Anderzander

Why does the tree need to come down James ?

Great !! Another series 1 😁 Good work and I love that it was your first car.

I wondered about the cappings and Patina - one way round would be to strip it back to the frame and pipework and have the whole lot galv’d ... when it weathered in it would go with the patina and look like the original Landy palette 🎨

Looking great and really starting to come together 👍🏻 Whats your plan for painting or costing all this lovely steel work?

Tried to fix your link

It’s a fabulous piece of work 😊 My workshop is too small and too bumpy 😊

Modern safety, Japanese reliability, beam axles, good ground clearance, 3 link suspension, great approach and departure angles? Jimmy anyone ? From their website you can kind of imagine what Land Rover’s could have been if they’d gone for a professional market: https://cars.suzuki.co.uk/new-cars/jimny/

Damn - but for a turbo I was there !

It’s fantastic on the lanes; I might trim the U bolt threads flush with the nuts - they are a bit long and catch on the rocks, but it’s fabulous All that torque and nice low gears works really well. What’s quite strange is - obviously the 200tdi doesn’t have an anti-stall like the Td5 I normally drive, but with so much torque and so little weight to load the motor it works with no pedal pretty much just the same. So many line choices too 😊 Drum brakes were pretty scary after coming out the river though 😮

Only a couple of photos - but first laning trip for a family picnic today. This section of the lane has just been repaired 😊 £8k worth of stone has transformed it from a giant clay pit, that I had trouble winching the 90 out of, into (what feels like) a small car park half way along the lane. Not just us enjoying the repairs: nice river to ford at the bottom: and a spot to park on the other side for lunch

The accelerator rod looks nice and simple - quite a potent looking spring there too 😊 Are you planning any sound proofing anywhere ?

Corteco are what I use. if you get the Britpart swivel kit with the G at the end of the part number is comes with Corteco seals and timken bearings.

600 kg 😮

You’re doing a fabulous job💖 Only thing I can’t understand is, with you cracking on at such a pace with this, why wasn’t your 90 finished 18 months ago 😮 😊👍🏻

You’re not kidding 😕 Accepting new limitations is very hard - but essential to not spending too much time being fed up and stuck in that space. Go with it would be my advice.