I haven’t been doing a great deal recently. I have finished polishing all of the body work except the bonnet, bulkhead vents flaps and rear door, and have fitted all the plastic Defender wheelarches except for the front left. That one is waiting for the under wing mudshield to be cut to fit around the […]
Fitting the Snorkel
I flatted and polished that front wing today and it came up well. That enabled me to clear another big box from the garage by fitting the plastic Mantec snorkel. The lower section fits to the wing with spire nuts and four bolts through the original screw holes, but since I had already sealed the […]
August
I have fitted all of the headlining, the door strikers, roof rack (with heavy duty load bars and ladder) and the front number plate. An attempt at testing the fuel system integrity found one big leak very quickly – the front right fuel tank must have a sizeable hole in it somewhere, or at least […]
Doors
No progress on the headlining; I’m still waiting for delivery of the seat belt anchor brackets. I have fitted the doors (with Helena and Alun’s help). Helena and I did the rear door last night, complete with the lock and door stay. I have put the spare wheel on just to clear the space in […]
Glazing
The Defender side windows, Alpine lights and sunroof are all fitted. Not the easiest jobs, but worth the effort. I have also badged the right hand front wing with the black and silver LR logo from a 4.2 supercharged RRSport and selected letters from a Discovery rear door badge. Obviously, the other wing will get […]
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