Defender got shot

when i bought my defender i noticed a small hole in the passenger side floor matt i could see outside through it so i opened the bonnet and had a closer look and i seen a much bigger hole where the previous owner must have been doing some shooting inside the defender ha ha , anyway i stripped her and fixed it during the week heres some pics




from inside


outside



shot brake pipe bracket off too


cut out and cleaned for welding





welded




painted it and then wax oyled it

Brilliant job Looks like some nice welding there, and I like the fact that you've ground it down so that it's flat. No one would even know it'd been repaired.

-Pos

In some parts of Africa they do this to cars if they get flooded with water to make drain holes..........

jamescronin said:

In some parts of Africa they do this to cars if they get flooded with water to make drain holes..........

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some body been watchin top gear

Yes but i did some investigation on the net and it seems it is infact true...... (if you believe the net)

Is it easy enough to remove the wing skin, I have only ever had the entire wings off.

I take it you need to take the inner wing off first to get access to the fixings?

discomania said:

Is it easy enough to remove the wing skin, I have only ever had the entire wings off.

I take it you need to take the inner wing off first to get access to the fixings?

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it wasn't as bad as it looks you just need to remove the washer bottle and the air intake for the heater you can then access most of the bolts oh and you need the plastic arch off too , small hands are a great help at this job , when i looked at the job first i thought there was nothing to taking out the big splash guard just a few bolts and off it comes didn't think i'd have the wing off and the shock out but i am very happy with the way it turned out

@ pos yea its much nicer job with the weld grinded flat , i could't get it all grinded flat on inside but its painted now and you wouldn't even know