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You thought the Monza was rusty, enter mums Discovery


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Monza has been knocked down the pecking order a bit by mothers old Disco.

waffle in short, because all you want to see is photos.

wedding anniversary present from my late father to my mother(pretty sure it was brought new). Been utterly reliable, but rusty…..4 months ago, it developed a “squeak “, turned out the spring cups have failed and the spring was resting on the boot floor (slight irony there)

 

less talking, more rusting!

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That's brilliant. Ace colour too.

Galv chassis? Could be worth it... [/mrsdoyle] Although it doesn't look THAT bad. Shame you can't get a galv body instead.

At least all the repair sections are cheap and easy enough to stick on

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Other than the chassis being bollocks, it looks in  fairly good nick, defiantly worth saving. The colour is tip top as well! 

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It's survived more than 30 shitty English winters. That's pretty good for a vehicle which is supposed to be piloted through mud. 

 

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Glad to see the Factory supplied Spider is still working ;)

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Great old trucks when rebuilt. Done a few resto's with Series, but I think Disco makes more sense. You can actually get them comfortable and waterproof and will still go anywhere.

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Am really hoping this is going to be another great weld fest. You know it makes sense, we are here to be entertained after all. 

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Plan of attack with this is…..

drive to the new Forest this Friday morning, conduct chassis swap (because that chassis is paper thin).

 

hopefully weld the shell up next week

drink tea

mate all all back together next weekend 

 

we all know this won’t happen 

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57 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

This is how to scare a man who has just bought a MK1 Discovery sight unseen!

Sooner the welder is finished with this, sooner he starts on yours!

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29 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

Sooner the welder is finished with this, sooner he starts on yours!

What I have been bumped again, somebody else who prioritises his mother over me!

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Oooft, that's a project for the brave!

It's great to see another 200tdi Disco being saved, there really can't be many of them left now! I'd be very worried though, given that on these the body rusts worse than the chassis, exactly how bed the shell is 👀

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2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

This is how to scare a man who has just bought a MK1 Discovery sight unseen!

what type of idiot would do that?

oh wait.....🤣

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46 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

what type of idiot would do that?

oh wait.....🤣

Yes, case proven My Lord!

Just looking at the last 3 years I have bought, sometimes with the help of Mrs6C 29 cars, 10 of them I had seen before purchase.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Not a lot has happened of late, something to do with not wanting to waste my life fixing rusty old shite…..oh wait, here I am.

shell has now been transferred to the welders. Enter some sketchness unloading from a plant trailer with no winch, what could go wrong? Actually nothing.

 

Some rust so far……

 

welding starts this week, not sure I have the energy in me to do the Monza after this!

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