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Few photos of hours of blood, sweat and beers and photos of the final result. Who said drinking alcohol was bad for you… oh bugger just realized it should have been painted red 😝

Not much to report today, few little bits finished off, like the new black tow ball and cover fitted , new fuse box cover decal and the steering wheel bolted in thats after doing the tracking which was 1 degree negative which to consider it was done by eye isn’t too bad but nevertheless its been...

Front arches fitted, and fair play they came with pleant of spare hammer in clips which is unusual. Rear light covers installed and new tailgate chains. The Heritage steering wheel arrived, fitted temporary as the left indicator stalk is a bit temperamental so will have to remove it to fit the...

Bonnet catch fitted, tested and working its was time I fitted the heritage style pressed aluminum grill

Floor pans all bolted down with stainless steel dome head bolts, new seat belts installed along with the wing vents. New Wipac LED light kit and some 3d matt black defender decals. Bonnet fitted with galvanized hinges painted matt black with YRM stainless steel bolt kit.

Fitted some genuine LR wiper arms along with some more modern Aero style blades. Black crystal LED headlamps from SP 4x4 installed with some Heritage Series 3 Aluminum headlamp surrounds. Made some stainless steel seat box and battery compartment covers.

Well the shopping list is getting smaller and so is the bank balance 😂 only things to order is a exmoor trim canvas hood and a set of cool n vintage chestnut leather front seats and cubby box. But that will have to wait until a few more pay days

Sills bolted on, gearbox tunnel and gaiter in place, then took time out to do some retail therapy. Ordered a Heritage 1948 steering wheel and boss, heritage style grill, seat belts, wiper arms and aero blades, tailgate chains, Wipac LED light kit, SP4x4 black crystal LED headlights, and some...

Wings fitted, along with the galv inner arches. New Green tint windscreen fitted and the vents with Stainless Steel pins from SP4x4.

Been a week since my knee operation and the garage has been out of bounds! However I’m off the crutches and mobile this weekend. So here goes

How do you fit, align and tweak a pair of series style doors on a defender? Answer : One Saturday 9-6, two pairs of hands and one rubber hammer 😂

Rdx electric fan and switch fitted with a custom made loom, temporary made brackets made to hold the new expansion water bottle and power steering bottle. New indicator and wiper stalks fitted and all of the electrics tested. A few gremlins ironed out such as a new brake and reverse switch...

Well deserved beverage me thinks to celebrate the stainless pipes … well thats my excuse 😂🍺

Exmoor black anodized billet ali hinges arrived today and they certainly don’t disappoint. I dout I could get a gnats eye lash inbetween the bushes they are that tightly made. Clock surrounds painted and fitted back into the dash, just waiting for a new rhs wiper stalk to arrive. Decided to...

Well the proof is In the eating or in this case drooling 😂 out with the copper and in with the stainless. Fitted some brass olives each end to stop the hose clamps from pulling off. Looking rather good if I do say so myself. Only haste was that I had to cut the compression nut off after...

Back in the garage and away from the drawing board, for £20 a length next day delivered from BES plumbing I’ve got some 15mm 1mm wall 316 stainless steel seamless pipe, now lets see how it bends using my record plumbing bender !

To be honest I was thinking the same thing when I was making them, back to the drawing board !

Bet your all thinking how I made the stainless bracket with the curves to sit the pipes in ? Hay ?? Well I welded 2 x 16mm bolts to my vice a bolts width apart, then placed a third bolt behind he stainless in between the two welded bolts and closed the vice and hey presto ….

didn’t think that l’d achieved much this weekend but after taking some photos it appears that I’ve done quite well and crossed off a number of jobs of the list. First was to fit the aecond hand genuine rad with an electric cooling fan, then I made some new water pipes out of copper and sprayed...

This afternoon’s fetteling saw the re trimmed dash back in, looks good with the sprayed green vent cover 👌