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Conscious I haven’t updated this in a while but I have been busy working away on the rangerover. This update misses a load of steps, like almost entirely rewiring the whole vehicle! But I am pleased to say it now has an MOT and is back on the road!!! Still loads of bits to finish, like door...

Another one I’ve made to replace one I’ve taken off, can you tell which one is which

Capable of flaring copper yes, but only if operated correctly, honestly the pipes I’ve chucked in the bin are terrible replacements.

All the lines were copper already, but in my opinion they were not safe.

Started remaking brake lines today, call me picky but there’s no way I could put back together what I took apart. A picture of a new pipe I flared next to a tail of the old that came off.

The rear shock absorbers that I took off went in the scrap because they’d had metric nuts wound wonky on to imperial threads, and the old split pin top mount contained a nail on the outer hole with the shock bushes loose. I’d salvaged some shocks from the last discovery I scrapped as well as...

Drivers floor now fixed and new body mount in place. Did I mention the drivers wing wasn’t fixed to the footwell at all and that when I undid the bolt the body sprung upwards 1/4”? No wonder none of the doors line up I think the whole things is twisted out of shape.

Ever wish you never started a project? I have found horror after horror and it’s still not on the road. The leaky handbrake seal must’ve been leaking for some time, the entire underseal was soaked right through and it made crawling underneath no fun. I have scraped off all the soaked and loose.

A much overdue update. 3 years since I picked up the rangerover, I’ve still got it and am still chipping away at it. Not all that long after picking it up my first child made an early entrance to the world and since then another has joined so life has been somewhat hectic! As such, I haven’t...

PS, if people would rather a new thread be started just let me know. And likewise if people want separate threads on the other trucks let me know although I’d rather be spending time in the garage fixing Rangie than spending too much time on here. Easier to just get over to Somerset and come and...

So I’m reviving an old thread, one with a touching story behind it, and a story that should not be forgotten, but the main reason for reviving the thread will be to document getting this much loved classic back on the road and back in use putting smiles on peoples faces as I’m sure it did Marcs...