Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

[Hooli]

Oh lovely, proper wheels n all.

[paulplom]

Rostyles?

[Hooli]

Steel not alloys to destroy on the first rock.

[Scruffy Bodger]

Any more updates?

[richardthestag]

give me a min or so, coming right up

[richardthestag]

As promised

Been busy as fuck which is great news. Becoming more ruthless with needy fucks who seem to think I am working for them.. lol

Give me a poor enthusiast any day over a wheeler dealer

This is a 1989 Vogue SE, owner wants it solid. It has done well but had quite a lot of "MOT" patching done. Both front inner wings were past it. as was the n/s sill and footwell. triple skinned

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oldest sons car, no he didn't crash it, I am in the middle of swapping the n/s headlight bulb. what a cunt of a job

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1989 vogue se customer provided new inner wings, which I primed

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and satin black'd as would be correct for this age of Classic Range Rover

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The axle came off as it was easier to sort a replacement of the original rubber bushes (with blue polybush) service the hubs, replace discs, and fit new seals and gaskets.

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Then I had a workshop full of Rats. lads 20yards away were clearing a site and disturbed a fucking huge nest. Here is one of the nasty bastads who invaded my shed on a pleasant June morning.

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Somewhat miffed at needy customers moaning at me, I took 1/2 a day off and did a cold start on my poor old stag that I hadn't seen in 20 months. Fuck all has happened since this day....

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1989s Vogue SE was treated to a brand new inner and outer sill section. Not a horrendous job with the interior stripped out.

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Then I could get on with bulkhead, footwell and a-post repairs

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Not finished yet but a shit load less daylight coming through already

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More to come

[DodgeRover]

Richard roughly what do you charge for something like you are doing on that Vogue? My 2 door will need similar and I don't think I'll ever get around to doing it myself.

[richardthestag]

The 1976 Lincoln Green Range Rover has consumed the majority of my time since June.

My original scope has increased somewhat, the customer is delighted with the work done already and we have conversations like... "while it is here, do you think you could just......"

Subsequently I have moved the project into a body restoration phase. the poor old thing is full of filler and papier mache.

One classic example of such bodgery was the LH A-Pillar, it was largely sculpted from filler and large sections of glue and news paper which somehow held together the rusted sections of steel which had been barely pidgeon snotted together. So bad that I opted to chop it out and repair an a-post from a car that I scrapped for parts late spring.

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Chopping out rot and butt welding in new steel. No filler except 1mm to smooth the surface

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alignment process was tricky but achievable.

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once welded and bolted into place and along with extensive footwell and bulkhead repairs the whole lot was 2k primed

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followed by a 2k coat of satin Lincoln Green, the customer really likes the patina look but wants the car to be rot free and reliable. You may scoff but I can do that

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drivers side a-post, I ground out the filler to reveal a 10mm gap between the upper a-post and the lower a-post sections. There was one welded patch on the leading edge that I pulled away with my hands. I was however able to weld in new steel between the 2 sections and make it solid. I also had to remake the windscreen seal lip before paint.

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With bulkhead work done I fitted up a pair of new front inner wings, the items fitted were full of filler and had quite significant accident damage. I refitted the windscreen, a 1980s laminated jobby that had delaminated on all sides. The customer wanted it, alas I cracked the bastard thing. New screen is now on order

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Next up and was the nightmare of the main body loom. a few burned wires and lots of fucking scotch connectors but all was repaired and is now back in the car

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the passenger door supplied was actually 2 chunks of door frame and the original skin. Plus maybe 5kg of filler and papier mache. I scrapped it and sold the customer one of mine from stock. Honestly it saved him a small fortune.

For the drivers door, I am really light on serviceable 2 door drivers doors. I discussed with the customer and we agreed a fixed price on me rebuilding the door that came off the car.

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there was a shed load of fabrication and welding to get it to this point.

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more to come

[richardthestag]

Richard roughly what do you charge for something like you are doing on that Vogue? My 2 door will need similar and I don't think I'll ever get around to doing it myself.

Mr Vogue is in for £5k ish on labour so far. Both sills replaced, new front inner wings, bulkhead solid and starting to assemble

[richardthestag]

back to that 1989 Vogue SE

Welded in repairs to the bulkhead side, replaced the floor section completely and was getting ready to weld in a new bulkhead-chassis mount. it was all too far gone and more economical to cut it out and start again

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All still to be prepped by the patron saint of welders (Mr Flappy McFlapface) prior to bulkhead mount and inner wing support being welded in

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Then my birthday, It rained and I was very very very drunk

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My neighbour builder is now leaving all the waste wood for me, he is happy not to have to pay to dump it. I have built a monster of a wood store at home for my log burners.

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Anyway enough of all that, new car into the workshop. A 1994 Softdash 3.9 Vogue SE. complete with LPG and a set of MOT patches. The rear cross member doesn't look too bad but there is nothing on the fuel tank side of it.

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This is the LPG tank, was making me nervous as it could distort the frame as I cut out the rear cross member. So it had to come out.

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Ever had a problem with Range Rover electric seat switches? this is what they look like without 42k ball bearings, springs, clips and brackets. easy to fix but needs balls of steel... unless you have done it before - it is easy really

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Back to that 94 Softdash, new galv cross member welded in. Most of the boot floor section was ok

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Not the same could be said of the arches

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more to come