Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

Well, the insurers have been very reasonable, allowing me to choose where it was repaired and not messing me about over costs, values and so on – it pays to have an agreed value policy on older vehicles. I’m glad about the no-claims bonus protection, too.
My friend Alun at Rogers of Bedford repaired the [...]

Not a good day. On the way home from work, I had a little knock. It’s done a fair bit of damage to the rear offside corner (not to mention the other car). The important thing is none of the three of us in the two cars were hurt in any way.
I [...]

I have aquired and refurbished a pair of MoD/Camel trophy spec bonnet hasps to replace the cable operated bonnet catch. The existing catch seems to become very stiff to release, despite regular oiling of the mechanism, and I’m worried that it may eventually seize. For the moment, the cable operated catch is working [...]

I have retro-fit the gear box top-fill cap and retainer spring from a SII gear box, together with a modified SII transmission tunnel cover. This means I can now fill the gear box from directly above, no longer requiring the messy, time consuming and awkward use of a length of garden hose or the removal [...]

The last few details have been done. All the fluid levels have been checked, the correct operation of all vehicle functions (gears, handbrake, all electrics, doors and windows and so on) have been inspected, and the final arrangements for stowage made.
The left Jerrycan locker now holds its 20L water can, while the right locker [...]