Restoring my 109

[pgeorgeson]

Since I have been posting (mostly dumb) questions here about putting things back together, I thought I should show the process a little. I picked up a 1966 Series IIa 109 5-door just under a year ago. The prior owner rebuilt the engine and transmission and it was running great. The Chassis is in good shape, but the entire interior needs to be re-done and it needed paint.

Here are some pictures of it when I bought it:

[pgeorgeson]

I then started taking it apart for painting. Here is the beginning of that process:

[pgeorgeson]

I then got her further stripped down and painted her with the help of a buddy who knows what he is doing. I decided to go with Pastel Green on the body with Limestone on the top and wheels. Here are some pictures of the body after paint. I will continue to update as I progress.

This is my first LR and I have really no idea what I am doing. However, I have lots of resources and will rely heavily on you guy's expertise.

[Les Parker]

Looking good.
Great colour choice.
Keep the progress report coming !

[Skookumchuck]

Looking good. When you are done come paint mine lol.

[Momo]

Awesome! Nice straight looking body and I don't see any rust in the usual trouble spots on the bulkhead.

Kudos for removing the galvanized trim to paint it. Most people don't bother. Are you taking the sunsheet off to paint the roof? I'm going to have to do that on a project soon and I'm not looking forward to it. Not hard just a pain.

[pgeorgeson]

Awesome! Nice straight looking body and I don't see any rust in the usual trouble spots on the bulkhead.

Kudos for removing the galvanized trim to paint it. Most people don't bother. Are you taking the sunsheet off to paint the roof? I'm going to have to do that on a project soon and I'm not looking forward to it. Not hard just a pain.

No serious rust that I could find. I understand that the truck spent a good portion of its life in New Mexico before heading to Nevada.

I did not remove the sunsheet, but I did remove all the bolts/spacers running down both sides and then that let us get into those spaces to spray some paint in there. The top is painted and I will take and post pics this weekend.

[lrdukdog]

109 SW

Nice, keep up the momentum. That's a nice lookng engine and carb.
Jim Wolf

[73series88]

man
that thing looks great
aaron

[smukai]

Gorgeous truck.

[pgeorgeson]

Brought her home after painting and put the galvanized pieces back on then the back corners:

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Then got the roof and wheels painted (now you can see why I started the thread about what tires to get):

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Then, after help from you all about which hinges go where, I put the doors back on (as well as the rear lights and some more trim), so here she is as of today:

[Skookumchuck]

You are doing a great job, a very sweet looking landy

[masonater]

That is a sharp looking rover!