TheKeymeister
Active Member
I've got a canal boat that slowly I'm trying to do up, whoever did it last time cut so many corners it's unbelievable, so I'm trying to redo it and taking years...see pic
A minor setback was the folding down roof thing blew off in Nov '10 and it's not been right since. It's bodged back together at the moment with Unistrut and sheet ally. Windscreen frame is going a bit rotten and it folds down the wrong way (i.e. into the cab)
Had a sort of brainwave of re-doing it with Series parts. The windscreen doesn't look outrageously different and if using series bracketry I can make it pivot the right way. Also had a thought about using Series/defender door bottoms and hinges in the door bit (the current one is a piece of fibreglass with runners either side...) Might need to lop a bit off the bottom of the doors and widen the gap but should be OK, and I can make it lockable (ish) then !
The current roof is basically knackered, ideally I want to replace it with some sort of canvas, I'll most likely fashion the frame/sticks/ whatever out of 20mm conduit
Any interesting developments before I proceed in buying yet more Landy bits to decorate the garden with?
Ps. the colour is being changed, I want battleship grey but the other half isn't too keen :doh:

A minor setback was the folding down roof thing blew off in Nov '10 and it's not been right since. It's bodged back together at the moment with Unistrut and sheet ally. Windscreen frame is going a bit rotten and it folds down the wrong way (i.e. into the cab)
Had a sort of brainwave of re-doing it with Series parts. The windscreen doesn't look outrageously different and if using series bracketry I can make it pivot the right way. Also had a thought about using Series/defender door bottoms and hinges in the door bit (the current one is a piece of fibreglass with runners either side...) Might need to lop a bit off the bottom of the doors and widen the gap but should be OK, and I can make it lockable (ish) then !
The current roof is basically knackered, ideally I want to replace it with some sort of canvas, I'll most likely fashion the frame/sticks/ whatever out of 20mm conduit
Any interesting developments before I proceed in buying yet more Landy bits to decorate the garden with?
Ps. the colour is being changed, I want battleship grey but the other half isn't too keen :doh: