part 2, I would have said Deux but the French and Belgians think we are the enemy when it comes to fish in our territorial waters. silly cunts
anyway
having satisfied myself with RR bob chassis the right way up! I inverted it and started all over. I was 1mm perfect, which is good considering that whoever made the chassis for LR where at least 5mm
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seam welding the fuck out of it, before dressing back the welds
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not finishe dbut happy with it, 85% original too. and what I have that is original June 1971 is in far better shape than the late 1980s arse end that I spliced on. Cretin who bobed this!! gahhh
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Pajero left site, the local breaker who bought it, removes engine and gearbox to container to the middle east and weighs in the rest. A container takes 60 he said, he used to send on container a month. holy shit
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Back to RR Bob, front outrigger had been gas axed by some mouth breathing gibbon, I cut a repair section from the donor chassis to weld in.
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Redshed, oct 1971 RR is off to a new home! sold with an unwritten contract for me to rebuild it in new owners garage while he learns.
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I have done it a couple of times now but towing a 500kg trailer with 1900kg of RR is no walk in the park. Boge levelling strut is not performing here, it did after driving forwards about 20 feet
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Redshed was a runner but stresses of a drive around the field etc have fucked the clutch hydraulics and now it just pisses petrol out also. luckily I was able to back the trailer up and roll the car back into it's new home. Back in Feb 2021 to start the stripdown. on the payroll of course
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Steve Cotten up the pub (google him) certifiable lunatic pretending to drink bleach from a leaking container, Laugh? I nearly shat myself.
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Part 3 coming as soon as I can type it out