Something very satisfying watching someone else getting the same enjoyment I do while fixing little bits on my old vehicles. Luckily my 22 year old D1 humors me by needing a little love. Very wise to farm out the work you don’t actually enjoy to others.
Giday Steve, hope you and yours are well. Lots of good progress on the 109 and it's amazing how all these little jobs add up on the 'to do' list. Super job on the tailgate, tricky wee sucker! And the motor sounds peachy when it's idling quietly. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍🖖😎🐶🦴🚙🦘
Thanks Pedro, it is coming along but the little stuff eats a lot of time (of which I have plenty at the moment so...). It was bloody hard to find a 109 tailgate in Australia, so I had to make do with what I could get but I am happy enough with it, it is functional and looks consistent with the rest of the car. Stay well my friend.
Thanks for all the videos. Really enjoying and learning here in San Diego California. I just picked up a 1968 109 and am in the process of adding Tesla power! Last registration tags were 1983. Anything rubber on the rig was rotten. I have finished the rear axle rebuild and should have the front back together soon. Cheers!
Thank you Erich, your project sounds all too familiar :-) Those axles have some parts don't they!! I would love to have access to decent EV conversion bits, but we will have to make do with our limited availability and budget this time round. Hope you are safe from the fires over there. Cheers Steve
Another great vid Steve, the 109 is looking good. Enjoying seeing it come together, its providing encouragement for me while doing some work to my SWB Series 3 here in N. Ireland, cheers, Bruce.
How about the coreplug at the back of the block best way to get to it is to remove serial number plate from bulkhead use a hole saw to cut hole and then you can see coreplug, Also screwed plugs on top of head these can be removed with the head on but are hard to replace so I found that Toyota diff plugs will fit a little bit tight but put a good sealant on them and they seal well.I have been working on Landis for about 55 years from uk to Pilbara to south coast of WA .Regards Martin Pope
Great to see you making the most of isolation. I still have to work. I have a box of those old Lucas lights. Early Minis used them as front indicators/parkers, that's why they have a three wire base. I'll probably use a pair as reverse lights on my Series 3 88 inch. I like the wing mirrors but not sure I could put up with climbing out to adjust them every time some clown knocks into them.
Thanks Brett, Stay safe whilst your working :-( They are a nice little light, I just wish my indicators would show up, its been about 6 weeks... everything is taking ages at present, understandable. The wing mirror is a little useless I must say, it is pretty hard to see anything with it. Take care.
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia Freight from the UK is slow all round. Maybe less planes means more stuff is coming by sea? I picked up some bits from a Mini and a Land Rover specialist in Melbourne last week and they were both complaining they were running out of stock.
Yer I think you are right. Sadly slow freight is not any cheaper though, I paid as much for freight as I did for the mid pipe and muffler for this project ...it still came in half the price of what I could buy it in Australia for though. 1st world problems hey.
G’day. That was a proper job mate and I’m loving the rough and ready style. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out so subscribing to keep track. All the best, cheers
Thanks Tony, glad you enjoy the channel and our original patina style (or is it our shoot from the hip video style :-) ) Enjoy the updates, it will be on the road soon!
Vintage Restorations Australia all of it: the shoot from the hip style, the no-nonsense approach to the work and also the fact that the car is being kept in a tough utility style rather than made into a museum piece. My 1974 Series 3 is a driver not an art object and that’s what Landies are meant for. I’ll stay tuned 👍🏻
Old bloke out in Western Queensland where I grew up always swore by the Reckitts blue bags for radiator rust inhibitor. He'd bash them with a hammer and put the stuff into radiator without the bag.WOPTA waiting on parts to arrive happening everywhere I think. Have a good one Steve
That is the craziest story I have heard in the last 10 minutes!!! Not saure I am gonna try it, might be worth sticking your socks in there for a wash too :-) WOPTA is diving me nuts, can't finish anything, Craddocks have told me things will improve in the next few weeks.... I'm not holding my breath.
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia He claimed it softened the water and stopped rust buildup. Then again he painted a near new green ragtop 2A short wheelbase about 6 different colors.
Hi Steve. In guestamating the price of my resto. I didn't incorporate the amount of beer I would /my Land Rover would knock over! I've found a solution in the form of my fishing belt beer holster. Cheers Phil.
