Series1 Restored Chassis and Bulkhead

After lots and lots of cutting out and welding in new metals the chassis is at last finished and was painted in 3 coats of Bonda Rust primer and 3 coats of black hammerite , the axles were derusted and fully rebuilt with new seals and bearings

The bulkhead took lots of work to rebuild and it was severly rotten and as the veicle is over 40 years old none of the parts are to correct size due to old repairs and modification

As i am going to use this vehicle for green laning and generally running around i decided it doesnt have to be rebuilt back to original spec as i have another series one that i intend to rebuild to as new specification

With that in mind the bulkhead has been restored to its original sizes etc and doesn't have the look of a very accurate replacement but was much cheaper to repair than replace and it means it wont bother me as much if it get knocked about a bit on its green laning excursions or winter use

Long time since last post

OK so its been a long times since i posted anything on any of my blogs , that mainly due to the fact that i have been mega busy on projects of my own and helping both my lads with theirs and much much more

Restored the chassis on my series 1 to a rolling chassis stage and rebuilt the very rotten bulkhead and painted it in shiny bronze green

Purchase a good cheap second hand chassis for my lightwieght which i have fully restored and painted to rolling chassis stage

Helped my son with his series 2a which he uses to compete on ccv events with Buxton and District land rover club , including repairs and fitting full roll cage after a roll destroyed the truck cab

Helped my youngest son with his V8 Hybrid with lots of welding replacing rear cross member and rebuilding suspension and new roll cage up to competiton spec

This is without all the normal running repairs on the lads everyday cars and other building work comittments

My main area of interest is now the light weight which is being fully rebuilt to compete with in CCV alongside my eldest lad James in BAD events , i have rebuilt the bulkhead , a custom truck cab and now building the roll bar lots of pics etc to follow along soon

Cloned Landie

Well lots being happening since last post the new landie turned out to be a cloned vehicle , the police seized the vehicle and after some weeks investigation it turned out to be a very cleverly cloned Landie despite a basic HPI check

After spending many moths with this the best advice i can give anyone thinking of buying a land rover is to actually physically check the chassis number

According to the police this is the only way to check the identity of the vehicle you have to get the sellar of the vehicle to scrape off the mud and underseal and check the chassis number

BE Warned make sure you do this or you will find yourself losing your vehicle and your money as we did!!!!

Latest Landie Addition to our Collection

We have added yet another land rover to our collection as Will is now 17 his first car is a good old land rover 90 , fitted with a 200 TDI engine and power steering , it is currently undergoing a few repairs as the diff had lots of free paly in it and it was replaced with a cheap ebay find

Unfortunately as a result of taking out the diffs worn halfshafts were found and as he intends to trial the landie almost a full rear axle rebuild has taken place

The front discs are being replaced with the new cross drilled and grooved ones sold by paddock along with a set of EBC pads again once the hubs were off all front wheel bearings were in poor condition and so they are currently being replaced once paddocks open that it

A new steering box has also been fitted to take out the play that was present in the old one and new modulars and tyres will be fitted very soon

Buxton & District Land Rover Club Playday

James having fun with MEG

Buxton and District Playday September

Well despite my car transporter trailer being out of action , Jame decided that he was going to Drive Meg to the BAD play day at hartington quarry to take part in the play day

We followed along in my defender with a few tools to cover any repairs he may need , it was a nice pleasent drive through the countryside taking the back roads , MEG the series 2a looked in her element on the tight country lanes

Meg was the oldest land rover there by far and i reckon the only series vehicles despite this she had no problems at all going almost everywhere that the defenders went indeeed she did out perform a few defenders

Video coming soon on youtube

Offroading with the Landies

Spent a few hours a couple of Weekends ago setting up a bit of a course on some of the rough land on the farm , Will got to play with his V8 Hybrid "Rhubarb" whilst James put his Series 2A "Meg through her paces

I have to Say Meg performed very well for a simple leafer running the standard 2.1/4 petrol engine and went place i am sure she has never made it before , i have to say i made it clear round on my first attempt in both vehicles

Always good to piss the kids off being a better driver than them but for how long i can only guess

Fuel Duty Petition

I think it is fair to say that we are all feeling the effects of the rising cost of fuel and we all know that the price of crude oil has risen vastly over the last 12 months but lets face it the problem with the price of fuel here in the UK is the Duty (TAX) that the goverment puts on it

Fuel is a Cash cow for this goverment which year on year consistanly increases the duty content to pay for what ever it wants to waste OUR money on but the point is the chancellor has been raking in big increases in the VAT content whilst the price rises just look at the rough examples below to see the huge increase in revenue the VAT has been bringing in

96p VAT Content 16.8 pence
£1.30 VAT Content 22.8 pence

Thats an increase of 35% in VAT Revenue

Now let the goverment tell you they cant afford to drop the fuel duty by a few pence

There just ripping us all off

Everything we buy be it goods or food etc has an element of carriage in it EVERYTHING and this means prices will keep rising unless something is done

Sign the petition below and at least protest peacefully but let them know that we cant continue like this

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Lowerduty30/