Mr Alford Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 heres what ive done over the last 2 years of having it Heres a quick low down on all the places i found rust it was a suprise every time, im slowly fighting it away, some people have told me to scrap it but i love it far too much to do that but now its probably stronger than its ever been rear cross member re-welded then put a 5mm thick aluminium plate over the top so i can jack off it the passenger footwell and front arches were shagged, grind out the old in with the new right as im sure u are all aware the discovery 1 is renown for rotten boot floors and mine is no exception i am cutting the old floor out tmrw along with all the rust that has spread and today i purchased a 1600m x 1400m 5mm thick aluminium sheet this will make the crossmembers redundant but they are rusted so will be removed anyway but as ive gone overkill with 5mm sheet ill be fine ill start posting pictures up tmrw wish me luck this is what it looked like last week tdays progress pics rain stopped play 30 mins ago due to a trenchal downpour oh and i went and bought a 9 inch grinder thanks for the advice what a difference and so much more fun and finally how i finished today with the boot door lip in and the edges strengthened and my new crossmember fitted worked wonderfully little progress update will take pics of the finished product tmrw tadaa the finished product, gonna clean up the sealant once its set properly needs a week to do that so ill do it then but its not gonna be on show so i may not well see so here ya go gonna repaint the interior again to make it look clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranhaboy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow!!! you are to be commended Mr Alford. Hats off for determination. This is another landy "on the road" along with the 70% or so others!! Good job, rust is a real disheartener and, like you said, everyone wanted you to scrap it. ... by the way, ... did you jack off the aluminum plate after??......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Alford Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Wow!!! you are to be commended Mr Alford. Hats off for determination. This is another landy "on the road" along with the 70% or so others!! Good job, rust is a real disheartener and, like you said, everyone wanted you to scrap it. ... by the way, ... did you jack off the aluminum plate after??......... ye its 5mm thick so it didnt even show a sweat, tbh i enjoy welding, and the satisfaction of bringing it back is fantastic as everyone thought it was too far gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 everyone thought it was too far gone Well in reality it probably was Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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