Diary of a Series lll Restoration

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Rebuild 2012

 

 

Series lll Strip Down

Day 1 16th April 2012

Monday evening - 2hrs removing the roof, rear door, rear sides, and front doors. All parts safely stored away

Before we start
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Intact before we start

Series 3 rear door hinge

Rear Door Hinge (just so I remember)

Rear Tub Series 3 door removed

Roof Off

Time 2hrs

Doors Off

Cost £0

Day 2 17th April 2012

Tuesday evening - 2hrs removing the windscreen, bonnet, bumper, grille, battery, disconnecting the front lighting, and start to unbolt o/s front wing

windscreen removed

Windscreen off

bumper removed

Bonnet, bumper grille removed

Time 2hrs

Cost £0

Day 3 18th April 2012

Not going well tonight. o/s wing finally removed, but bolts holding the n/s wing proving to be stubborn. I last removed this 6 yrs ago but it seems that a combination of rust and underseal have made the nuts and bults more difficult than expected. lesson learned- keep underseal off the threads !

Wing removed

o/s wing removed

Engine Bay

Battery removed

Hole for cabes

Removing headlight cables from grille

Time 2hrs

Cost £0

Day 4 19th April 2012

It’s fair to say that WD40 and a wire brush made all the difference in getting the wing unbolted. Started stripping some of the hoses and cables of the engine ready for removal. Seats and floor removed, next job remove the seat box, sills and bulkhead.

Wings removed

Wings Off

battery bay

Battery bay

n/s floor o/s floor

n/s floor removed

o/s floor removed

Time 2hrs

Cost £0

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