A friend of mine who does house clearances gave me a big box of Lucas side and number plates lights, all new old stock. Being a bit skint I sold them all on eBay, they went like the proverbial hot cakes. It's a shame there was a nice used one that would have looked great where your shiny bling one is! Loving the vids, all the best from the UK.
Ahhh bugger, I have a big box of vintage lights (mostly caravan stuff), I should sell them but I think I will regret it one day, so they sit in the workshop being dusty :-) Sourcing parts is the longest part of any resto I think.. Take care over there.
My wife was 'encouraging' me to clear out the garage too. When she saw what some of the stuff went for she at least stopped referring to it as my 'dusty old sh_t'!
Thank you again for sharing your restoration Steve, really appreciated the panel beating tutorial for the rear tailgate. Looks super. I like those Lucas 594 glass lamps, and hope to fit some to my S2. All the best to you and your family. Take care Ian
Thanks Ian, they would look very tidy on your lovely 2A, I am hoping the indicators turn up this week so I can get them on also. I am still searching for 1 pork pie light for the back - hard to find. Stay well mate.
Cheers Steve, and greetings from the Uk. It’s food for the soul to watch you working on your landy in isolation. Thanks for posting new episodes every week. I just checked the fluids on mine. It’s sitting on the drive loaded up with stuff to take to the tip if the tip ever re-opens. I’ve always wanted to see a video of tuning up the mixture on a zenith, I’ve read the theory, but it would be nice to see/hear the actual process.
Thanks Mark, glad your enjoying it and I hope you get to tip sooner rather than later :-) Sadly I did not get to film Ben doing the mix due to our antisocial distancing, but I think Britpart have a video on tuning the Zenith, I'll see if I can find it again and post a link for you. Take care over there, it looks bad in the UK from a distance :-(
Thanks Ben, I started adding it as a piss take of my mate Stu, its wasted on him but my regulars seem to like it so I'll keep it in for the 109 series :-) I talk to my dogs all day every day, so yes it is very normal for me :-)
We just got three chooks recently. The kids call them Pecky, Henny and Brown Wing. I call them KFC, Roast and Satay respectively. Apparently that is cruel. :D
Hi Steve, great series, thanks. I am looking for a tailgate for a 1950 Series 1 and also a thinggy to hold a spare on the bonnet. Any leads? Cheers Paul
....I hope your wing mirrors are better than the ones on my Series 2.....they only work up to about 20mph....then they vibrate so much I can't see bugger all in them!!
You know, you have almost convinced me to get and old LR...mainly when you took it in to change the welsh plug...I thought, I can do that, in fact this is a vehicle I can work on almost every aspect. Ofcourse, finding one is another matter entirely. :) Looking at the carbie, it looks to me like a holden stromberg out of the red 6 cylinders. Nice progress too.
One of the aims of this channel (apart from fame and fortune) is to encourage people to have a go at stuff they may not be comfortable with. I built my house, I'm not a builder, all the music on this channel is me playing but I have never had a music lesson, I had never restored a caravan until I did one.. Not all amateurs are incompetent and not all professionals are competent either... I can do welch plugs but I swear too much when I do :-) I pick my battles (and Ben makes light work of such jobs). Get yourself a landy, its a fun thing to do.
Vintage Restorations Australia. I second what Steve has said. No mechanical background, and having restored my first Series 2, I’m at it again with a Series 1, while also helping my friend rewire with his Series 2. Lots of fun, a great learning experience and making friends along the way. Thanks Steve for your inspiring videos, humour and music 😊
Good question. I use two Peter, one for solid rivets and one for pop rivets, Landies use both so both are useful. The pop rivet gun was a $120 on eBay and I have done close to 20,000 rivets with it (doing my vintage caravan restorations)- definitely good value It's a cheapo Chinese no name kinda tool. The solid riveter is Redbox 737 aircraft tool, great tool for solid rivets, but runs at about $400 (Au), it is the correct tool for the job. Alternate would be to get an air chisel and adapt the bit to suit, that would save you a few hundred bucks.
Hi Steve. I'm new to your channel and am really enjoying watching the work you are doing. I think your 109 looks the best unrestored. Hope you do get some more parts to make more videos. I was lucky to just receive some bits from Craddocks just before we went to lockdown in NZ.
Thanks Spaceman glad you're enjoying the channel and thanks for taking the time to comment. I have a few other projects to start so we will not run out of work anytime soon. Glad you managed to get some bits for your project :-)
