One week after buying our 1967 2A Series Land Rover, and we are all systems go. We have made the big decisions, such as how far we will go restoring it and the approach, and the firewall - pictured below - is off the sandblasting.
The firewall is always the drama queen of any Landie build as unlike all the aluminum panels, it's made of steel, and let me tell you, 56 years can bring on some rust. Never fear - everything is fixable. Once it's sandblasted, there will be some welding involved.
Everything has been bagged up as we go. This will make it easier when we rebuild, although I'm sure a lot of the bolts will be replaced.
We have been taking photos of the wiring as well so when it comes to reassembly we have a reference point. The engine is looking surprisingly good so a lot of parts will simply be sandblasted and/or painted without having to buy new parts. Some parts are even being rust proofed and primed as we go, as Jamie is also doing that with a mates engine rebuild at the same time.
This is all SO much easier than the last rebuild we did as everything is more original and we aren't having to replace as many parts, and as Jamie has done it a few times there is far more method in his madness.
I won the argument for replacing the seats rather than repairing the old vinyl which totally grosses me out. Whilst Jamie is in charge of mechanics and well, everything else, I'm in charge of the 'look', although it'll be months til we get near that point. I plan on building a picnic box in the back, but that's hard to explain and I'm sure I'll write a post about it at some point.
A lot of people are selling their COVID project cars so it's highly recommended you get looking if you are keen to do up a vintage car.
It's a lot of work but it sure is rewarding. I'm off to have a bath as I feel very grumpy from scraping oil and dirt off the bell housing and transfer case. Look at me, knowing my Landie parts. It's obviously from all the supervising.
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Jamie definitely has become expert, knowing more than those mechanics providing commercial service. This won't be easy for them as well - doing all of it by one man army. Would love to hear about the picnic box, may be will think to do something similar after I see how it goes.
You guys are making some amazing progress, You aren't fooling around with it at all. Great work! Older vehicles seem to be much easier to work on than these modern electornic laiden things. I can make my way around an older model vehicle (70's and before) but after that, all the wiring and electornics stuff just confuses me. Can't wait to see the next update.
Even w LL into the 7s they were simple - my first car was a 1971 Valiant and I had a 76 VW Passat and Same year Toyota Corolla and could fix them myself , well, small things like the starter motor. They are fun to work on.
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Holy moly, what a cool project! Looks like a sturdy tractor when it's missing the front bit!
It definitely looks utilitarian now!
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I got to listen to my husband talk about the repairs, etc on many cars over the years, so I have a basic understanding of parts and what can go wrong with them. I also used to make up increment check lists for the various jobs needing done on new cars at certain mileages. Then I would make sure we had the parts and materials when the time came around.
So if you pay attention, you will learn...
Yes! The other day he tapped on something ain't the engine and said: ' do you know what that is?' and I surprised both of us by saying correctly it was the dynamo. My goal is to drive this car myself so knowing how it works will help if anything goes wrong.
Absolutely loving this! Awesome stuff! This is an art of a different kind! Keep it up!