dollywobbler Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 Time for an update. My mate has done some sterling work and it's almost finished! This is the panel in front of the rear wheelarch, where a door would be on a sensible Discovery. Outer is ally, the inner is steel. No need to tidy the welds here. The front floor from beneath. Eep. Again, obvious welds not an issue for the sills as they'll be covered. First coat of zinc primer applied here. Front floor. Dave fabricated a new outrigger.[ Paint Heritage. Tobacco Leaf. This will be seen by no-one once the outer panel is fixed in place again. Still makes me happy. Just before I started putting the interior back together again. Freelander needed a wishbone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Great fabrication work. Our old '92 disco was similar in that the ally exterior hid well what was creeping through the inner shell. Nice to see proper repairs happening rather than the VOSA quilt that most of these have been getting for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 That hole in the floor was a bit of a surprise, it looked pretty tidy on top! Good to see it getting some decent repairs, it'll be worth it to keep a fairly rare car on the road/mud. I haven't seen an early 3dr in a long time. Even less so a van. Fingers crossed the other side is less scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 It isn't a van... The other side terrifies me. Going to have to build up finances again before we tackle that. This side cost me £300, which I think is an absolute barg for the amount of work involved, especially as I wouldn't let him cut the side panels. I really need to rip out all of the sound deadening as even after a week inside a building, it's completely soaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danblez Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Fantastic to see new metal getting stuck back in. I would agree £300 seems like a steal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent_Crude Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It is the same story with Rangies of a certain vintage and although mine is not suffering to the same extent as yours, D_W, it does need some attention from the welder as soon as I get the Christmas bonus in my account. The deterioration of one of the sills was not helped last year by some numpty at Kwik Fit jacking it at the sill rather than under the axle, before I could stop them. I was not best pleased as I watched part of the sill crumble before my eyes! It is a really shame that Land Rovers from this time suffer from these areas of weakness in the bodywork, but I suppose I would rather the weaknesses were in the body than under the bonnet, where (touch wood) my V8 has been pretty much bulletproof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I know it isn't a van, I just meant they're even less numerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Welding machine was best investment ever for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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