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After dismantling the major body parts, of course, there was more rust, so plenty to restore. next action… well dressed… this was for the picture! Some bolts were so rusted that dismantling could only be done with the grinder And then there is ultimately a bare chassis
After eighteen months standstill (some things still had to be done in the house) I started dismantling the Landy in April 2009. Actually I started this whole adventure by downloading and printing the repair operation manual, a good source for this is: www.landroverweb.comI OCR-ed the files so they are searchable, now I can take the manual on the … Read more
The transport from Winchester in southern England to Etten-Leur On October 4, 2007 I rented a car ambulance and I drove my father to England through the Chunnel. After a night sag at Peter and Isabel … … we set off the next morning to pick up the Land Rover at Peter’s work. And then back … Read more
On September 22, 2007 Peter rented a car trailer and drove with Isabel and Lisa to Garry to pick up the Land Rover. [Kad_youtube url = “https://youtu.be/VIBkAwcWKFk” width = 800 height = 400 maxwidth = 1000] It was a feat in which a strap and duck tape had to be applied in order not to … Read more
On September 16, 2007 I purchased an old Land Rover Series III LWB (long wheelbase) of 1980 through an Ebay auction. After our family trip to Tanzania in 2006, I was determined that I wanted a vehicle that we could travel through Africa. After much deliberation I decided it had to be a Land Rover … Read more
