Some Kinda Monster - Project Land Rover

I always wanted a vam Land Rover, so when Danny said he had picked one up in a lot, I was quite excited about buying it from him. However, the poor old Land Rover was on its last legs, or wheels if you will.
It was then I decided I would have a crack at another custom vehicle (the last one being thrown away by a cleaning mad mother-in-law !!, but that's another story).
Anyway when it arrived I discovered it was missing everything, and was practically snapped into.












First of all I tried to glue the body work back together, this lasted about a day before the glue snapped and I was back to square one  

While watching a top gear special where they go to Bolivia, Hammond's Jeep peaked my Interest, how cool would it look as a monster Land Rover ?

First job was to build a chassis for the jeep to help hold it together, last night on chat, rossini objected to the fact I had used wood, but I must point out It is mature timber  
An interesting thing I discovered was that the original wheel points are do not line up perfectly ??  , very strange.





With the chassis sorted, it was time to turn my attention to other parts of the land rover. Slack was kind enough to supply me with a full set of ATV wheels and axles, so with that sorted, I had to add parts to the axle to stop the wheels flopping backwards and forwards  . Then it was a case of screwing and bolting the land rover body to the chassis. This is how far I have got,









Still a long way to go and waiting for my plasti -card to turn up. I was hoping to get further along, but due to sparkys campaignfor better working rights for vam, I now have no helpers !!  , thanks for that sparkys     Git !!

More to follow as I progress, fella's, thanks for looking !

     

ps - any donaions of lan rover parts would be appreciated guys, if anyone have any to part with  

You have created life  

Nice work Dal. I'm sure it will look the nuts when its done mate, the restoration is all part of the fun!!!

Hey thanks guys !! still a long way to go yet tho  

Cab you guys with land rovers post pics of them here please, I need to get some idea of shapes, also if you could measure the window screens that would be awesome ! thanks  

Dal I got a bust windsreen if its any good to you (centre bar snapped)

sounds great Andy !! I wil drop you a pm

Thanks for the photos too mate !

loving your work , very clever

Thanks Tally, although zulu1 has been a huge help too  

can't wait to see that badboy finished mate !
  

Cheers Jay  , quite a way to go yet my friend  

A great restoration project Dal. Just what AM needs...a monster truck! Be interesting to see what style of paint job you go for.



Ps My lawyers will be in touch about Somekinda copyright infringement!  

   @ steve !! cheers mate, have not thought about paint job yet  

   Wow, this is going to be a great thread to watch!

And I keep meaning to say excellent banner signature, as well!

Thanks Jim !! I am waiting on some plasti card:( , still it might be here Monday  

Thank you for mentioning my my sig, but the credit must go to sgt-elias (Damo) as hemade it for me   

Nicely done Dal!  

Very nice so far Dal. Great use of the wood for chassis! Lol it'll be a lot stronger that the original. Can't wait for more.

Thanks guys !! more to follow soon  

did palitoy do a flocked redneck?  

pmsl @ slack     

maybe I should bash one !!  

Interesting thread to watch and see where it leads to Dal .
Redneck AM ! Now that sounds interesting .

Hey thanks Jet, I am enjoying it so far  

Yaaa! That looks great already Dal!! Love those double wheels, great idea!! I might have a Landy bonnet kicking about, I will have a look