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| seriesonenut Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Essex Posts: 1205  
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Excellent.
 2010 XS USW
1957 Series One 88 diesel 1958 Series One 88 4x2 |
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20th Nov 2023 2:44am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16879 
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On the basis of what can be seen in the photos that looks to be a nicely unmolested and genuine 86". I am guessing that it has the original spreadbore 1997cc engine on thebasis of the exhaust. Look forward to seeing more of it.
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20th Nov 2023 10:17am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3693
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That's great,
I End up with cars like that sometimes...not looking but... they turn up 
More pictures when you can Thanks |
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20th Nov 2023 10:24am |
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| Oakseywick Member Since: 20 Dec 2014 Location: Cirencester Posts: 1000 
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Looks lovely nice project Andy
Defender 90 Defender 110 XS Cupra 290 |
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20th Nov 2023 11:22am |
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| I Like Old Skool Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Manchester Posts: 765 
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Thanks.
It's going to take a while yet. No rush though, Jnr has to finish his a-levels before he really gets stuck into it fully. Lots of oils in-bound so we can at least start to get it mobile. Talking of mobile, it was sort of a relief for it to be rolling when we collected it, I had visions of it being seized to the spot. The seller was at the wheel when it started to roll down the hill with no brakes (pedal is locked solid!) and even though he knew I had hooked a tow rope on the back to secure it to my 110 I think he still almost had a heart attack when it quickly picked up momentum. Only moved about 2ft and had a nice gentle stop on the end of my 25mm nylon recovery rope. |
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20th Nov 2023 12:46pm |
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| MarkBrown Member Since: 03 Oct 2022 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 321 
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Nice!
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20th Nov 2023 2:58pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1805 
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Looks like a great project, and an awesome first car
Watching with interest 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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20th Nov 2023 2:58pm |
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| strang Member Since: 16 May 2012 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 1362 
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That looks nice! If you are having problems with the brakes I can recommend Past Parts - https://www.pastparts.co.uk/services-products/ for refurbishment of the Master Cylinder Euro-Leafing to infinity and beyond.....
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20th Nov 2023 5:14pm |
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| Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1331 
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That looks fantastic, looking forward to seeing getting it roadworthy again
Cheers Ian
-------------------- 22MY Defender 110 D200 SE, Fuji White. Kielder 4x4 Safari Instagram @defender_v8 |
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20th Nov 2023 7:08pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10513 
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As everyone has said, that is a very nice Series 1
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.
Clayton. |
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20th Nov 2023 10:21pm |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 980
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Protect it against theft!
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21st Nov 2023 12:06pm |
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| TexasRover Member Since: 24 Nov 2022 Location: Paris Posts: 794  
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Cherish you new acquisition! Just yesterday my Tdv6 3.0 cratered on the motorway, the complexity of these cars (and the value in France) means I will be shelling out lots of money to get a new engine fitted..
Really wish it was a much simpler car where I can do things myself. You probably paid less for that series than it will cost me just to get back what I had.. |
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21st Nov 2023 12:50pm |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1613 
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That looks a nice straight old thing. The Blue suits it, looks like the RAF Blue that was used on some of the Station Wagons and LWB 107/109. Good choice of Butler rear lights rather than the original now very expensive Pork Pie lights.
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21st Nov 2023 2:00pm |
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| I Like Old Skool Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Manchester Posts: 765
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Struggling with nuts!
Read the following and weep. My newly acquired imperial spanner set still isn't covering all the bases. I'm probably guilty of having taken the standardisation of nuts and bolt for granted. Things are likely to be Metric, and because I often work on older items then Imperial. Then occasionally neither are quite right ... and thats where Whitworth (BSW) comes in (sometimes.) British Standard Whitworth (BSW) was the worlds first screw thread standard. Set in 1841 by Joseph Whitworth. Prior to this individual manufactures or industries used their own fasteners. If you'd like to know more I highly recommend reading "Exactly" by Simon Winchester. One thing to remember is that Whitworth spanners are sized by the bolt diameter, not the distance across the hex head sides as with Metric and Imperial. What that means is a 1/2 BSW is massive when compared with 1/2 BSF. So do you need a set of Whitworths? Probably only if you regularly work on pre-WW2 vehicles or machinery. Anything in that 100 years up to 1940 might well be Whitworth. But the parts bins at British automotive manufactures were large and the tail of the odd Whitworth fastening use was quiet long. At a show recently we learned that E-type Jags up to the early 1960's still used them a lot. If you work on classic British cars up to the 1970's then there is one place were you are very likely to need a Whitworth spanner. Have you wondered why the nut on your battery terminals seems to be between 1/2 BSF and 13mm? That's because it's likely to be 1/4 BSW! *** Luckily my 'big' socket set includes some of the Whitworth sizes so I have coped so far, but just nipping off to google to find a Whitworth spanner set as this is becoming an essential. Found the sump drain plug was whitworth today! |
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