Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

Until now, I have been using the front cubby box to store all my winching kit: the strop, three shackles, the rope sail, gloves, remote control and the battery isolator switch key for the winch wiring.  That all took up a lot of space in the cubby box, and several of these items are quite [...]

I have the modified half shafts and stub axles back from Hogarth Engineering (aka Patriot roof racks).   They have been fitted to the hubs and a test fit of a wheel shows that they clear the centre cap, allowing full fitting of the wheel.  The cap shown in the photo is an old second hand [...]

I have just received a pair of window meshes for Defender side windows that allow the windows to be left locked in their first open latch position whilst keeping the car secure.  They sit inside the window frames’ channels and overlap the sliding glass panes’ front edges to make them secure and to prevent wind [...]

I got the alloys back from Pristine today.  They’re very shiny!  They have the same appearance of finish as new LR alloys, but they have had the full three layers (several coats each) of powder coating primer, colour and lacquer done much more thoroughly, covering the entire wheels except inside the hub bosses (as that [...]

The wheels have all been delivered to Pristine Alloy Refurbishing for a full strip, blast and refinishing service.  Unfortunately, they were unable to remove the tyres from the wheels as their machine was suited to wider rims, so I had to take them back to Bedford to the fitters just down the road from where [...]