Sanding and Painting!!

Well, the photos will speak for this blog!

It was a huge effort to clean up the panels and get them prep't for priming.

The sanding was a huge effort and took many hours! 

The drivers door and the entire tub/tray had 4 previous colours. Due to the damage done by sun and weather  we had to remove all paint and get back to the bare alloy.

John, Gerry, Frank and Myself having a dreaming and planning session!
I dont remember where Paul was.. he was probably working!!!

Paul adding primer coat after the etch primer

It looks like Paul has been doing all the painting but actually they all took turns- in fact they would almost fight to have a turn using the gun!

After the etch and primer coats were applied we did 2 coats of the colour to all the inside parts and hard to  reach spots on the panels.

The painted guards baking in our 'oven'

The careful fitting of panels

Bolting it together and trying to align things

Theresa loves the Landy project and its hard to keep her out of the workshop!!

We will be assembling the panels and next week working on the canopy and hopefully finish all the painting. The engine is ready to fire but there have been delays due to huge effort on the sanding and prep for the painting!  The mechanic boys are very excited and had huge smiles as the tub was lowered on the chassis and the frontal started taking shape!

Drivetrain completed

Progress has been steady and now the block, gearbox and driveshafts are in!

The brakes have been overhauled including new wheel cylinders and shoes, new brake hoses and 2 new brake pipes. The master cylinder has been rekitted and the system bleed of air.

The Clutch slave cylinder and master cylinder have been rekitted and with the new clutch plate it feels good so far..

The fuel tank is now in and we are just chasing some 5/16 fuel hose and we can finish the engine side of things..

The engine has had all seals and gaskets replaced. The bearings were inspected and in good looking condition. The head has been tided up with new valve stem seals and cleaned and lapped in valves.

It is fully reassembled and ready to go when the fuel and radiator is installed...