Nice, borat likes. What was that anniversary color in the light duck egg sorta green? (I know duck egg was wot they painted the series blocks but they did a similar greenish color that I know someone here remembers on some heritage 90's)
Got some parts back from the paint shop. Paint is over galv, so the parts of the bulkhead that are hidden when the truck is assembled still have that texture showing. One pic shows the difference between the LRC 374 Cornish Cream and an Alpine White truck. Its obviously an "Olde English White" color, but not brownish or yellowy in any way.
Oh no, that's not a chip, its a rivet hole that still has some zinc in it from being galvanized, that'll come right out.
The screens got filled in with galv too, so I'll just cut them out and use earlier screens. The Td5 bulkhead had them welded in, previously they were separate pieces.
came across someones personal land rover website. they did the same thing you did with forgetting to remove the screens when they galv'ed their bulkhead. ended up using a blowtorch to heat up the zinc and blowing it off with an air hose pressured below 10 psi i believe.
Made some good progress this week. I wasn't able to get my replacement chassis in time, so I'm having to repair this one, which is a bummer. Now I need bulkhead outriggers...
More stripping - she's down to a bare frame now and I'm waiting on the arrival of some parts. Then its off for blasting and galv. I was waffling on whether or not to galv this chassis, since the britpart pieces will make it somewhat inferior to stock, but after some consideration, I just don't want to half-ass it even if its not the best thing ever.
Take the long bracket that supports the front of the tub and the middle floor brackets off before you galvanize it and please let us know where you find the brake line and fuel line clips. If when you blast the frame there are no holes it it or really thin spots, the galvy should be fine and almost as good as new.
Ron
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