More Bits and Pieces

Various parts, cleaned, sanded and primered. Leaning over on the right is the new galvanized bumper. Note the small corrosion hole in the seatbox panel. Not planning to change evidence of non-rust corrosion, as it's just small evidence of the half-century that this Land Rover has been in existence. Rust is another story: that will go.

Steel gearbox cover, showing indications of its long life, with one coat of rust-converter underneat one coat of reguler primer, lying on top of the box containing the new exhaust system. In the background, the Land Rover's headliner, lying flat and upside down so as to not introduce any new wrinkles

Deep door sills typical of a Series II (as opposed to a IIa), and another seatbox panel.  



Onwards

New seatbelt brackets on the left, etch-primered, and on the right the seat brackets, which have been stripped and then primered with a rust converter, which is why they're black. They'll have black paint on when finished, in any case. The two rods are the hand-crank handle rod and a handle for a jack which came with the Landy. Not sure if the jack is original yet.

Seat box, cleaned, sanded, and wearing a primer coat. Painting of the final colours will be done when the restoration is nearer completion. Bolts were placed in the captive-nuts to stop paint getting into the threads. The black glue used to adhere the stick-on insulation was very difficult and long to remove, the aluminum having to be carefully scraped down very close to the surface before solvent would do any good. Even then, the glue didn't appear to have aged in the same way over all the surfaces, being soft and gummy in places and hard and chipable in others. In some places, it had absorbed soil and dirt, and had to be scraped off very carefully in order not to damage the aluminum (or Birmabright, as it should correctly be called!).

Just a view of the preparation for the front hub bearing and seal replacement, including new swivel balls. On the left are some of the brake parts.