piston-return-spring · Aug 27, 2011

hi,
Since i always was a fan of Land Rovers especially of older once,so i decided to buy one.
Unfortunately here in Luxembourg it is difficult to find a series cheap and in quite good condition. Last Summer i found an ex-army in a very good condition but it was a 4x2.... so i searched if it is possible to convert it to 4x4 and yes it is!

The vehicle stood in a garage in Belgium and had only around 26 000 KM (16 600 miles)on the clock. I called the owner and went to him the next day. My father borrowed a trailer..
I bought it with my father together for 2800 (around 2400£).
The chassis was in a really good condition the only issue was that the engine didn't ran very good.

Here are some pics of that Day :

jamesmartin · Aug 27, 2011

its years since ive seen one that good underneath that hasnt just been restored and better than some that just have,soft tops are the real landy

piston-return-spring · Aug 27, 2011

So what i needed for the conversion is a second gearbox and the front axle with the drive shaft..

here's the gearbox...

and the front axle and drive shaft bought from a guy in France :

all for 700 (620£)

gearbox had over 130 000 km (80 777 miles)

jamesmartin · Aug 27, 2011

have you got the levers and cut out with plate for 4wd rod

piston-return-spring · Aug 27, 2011

jamesmartin said:
have you got the levers and cut out with plate for 4wd rod

Yes you can see them on the second picture , i only need the transferbox

piston-return-spring · Aug 29, 2011

Because the engine was leaking oil and petrol from the broken exhaust manifold i took it out to clean it and repaint it:

jai_landrover · Aug 29, 2011

I like those tyres!

piston-return-spring · Aug 29, 2011

jai_landrover said:
I like those tyres!

Those are the original tyres from the army

waz · Aug 29, 2011

I always love seeing pictures with old landrovers being towed by new, especially when they are to be restored or just driven again. Reminds me when I was 17 and my dad and I drove 120 miles with trailer behind his 90 to pick up a 1956 series 1 (on a mission to find a photo of that now) that I had spotted being neglected in a farmers yard amongst his other redundant machinery. I had to have it. Lovely looking series by the way and good luck with the project.

Antichrist · Aug 29, 2011

Those are pretty rare in unmolested form if memory serves, particularly in that good shape. I'll be the odd man out, I'd have left it as a 4x2.

crashbox · Aug 29, 2011

Very nice photographs, always appreciated on the forum. Good luck.

piston-return-spring · Aug 30, 2011

Thank you all
,here is what it looked like when i cleaned the engine from all this rust and bad paint:

nearly everything was cleaned..

The front axle was sandblasted completely by a company..

A special engine colour was put on it:

looks like new, doesn't it?

scrappyloz · Aug 30, 2011

Looks lovely but personally i would have kept the rubber hoses black as the paint will crack on them very quickly

piston-return-spring · Aug 30, 2011

scrappyloz said:
Looks lovely but personally i would have kept the rubber hoses black as the paint will crack on them very quickly

I forgot them completely at this time,, will change it soon

piston-return-spring · Sep 3, 2011

After that i paint the sandblasted exhaust system and some other parts. some parts of the engine were painted red:

I bought a second gearbox because in the transfer box they replaced some gears ... what a pity.:doh:

I am going to change the hole box ... its just easier.

scrappyloz · Sep 3, 2011

Coming along nicely. I wish my engine looked that nice

piston-return-spring · Sep 9, 2011

here are the latest progress of the engine, chassis and front axle which got completely stripped down...

Actually i am waiting for some parts, they should come in a week or so.

piston-return-spring · Dec 4, 2011

I have not worked for a while because of school but now i restart with my project

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