One way to get the lad off the bloody computer

Holeshot · #31 PostAuthor: **Holeshot** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:52 am

I absolutely love this thread.
Brilliant read and thanks for the photo documentation too.
Your lad's a lucky blighter to have a Dad like you! Great to see he appreciates you - those are true lifeskills you're giving him and will probably stay with him all his life............

errr, actually maybe that's not such a good thing....look at us lot! :lol:

Looking forward to the next stage :up

Is Vic There · #32 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:43 pm

Thank you for your comment mate, really nice of you to say that.

mick znone · #33 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:09 pm

and you are restoring one of the most iconic 4 wheeled vehicles to have appeared on this planet :bow

Is Vic There · #34 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:15 pm

mick znone wrote:and you are restoring one of the most iconic 4 wheeled vehicles to have appeared on this planet

I know, we have three LR's in the family, the lads S2a, my 14 year old Disco and just before Christmas I bought a Defender 90 as a company car!

Is Vic There · #35 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:15 pm

Had a great morning with the Lad, took all the parts down from the racking and off the container and sorted them out!
Put everything that we don't need on a pallet and this will go to a mate who will put them to good use, had a good check on what we have and made a few notes then put it back on the racking!

I'd had the rims blasted a few weeks ago, they also primed them, unfortunately the primer had gone two hard to paint and had to be rubbed down and reprimed! 2 hours latter we'd finished, very happy with my lad as he didn't moan once!

mick znone · #36 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:21 pm

lovely job and so nice to hear someone who understands about paint layers. When i say to customers that i have to gloss woodwork no more than 3 days after undercoating otherwise i need to undercoat again they look at me like im having them on, some even ask me why we need undercoat, why not just to gloss coats, i have to stand there explaining about the different properties of paints. sorry, got me on my paint soap box there. as said lovely job on those there wheels :up

Is Vic There · #37 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:43 pm

Mick, I didn't know until my mate who painted them told me, he's from the UK and is a very quiet member on here, he knows quite a few of the older club members :wink:

He's painted my Walter Wold, RGV and GPz900R great bloke

He'll be painting the Land Rover and the Harris!

Bought this a couple of weeks ago, its a cracker 10 seater as well!

mick znone · #38 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:51 pm

oh Lordy put that in my barn please :drool

mick znone · #39 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:52 pm

A 1980

Is Vic There · #40 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:12 pm

mick znone wrote:A 1980

Close mate, 1979, ex RAN!
The last owner bought it with 19,000km on the clock and kept a log book, every time he filled it with petrol he wrote it down, every little job he made a note, last entry was in the late 90's when he passed away it had done 43,000km, it was under his house for years and years until his Son decided to sell it, I bought it and the speed still reads 43,000km!
Its at the local LR specialist at the moment having the brakes sorted out and a tune, we drained the tank, fitted a new battery and plugs and she started nearly fist time!

Here's all the history, the old bloke loved this car!

mick znone · #41 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:30 am

flippin heck, that is a real gem, 24000km of pampered life and documented. I noticed the chock under the rear wheel, i thought it was just to leave the brakes off while standing :blnk

Is Vic There · #42 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:22 pm

Bit of an update, been busy painting the house and getting the YZF going which it is now and sound bloody amazing. Me old mate Bob painted a few engine bits for me at the weekend, turned out nice, will paint the rest of them this weekend and then its engine build time!

Is Vic There · #43 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:37 pm

Did a bit more engine painting last weekend, the engine is now ready to be assembled, the diffs are next then the box and transfer cases!

I'm a bit behind, I would have liked to have had a rolling chassis by now, I'll have to stop buying bikes and painting houses!

RB · #44 PostAuthor: RB » Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:28 am

Not been on here for a while . . . SO GLAD I stopped by to read this!!! Great work, and hats off for your endeavours to promote and encourage some skills and enthusiasm to our "future" that won't encompass "pokamoms" . . or whatever the ferk they are called . . . . But . . . I have to say that I was brought up, working on Landrovers in the 1970's and I ferking HATE them!!!! They were $hite back then . . . and they havn't got a whole lot better since! . . .

Is Vic There · #45 PostAuthor: **Is Vic There** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:04 pm

Well got my act together and started the rebuilt on the engine, my mate is helping me and I discovered yesterday that he'd got OCD :shock:

Every nut, bolt and washer had to be degreased and the run through the wire wheel and then put into individual tubs all day I was at it! We have checked and inspected everything ready for assembly, all mating faces have been levelled.

We think that this will be ready by next weekend!

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