4x4 you say? Do it properly then!

excellent purchase, Chris - looks as though it'll be a lot of fun. ;D



Eh? How does that work?

PM winging it's way to you re diffs

I ran a series 2a crash gearbox in my series 3, with Ashcroft high ratio transfer gears and Rover P4 diffs without any reliability issues. The important thing to remember is to be gentle on the clutch and the gearbox should hold up fine if it's in good condition to start with. I've now got a 5 speed and permanent 4wd so I can seek moar powah ;D

You've got later series 3 door hinges which won't let the front doors swing all the way round, though it's an easy swap to unscrew the old ones and screw new ones on as long as they're not seized.

I sometimes take the old man's series 2a out, and at night the headlights are desperately appalling, but they are of the original sealed beam variety and I can't go fast enough (2.25 diesel) to justify better lights! Halogen lights are easy swap if it doesn't already have them fitted and do work well.

When I first fitted my v8, I had the exhaust coming out the pto hole in the rear, but I kept on getting fumes drawn back in, so eventually I had it exit out the side just ahead of the rear passenger wheel

And replied to!!! Exciting Thanks bud!



Literally the only photo I have, sorry And that was taken with my first gen Blackberry Bold too!

Sweet Landy.

Not much more to add apart from that.

Dammit that's nice. I've had a '74 Series 3 APGP in the past as well as a '65 Ex-WD FFR (Fitted For Radio) SWB 2A.

Front panel would have originally looked like this:

'69-'71 2A's all had this arrangment, the headlights had been moved out into the wings on export-spec 2A's in 1967. My favourite front end.

Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh. Though don't let me loose in it or I'll want another.......

So I managed to get a fair few bits and pieces bought at least. Took a trip over to the army surplus stores nearby to hopefully pick up a length of rope, a jerry can and I was going to look at some ammo crates to possibly use as a 'glove box'.

Well, it took all of 30seconds for the Landie to draw some attention...


Admiration by Diabolu80, on Flickr

I do love this place but took an embarrassingly low number of photos, something that will be rectified next time I visit

I am a little curious as to who would call in at an army surplus to pick up a second hand helicopter motor though... Although I guess someone with a knackered one lol


Helicoper by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Looks cool!

There were plenty of ammo crates to choose from, and me being the fussy git I am, I had to find the perfect one in all these.

Ammo crates by Diabolu80, on Flickr

I must have gone through at least 20!

They did have the best complain department!

Take a number by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Came back with an awesome jerry can and cage, and a neat little ammo crate!

Jerry can and ammo box by Diabolu80, on Flickr

50mg Observing ammo box by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Jerry can by Diabolu80, on Flickr

And a cool little canvas army tool bag

Army tool bag by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Two door tops arrived from Liverpool...

Door tops by Diabolu80, on Flickr

So I had to rather quickly tie myself down to a colour code so I could spray them up.

My local paint supplier, VRS, are incredibly helpful in this respect, and I went down with a strong idea in my head but no clear colour.

I knew I wanted to keep it army desert colour but wanted to try to tie in an accent colour to pick out wheels, jerry cans etc with and thought a US army green would tie in well as it was a shade or two further towards yellow than the traditional NATO green you see everywhere.

We narrowed it down and ended up choosing ...

Army Sand + US Army Green by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Two colours that most definitely work together so I grabbed a couple of spray cans (I really didn't want to get spray gun setup as I had limited time this week) and headed home to prep the doors!

Untitled by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Seeing as I was spraying them I started masking off as neatly as I could. Those of you who have seen my Galant thread know about my levels of fussiness so I was keen to get as good a finish as I could.


Door top prep by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Door top by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Masking it up by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Even the Dating section of the newspaper came in handy!

Outer masked by Diabolu80, on Flickr


Outer top coat by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Outside dusted and top coated, I flipped and starting masking the inside!

Inside masked by Diabolu80, on Flickr

Slightly awkward in places on the inside due to the seals! Very smart though, and the careful masking showed when the spraying was finished.


Masked seal by Diabolu80, on Flickr


Inside door top by Diabolu80, on Flickr


Window Seal by Diabolu80, on Flickr


Landie Door Top by Diabolu80, on Flickr
DONE!

Upper door seals come tomorrow morning so they'll be fitted then and please cross your fingers as I'm bidding on a SWB hard top that finishes tomorrow morning on FleBay ...just for winter I might add.

I was also very lucky that Sowen sold me some diffs to fit this week. Heading over to Norwich this weekend and want to get them fitted by then! Fingers crossed for some clear weather eh!

Until then, I'll leave you with a few pondering thoughts...

275/75/16's....? 31's?

They'll be on standard steels, just banded to suit

Chris!

That Army Surplus looks remarkably like my local, which one is it? Great Landy btw

I thought it was :-)

This any good?
www.roverparts.com/Parts_Catalogs/Land_Rover_Series_Parts_Catalog/