

you can build it all from sheet steel , but start the welding practice now,buy a good welder otherwise you will spend hours grinding of chicken ****.

When you get to mounts you can fabricate, but it is allot easier to you replacement panels to keep the lines .

How much steel well that depends on how many buckets of rust you brush up.

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I was wondering about the mounts today.. The rear ones look very awkward for getting the weld torch close to it..
I am borrowing the welder. All I know is its a mig and I need to get the gas and some feed..

Anyone know anything about replacing the boot floor..? Mine has gaping holes in it..

JonnyP said:

I was wondering about the mounts today.. The rear ones look very awkward for getting the weld torch close to it..
I am borrowing the welder. All I know is its a mig and I need to get the gas and some feed..

Anyone know anything about replacing the boot floor..? Mine has gaping holes in it..

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its not too bad. need to remove the eggsauce tho - have a look at this - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/discovery-rear-body-mount-replacing-165062.html body mounts from YRM, but be prepared to change the x-member .

The Mad Hat Man said:

its not too bad. need to remove the eggsauce tho - have a look at this - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/discovery-rear-body-mount-replacing-165062.html body mounts from YRM, but be prepared to change the x-member .

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Eggsauce..?
Cheers for the linky, that will help..

OK, I am getting scared now..! I eventually managed to get the boot floor out and it revealed this mess..


Obviously I need a new boot floor, but the side supports for it are all shot and all the bridging supports are all knackered. The wheel arches seem to be ok..