The crustfest continues. Today, it’s the turn of the seatbox. Well, I say today, this took pretty much an entire weekend. At a glance, it didn’t look too bad when I took it off. A bit saggy maybe but hey, it’s over 60 years old. If I’d had someone sitting on me on and off for […]
1957 Series 1 88″
Crusty bottom
A typical land rover rebuild requires a fair bit of rust busting. I think we’ve established that. It’s not just the steel bits that rot though. While the aluminium panels (particularly the Birmabright on earlier vehicles) are more corrosion resistant than steel, they do corrode. This usually occurs where they are in contact with steel parts […]
So the shed clearout is going well…
The 109 has been gone all of 2 weeks (gratuitous 109-when-finished-and-shiny pic): The intention hadn’t been to sell it, but it was finished and I was bored… I was enjoying the new-found space in the shed, thinking about which of the many jobs lined up for the 110 and 127 I would make a start on, […]