wylton
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90% of Land Rovers made are still on the road. The rest made it home.
Land Rovers / Range Rovers, it remains a mystery to me exactly what the attraction is to these beasts!
90% of Land Rovers made are still on the road. The rest made it home.
That looks like a hell of a lot of fun! Jesus though, the welding... start with the chassis, then the bulkhead will be rotten, then you *might* be able to get the body back on. Easy enough to get the engine running though, if you can stomach 15mpg. Still, lots of fun.Yup, series 2 from 1965 I believe. Someone had the wisdom or lack of to slot in a Rover V8!
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Because they look nice, even though they are horrible to drive. The pleasure is in the owning, less so the using. Unless of course you have a farm.Land Rovers / Range Rovers, it remains a mystery to me exactly what the attraction is to these beasts!
You can still get oxy acet at home. Contract with BOC, maybe notify insurer, done. You can get Hobbygas, small quantities without contract.Before it was delivered he had arranged to meet the delivery guy at a local garage where it could be pressure washed on the trailer then delivered home which was a good idea.
I think the plan is check the engine first, see if it’ll run with fresh fuel. He installed two rsj’s In his garage and has a couple of winches so he can relatively easily pull the body off and the properly review the chassis.
The outriggers are toast in some places but who knows what’s left elsewhere. If it needs a new chassis and bulkhead then so be it, he’s quite philosophical about the project and he’ll do what’s required.
Back in the day we had oxyacetylene at the house but I suspect in 2021 there may be H&S restrictions on such practices!
Not a bad scheme. Even if you don't buy a bolt kit it's easy to get a selection box from somewhere like Namrick and just cut them to length. That's all I ever do. Wrt compressors etc, I'd choose a cordless impact driver these days. Times move on.Some great points there Steve, I’ll pass that on. He mentioned that various suppliers now supply bolt kits the whole vehicle which as you mention means you don’t have to be precious about removing awkward ones?
He’s buying a large compressor so most air tools should be available should he wish.
, if you can stomach 15mpg
A schoolmate of mine ran a S2 as student, or just after. He used to drive it from Aberystwyth to Lincoln to visit his parents, returning under 20 mpg. I always reckoned he could have hired a car for the weekend and saved the cost in fuel, and done it in less time and without going deaf. I never drove it, but I did drive a S3 as a student on a farm job. It was a worse drive than the 1942 Ferguson tractor that was my other set of wheels.Our 2.25 did 15 mpg. Also when the fuel gauge pointed at "E" it really did mean empty. Several people including myself ran dry .
Because they look nice, even though they are horrible to drive. The pleasure is in the owning, less so the using. Unless of course you have a farm.
I remember my brother calling upon the services if his then very young son to change the headlamp bulb in his mk4 Golf tdi 150. It was never going to happen with adult size hands unless I suspect if you removed the light assembly or even the bumper!
You also need a 10 year old Gynaecologist to change the spark plugs on a Subaru.
I never struggled, but I have small hands. Doing a couple of the eight plugs on a Monaro was a bit tricky though.You also need a 10 year old Gynaecologist to change the spark plugs on a Subaru.