L110CDL wrote:

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The top 2 chassis is are Richards chassis and Marsland, most go for Marsland as they are what your LR come with

Thanks for that, i will let him know about the Marsland Chassis, Its getting someone to do the chassis swop. He wont go for the local garage that i got recommended to him , from a lad off here.  Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

In the words of my Good Friend, Gary Forrest 1980 -2025
" we will work something out"

geobloke wrote:

How come you are getting the original bonnet refurb'd Clay? The replacement looks decent... or am I missing something?

Yes you are missing something GB being close to the bonnet and seeing all the marks, dings and dents in it

It's just there until i get the blue bonnet back and then it will go on Millie again and then hopefully it will go on for another 27 years. As for the green bonnet i will keep that one and hopefully one day get a dent repair guy / firm to get it back where it should be as there is no rust on it

Thank you for the heads up on the bonnet thoughts, Dinnu  Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

L110CDL wrote:

So earlier this year i managed to get another bonnet for Millie, not mint condition but in good condition and the original right colour for her, fitted




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The blue bonnet needs some holes filled as when i bought her many years ago she had the fittings for a spare wheel to be mounted, bonnet off Millie and the checker plate off as well




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Holes that need to be filled in which at the moment let water in the engine bay, luckily i have a very good metal man that will do all this for me




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On the under side the original colour




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there is just one bit of rust that needs attention which he will do




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so i'm just waiting for a call to say it's all done

So i had the call from him a few times

He replaced the rusted part with new metal and decided that it would be a good idea to split the frame from the skin so he could do a proper job on the frame, after he had parted them, he found a little more rust on the opposite part of the frame so that was replaced with new as well




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as we have gone to all this work, this happened next




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yep going all the way now

when i had got the bonnet from being put back together i started putting the rest back on it, the different blue colour paint is just to protect the holes that were filled in, they are not going to be seen under the CP




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next was to put the piece of CP on




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the next part took longer than i hoped for due to the cold spell that we had, next step was to paint the pop-rivets in the appropriate colours, 2 coats of red oxide and 2 coats of black and blue, all finished and ready to go back on Millie




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here is the hidden bling




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he couldn't let the bonnet come back to me with all the marks on the under side, so he painted
it's not a bad colour to be fair, it's British racing green

the bonnet has been reunited with Millie




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i'm really happy how it all has turned out and it will go on for a very long time now  Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

geobloke wrote:

Looks great Clay. I do like the chequer in the middle of the bonnet. Had it on my 90... Hmmm wonder if Miffy would appreciate it as well

Thank you Guy, and i think that Miffy would love a piece of CP on the middle of her bonnet, it will match the wing top CP as it also would be a great platform to stand on for the extra view's you will be able to see from it

I use my middle CP to get up to the platform above the roof, makes it easier for loading and taking in some great view's  Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

custom90steve wrote:

Looks perfectly in-keeping.

Many thanks Steve  Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.