Land Rover Discovery project..

[JonnyP]

Following on from this thread http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/fo...ight-now/page6
I thought I would start a new one to show my progress on a large project..

I bought the Disco cheap, hoping it would go through its next MOT.. It didn't.. In fact I had three whole pages of fails.. :0(
I, a bit deterred I joined a Land Rover forum http://www.landyzone.co.uk where I saw loads of pictures of other people doing up old Discoveries.
This got me revved up, so I borrowed a welder and got stuck in.
I cant be bothered to load up all the old photos, but all progress to date can be seen here, if you are interested.. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f20/he...ct-165186.html

Here is my latest post..

The Cornish Winter weather has meant I have not been able to get on with this as much as I would of liked, but here is an update..
The rear end of the car is coming on well now. I have welded (not pretty) new side strips in to take the boot floor. I have sorted out the rear chassis crossmember. I have welded in new rear body mounts, and patched up bit here and there..
I red oxided all the chassis and underneath, and painted on the black waxoyl paint.
I have sprayed waxoyl into every hole I could find in the chassis.



I will update here as I get on.. I am hoping to have everything done by May, when the MOT runs out on my car.
I will also add, I am not a mechanic, just a hands on type of person, and I believe if you are also a hands on type, do not be afraid of doing a project like this.. Its good fun, a good learning thing, and a means to an end..

[CanadianMike]

Looking forward to your progress!

[paul standley]

Good luck with this one, certainly got your hands full there...!

[markal17]

wow nice mate i do love landys there great hope to c more pic mate

[bare grills]

hi , i'm on landyzone aswell due to owning a 300 tdi disco

i'm basil brush on there , will keep my eyes peeled for you ....

looking good so far by the way

[Pab101]

looks like your making good progress, last year i took on a ford capri restoration project, started with only about 2 areas of rust turned out I needed about 2 square meters of 2 mm steel plate and about 0.5 square meters of 3mm steel plate, luckily it is now complete and looks great and flew through the mot without even an advisory.

[Ben Casey]

It looks like your gonna have fun

[treefrog]

Looks like a fun project...good luck. (Hate to be the one to point it out, but you got the steering wheel on the wrong side).

[CanadianMike]

Looks like a fun project...good luck. (Hate to be the one to point it out, but you got the steering wheel on the wrong side).

You noticed that too, eh? Lol, nothing a roll of duct tape and a few zip ties can't fix.

[Martin]

You noticed that too, eh? Lol, nothing a roll of duct tape and a few zip ties can't fix.

You mean cable ties.

Martin