Thought I might share this with you all, this is my first 4 wheel restoration. Previously I've restored motorbikes and I mainly seem to work on the big stuff at Duxford (only one long enough to reach all the bolt I guess).
So I wanted to buy a Range Rover with the idea to strip out the engine and its wiring loom and put it in my dad's MGB GT - seemed like a good idea at the time.
This is what I got:
A 1993 Range Rover Vogue 3.9 EFI.
The engine started on the button, and ran very well. Auto box seemed quite good. Lots and lots of holes in all the usual places, but I wasn't worried about that as I was going to strip her and sell all the bits that I didn't need (and be left with the engine and ancillaries).
So this is what I was facing:
On top of that both the front inner wings were rotten and the foot wells needed work. Oh and the rear doors were shot. On the up side all the electrics apart from the blower worked.
Problem is that there's always something going to happen that will scupper your plans; this came in the form of someone reversing their car into my dads and driving off leaving him with a very expensive repair bill - well that's the MGB pot gone.
So what to do with the Rangie? Nuts to it, might as well restore it. Actually these classics are really starting to rise in cost, so I think I'll at the least break even, might even turn a little profit.
Having a real good look over it looks as though the boot area of the cab has got damp and rusted from the inside out as the structural stuff is in great shape.
removing the boot floor showed very little rust and quite a lot of the original paint on the chassis. Got to replace the fuel lines though as these are leaking.
Going to have a lot of time welding methinks.
I have also started the removal of the engine for a strip down as it's a tad leaky, I'll also do an oil and filter change on the auto box. Later on I'll be doing the brakes and oil in diffs.
Hope you enjoy