A site dedicated to my tinkering with my 1972 Series III Land Rover
I started to bleed the clutch yesterday, but trying to crack the pipe/master cylinder union to prime the cylinder resulted in me shearing the steel union adaptor, so I need a new one. Thankfully, the lower portion unscrewed easily from the master cyl … [Continue reading]
No, but there's no hurry. Just back from Sodbury and got a few bargains - SIII instrument panel with 3 way light switch and 2 speed wiper switch for £1, a heated fuel filter and housing for £1 (operates at 65deg, so should be up to running veg … [Continue reading]
The door, bonnet and seat base are at the painters (droipped them off yesterday). I just need the painter to come and collect the tub and hardtop sides with a flatbed truck (they're going to borrow their neighbour's). Fingers crossed, that'll happen … [Continue reading]
The tub, seat box an bonnet have been ready for painting for some time. Today I finished re skinning the driver's door and preparing the hard-top sides. These will be sent for painting ASAP. The only remaining panel prep work is to make the roof … [Continue reading]
I have just collected the front wings, grille panel and one vent flap from the painter. The second flap had suffered a run and is being redone. Apart from 4 or 5 dust flecks in one of the wings, they're perfect. Those defects will polish out without … [Continue reading]
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