A site dedicated to my tinkering with my 1972 Series III Land Rover
The front wings and all hinges are at the painters. The bonnet, grille panel and seat base are waiting to go, and I need to do a small bit of fiddling to finish preparing the tub, which I'll be doing tomorrow. I have finished reassembling the rear … [Continue reading]
The second side has been done today. I still need to sort out the various dents and dings on the remaining sides. They're all from the inside-out, from when the 109 was a fleet vehicle. I don't think they can be beaten out - I suspect I'll have to … [Continue reading]
I have finished one of the side panels - the pictures show: The marking out of the new aperture - there's quite a size difference. The lower forward radius impinges on one of the rivet heads that secures the front peg mount. That rivet was … [Continue reading]
I finally measured up and fitted the air filter. This included fabricating the brackets, moving the housing closing clips so that they didn't foul anything, fitting rivnuts to the chassis (much stronger than self tapping) and painting the whole … [Continue reading]
I've just finished the seat base stripping, mods and repairs. The front has been double plated to cover the left side (blanked) hand brake hole and the holes on the rhs left by the heater plug button and battery isolator, and also to hold the … [Continue reading]
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