THE BODYWORK
Simon's Rangerover D427 YNO
Upon stripping out the interior, i found a mouse had made itself comfortable behind my dashboard.
Body ready for lift off and body removed. The shell was not that heavy although it was awkward because we had to lift the body over the engine. (Thanks to Paul, Richard and John for the man power) We also found that if you lift the shell from the headlight area the inner wings bend in the middle of the box section. This was not helped due to the rusty inner wings.
The body was put on its side to make it easier to repair the floor. The rusty holes were cut back and new metal welded back in place to stop me getting wet feet.
Once the patches were welded in the underside was repainted with underseal. The front inner wings have been cut off as these need to be replaced and the rear crossmember has been left for now until the body was mounted back on the chassis, so that the body mounts line up.
Paul (on the left), Richard (on the right), John, Andy and me lifting the body shell back onto the chassis. Its a lot easier lifting the shell back on without any front inner wings as we did not have to lift it over the engine.
The bodyshell is now mounted onto the chassis with new fixings and wheeled back into the garage ready for the rear crossmember to be replaced.
Ive finished welding the footwells and gave it all a coat of red oxide paint, so it wont rust before ive finished the project!
Here i have removed the rotten rear crossmember by drilling out all the spot welds, ready to accept the new crossmember.
New crossmember installed ready for red oxide paint.