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by richardthestag
Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

Hot one today, fucking beautiful day. rather be a heretic than a slave to the false prophesy of MMGW Anyway Customer of mine is doing a lot of the build himself and is determined to powercoat every single part of the undercroft of his 2 door Range Rover. His car, his rules. Must say I have seen the ...
by richardthestag
Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Dan's Crapi project.
Replies: 235
Views: 56186

Re: Dan's Crapi project.

It looks flippin awesome mon brave, you should be very very proud of the way this is turning out
by richardthestag
Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

end of a long week. few beers down and supper on the way 1973 B suffix project first up Fitted up a new fuel tank, they are not massively heavy but bastards to get fitted. this is my one bloke in a shed approach to the job. Once the bolts are in then the support is removed of course 20230129_144506....
by richardthestag
Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

Next up is good old Red shed, 1971 A suffix 2 door range rover. The first one I bought. I had a customer who was looking for a car to restore himself, this one kind of took his fancy but the deal was sealed when I was able to provide a list of previous owners and it turned out the original owner liv...
by richardthestag
Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

A quick one next, my car is akin to the cobblers boots. i.e. the village cobbler is so busy fixing every one else that his own boots are fucked. My car is fucked! It was my daily until 2 years ago. I decided then that rather than patch it through another MOT I would cut out rot and live by what I se...
by richardthestag
Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

Back to the Blue 1973 B suffix The carbs needed to come off the engine as they needed an overhaul. while there I would often remove the tin "valley" gasket to have a gander at the camshaft and followers. Quick call to the customer "Hi Dave, think I found out why your engine is back fi...
by richardthestag
Fri Jun 16, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

part 2 This is mainly around the end of last year and working on the mid 1970s lincoln green car. this thing really has been bodged badly as you will see over the coming posts. The last time I featured this car I had just rebuilt the a-pillars and doors. The engine block came from army surplass and ...
by richardthestag
Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

right here we go, am such a lazy cunt that we have to go back to November last year, I have tried to bundle the projects into some reasonable order so that the posts flow a bit better. This particular project is a 1973 B suffix Range Rover bought by a good customer down in Bodmin. Turned out that it...
by richardthestag
Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

Always in awe of you pulling shit off and putting things back together..... Is the move complete now orr still ongoing? all done, dad even sold his lovely home to be sure that I wasn't lured back again. Got himself a new Doris (Muther Thestag passed away over a decade ago) and the poor old sod was ...
by richardthestag
Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 181668

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

NoelTidybeard wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:58 pm
richardthestag wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:37 pm
Hooli wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:33 pm I'd always thought you were running the business out of your dad's barn till now.
I was but shifted to a workshop nearer my wife and home under threat of death or worse.
EFA
ish, it was more about saving my liver from identifying as a solid fuel tablet