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Thinks its a case of its so wet here and the fact the Welsh just seem to neglect there motors haha

Yh pretty much mine was a 1 owner car by a woman who lived on a farm in Wales towed a horse box now and again diff lock seized as never been used and never seen any wax oil or body treatment in its life basically just pure neglect has led to the state of mine but for 250 quid for a motor that's...

Brakes no matter the vehicle I work from furthest away from master to the closest with the land rovers/101s sometimes you got to raise the front or back as high as you can to push the air

Very easy vehicles to work on to be fair very basic in design the manuals are worth their weight in gold

Looks good getting there slowly I'm doing simile to a d1 to the extent I've lifted the body off

I take the regulator off the bottle each day I'm done

Got a bit more done today top of the offside chassis is now complete all the rot has been cut out of the side ready for a template to be made will finish Sunday as birthday tomorrow so I'm doing nothing, done for today as the sun is setting my back on fire haha

It's a case of twisting and jiggling while pushing the ird on it will go they can be a complete pig to get back on I've had it a few times

Using the largest disposable bottle I can get my hands on deffo thinking of upgrading the bottle I'm on the 3rd bottle already

I did look into another chassis issue I had was being able to pick one up and given current state of affairs its not really an essential journey plus there is a sense of achievement resurrecting it from the dead and yes I know it will be good for a long while once done

Brilliant little welder I'm tempted to convert it to take bigger bottles though, yh chassis is bad but just keep chipping away at it wait till I start on the body haha

15 and 12 and they are into games consoles and being hermits indoors haha sounds good I've got a few more pics to put up but uploading from my phone is a nightmare might get the laptop out later

As I said this side is bad get quite deflated when I cut bits out and see how much needs replacing pretty much the side from trailing arm bracket to back of spring seat needs cutting out and replacing this side

Long way to go before I get to the underside just started the offside got one picture to load but uploading photos from my phone on here is a nightmare, yh handy all the adults in this house like cars so get decent presents here and there just a shame kids ain't into the cars, how's yours coming...

So nearside chassis leg top and outer is in red oxide where ever bare metal was couldn't get a decent pic due to the sun, the red oxide is touch dry in about 10 minutes it's great and made a start on the offside which is somewhat worse to an extent

Finally the n/s chassis leg top and sides are complete red oxide on the parts that were coated with fertan last night and rest wire brushed and coated in fertan and will be painted this evening, now to start the fun all over again on the o/s

I've still got to flip the chassis over and the underside is bad haha. First time using fertan mother in law got me it for Xmas it's a long process wire wheel on the grinder first then wet the metal and paint fertan on with a brush leave for a day damp cloth over it job done brilliant stuff but...

So lots of little patches done on rest of the nearside chassis leg and side put on crossmember in front of fuel tank will finish that off once the chassis is flipped over, gave everything on that side a coat of fertan ready to have some red oxide tomorrow to protect it until I can get new...

Finally got a break in the weather all be it a tad windy at times was hoping to finish the top half of the nearside chassis today but that went out the window when I found out the state of the cross memeber in front of the fuel tank :(