Hello from the darkness and silence of a lengthy period of no updates. Great news guys! At last! The project is back on
I've
gone for gold and ordered everything that was left on my list to buy
from GKD... so in about 2-3 weeks time I should have 95% of the stuff to
drive it out of the workshop
Whether it will be able to drive is another question.... but I'll have all the bits.
It's
been a long time in the wait, and it's been a bad year - we bought a
2nd Landy that blew its engine up on day 2, workshop got burgled and all
my tools swiped, lost the battle over when we're doing the kitchen (1/2
way through it now) and with our wedding in 2-3 weeks time and me going
back to school to study an MBA... I thought it's now or never!
The
fact that I'm spending our first married week collecting kit car parts
is... well... still being discussed rather vigorously, but generally I've got the go ahead
so, here goes nothing!
Peter has been superb and really helpful/patient as well, what a top bloke. I've ordered pretty much everything in the comprehensive kit bar the seats, as I want to actually try a set out before I commit to buying them. Other than that, all I need is some wheels and the odd bit that wasn't worth saving from the donor (brake discs, pads, wheel bearings etc.) and then we're ready to rock!!
So here's where we left off
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| Clean and shiny project (after I'd wiped all the ceramic dust off!) the picture tells quite the story... note the tide marks from the many floods of the winter, the Land Rover TD5 cylinder head with 6 giant cracks in it, and the generally ransacked mess on the tool bench thanks to the burglers - at least they didn't touch the kit car (scumbags!) |
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| Uncovering the legend (wasn't that a film?) from underneath the dust sheets, placed on after changing the brakes on Evo and ended up with red ceramic brake dust covering the entire place |
Installed:
- Engine and 'box complete with new clutch
- Pedal box (bled up the clutch and it works)
- Differential and half shafts
- Brake lines and front calipers loosely installed, and giving away the colour theme there
- Few other odds and sods like the handbrake and the horn
Of the bits I've ordered, the next I want to tackle is the aluminium panels, get them drilled off and then painted up; and then get the suspension and wheels on - would like to see her on some wheels within a month of getting the bits.
Prod me for more updates!!
Thanks
Steve
