Cable, Brake/Fuel Pipe Clamp Solution

Idea for securing loom, brake and fuel pipe to chassis.

How a soft top fits

http://www.fozzie.plus.com/softtop/

Cable Tidy

Possible idea for clipping loom, fuel pipes and brake pipes to chassis:

Galvanised Steel Trunking

Kaiser Auto Lockers

Thinking of fitting Kaiser Auto Lockers to my 110 when I can afford to so I've done a bit of research.

Here's a couple of threads that explain how they work:

Review by someone who has used them for a year

LR4x4 Thread

Completely unrelated but whilst I was doing some digging I found a Ratio Calculator on the Ashcroft Transmission website that quite useful/interesting.

Available from Ashcroft.

Land Rover Parts Finder

Good parts finder that finds the cheapest supplier too.

Painting Supplies

Just doing a quick recce of where to get painting supplies:

http://www.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/index.asp - Paints, Thinners etc

http://toolstoday.co.uk/index.php - Spray gun and accessories, tack cloth

http://www.refinishsystems.com/product/303-50/3MScotchBriteDiscs - Scotch Brite Disks

Progress so Far

This is how it started (The range rover unfortunately isn't mine ):



Well not quite. I've added the toys off my old 90 and fitted new shocks, springs and tyres already.

I only got about 4 days work on it last time I was up. This was it after day 2:



There are a few bits that need sorting such as this on the bulkhead:



But generally apart from the chassis and the wiring loom its in fairly good condition. I'm quite happy with it. If you look closely on this pic you can just about make out some of the offending rust spots:



And this is how it is currently.



New rolling chassis stage. Next, hopefully I'll get it painted and start putting it back together.

Links

I've added a few links to the different pages.

First Post

I'm currently re-building my Land Rover 110 and thought this would be a good way of keeping track of it's progress. So here goes............