Rob Fri's 1955 86 inch Series One Land
Rover Restoration
Rob's Land Rover has the original 2
litre 4 cylinder petrol engine (number 57110004) chassis
(chassis number 57660966 or 21746 the second number
being the number stamped on the chassis once reassembled
after transporting to Australia...kinda like the convicts
of old??).
There was very little rust for a Series
Land Rover of this age. The main areas rust can infest
a Land Rover are in the chassis, fire wall and exhaust
pipe. On first glance it appears to have no rust at
all. The chassis had no rust holes whatsoever, the firewall
was in excellent condition while the exhaust had the
dreaded rust infecting the engine pipe.
When Rob removed the bonnet, front wings,
bumper bar, windscreen, roof and sides he found no major
problems, though the roof and sides were a little heavy
for one person to take off.
.The original motor needed to be rebored
to at least .060. With the cheapest pistons available
at over $750 it meant that a replacment motor would
be a cheaper alternative. Rob was lucky to find one
and even luckier to be given it for free.
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Both the old pitted and rusted
swivel pin housings were removed and replaced.
Brake cylinders re-sleeved and new brake shoes
alround.
The chassis was then sand blasted
and painted. Sand blasted to class 2.5 The prima
used was Intercure 200 zinc Phosphate.Then it
was given 3 coats of interfine 629 black gloss
enamel.
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For more details on this restoration
you should visit Rob's
website. You will find lots of details concerning
the layout of a Series I and deatiled photos of the
restoration process.
Rob's
website also features details of his adventure on
the Canning Stock route and gives a glimpse of part
of his 150 model Land Rover collection.
Thanks Rob.
U.K.,
and 
U.S.A.
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