Land Rover Monthly – October 2019

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MONTHLYTECHNICAL

140 LANDROVER MONTHLY

Projects, repairs, modifi cations and advice guide

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INCE the last instalmentof this

rebuild, the mixtureof new, original

andsecondhand bodysections

has beenremoved for preparation

andpainting.The fi rst sectionto rejoin the

chassis, as is always thecase withrebuilds

of the Series and Defender models,was

the bulkhead. Its originalstructurewas

fairly solid, despiteevidenceof previous

repairs and, althoughsome tidying up

Building the body

With all panels back from

the paintshop, the Series I

develops shape and

colour as vital parts are

built up onto the bulkhead

and chassis

TECH EDITOR

EDEVANS

Story so far

This rare 1949Series Iownedby

Britpart’s Paul Myerswas bought asa

stalled project with the chassis

restored and an assortmentof new,

old andpartly-r efurbished body

panels loosely fi tted for delivery.Those

panels have now beenrepainted, and

we’re readyto start rebuilding onto the

rolling chassis.

Series I

rebuild

INSIGHT

PART TWO

NEW

SERIES

would have made it perfectlyserviceable,

ownerPaul is aimingfor the best possible

standard in thisrebuild.So the bulkhead

has now been fullyrefurbishedby Tom

Pickfordof WW Spares. With that main

sectionsettled in place and loosely bolted

to the chassis, it madesenseto fi t as

manycomponents as possible into the

enginebay and onto the exposed chassis

while access was good, and before fi tting

any more bodysections.