I doubt anyone would notice once fitted but you’d notice the original aluminium, or at least I would.
More prepping in the outer walls this afty as I get ready to glue the windows in. I’ve been testing a PU mastic from honest Abdul’s pound...
More progress:
Replaced this old fuel sender, now I have the novelty of a working fuel gauge...
Refitted the interior and gave it a good clean...
New wipers...
Finished rebuilding the Ramsey 6000 winch that came with the truck, needed a bit of...
Morning all, I appreciate all your help and advice in both this and the other v8 thread. I was talking to the chap selling me the v8 (he’s a mate) and we both actually came to the decision that the d1 should remain 300tdi for a few points!
I’m...
Moved over to the other side and fitted the driver’s side floor. Sounds easy, but took a fair bit of fettling to get it to sit properly! Anyway, I got it in and sealed it with dum dum the same as the other side.
After that nightmare, I thought I...
Tiny bit of the interior polishing I’ve been doing. Got one door card done. Added black panel and repaired the bin and painted that black too. Neely veneered insert in. Came out tidy and didn’t lose any of the texture. Also resprayed speaker...
That’s all the windows foiled. Now I can’t find my liver of sulphur. Not that it has a shelf life. Looks like I’ll have to order a little bottle of fresh stuff.
Decided the windows will be going in before paint. The timber is already waterproof...
Looks like the lockups are ready for further tinkeration so I celebrated this afternoon by getting out the windows.
If you remember, I disliked the idea of aluminium frames on the inside as everything else is copper or bronze with a dash of...
I thought I would try a front door on, so fitted the hinges and gave it a try. As you can see it’s a mile out!
I expected this, but not by that much…. Anyway, it could do with the bulkhead aligning as the chassis bracket is not fitted. I’ll try...
Happy with progress ,I moved onto the tunnel and floor panels. I fitted some wiring to the reverse light switch and fed it through into the engine bay for connection later as I think it may be a real challenge to get in to after the tunnel is...
After some delays due to holidays, I managed to make some progress on the internal panels. I was dreading fitting the seat box, as I could see that there was a slight bend on the rear rail. It must have happened when I riveted it together...
Bit more progress new keruing boards fitted today
Seamed to take forever to router all the lashing eyes in all boards rebated so flush with edges of bed as well
Today I will mostly be fitting the generator exhaust system next door for when my new 10kw unit arrives. It’s a diesel in a quietener box so should be acceptable running in LU2 while I’m in LU1 dickinabout.
Not that I’m tight but paying over...