Alberta Land Rover Enthusiasts Club Forum
General => Non Technical Discussion => Topic started by: Apu on July 08, 2024, 06:37 PM
Good day,
Thought i would share what I have been up to for the past 2 years. I've been on the hunt for a Series 2A or 3 for years but always seemed to come up a day late or dollar short. A good friend of mine sent me an ad for a 68 2A for sale. I messaged the seller and turned out he was 3 blocks from my house. I walked over and promptly bought the 68 and a 70 he had in his driveway. The 70 would be the candidate for a rebuild. Once home I tore the rest of it down and rebuilt the bulkhead. From there I completely rebuilt the chassis. It was a mess. The chassis took me 4 months of constant work. After going through all the suspension and driveline components I assembled a roller. From there I purchased a 2005 VW golf with a 1.9L TDI. I drove the Golf home and pulled the engine and all the electronics. I designed an engine adapter and and with the help of some friends machined the crank adapter and release bearing. From there it was a tonne of work getting everything assembled. The front grille was rebuilt with intercooler ducting and a rad mount for a jeep TJ radiator. I moved the turbo to the top of the engine with an intake off a VW AFN, running an Audi intercooler. Nothing seemed to fit so everything had to be built by hand. The ECU needed to be completely deleted and reprogramed with a 140 horse stage one tune. To reduce the chance of blowwing the gear box up I limited the last 1/4 of throttle movement. The body was in decent shape. Some one stripped all the paint off and I thought it was cool. The front wings were beat and I used older style wings and grille. At the point its passed an out of provience and on the road going through shake downs. I still need to get the top assembled and installed along with door tops. Everything is new and runs and drives very well.
Some more photos,
Ive built alot of Jeeps and bikes in the past and a vintage Rovers always been on the bucket list. I am greatful to the friends and family who gave their time and skills to help me.
WOW!!!! That's brilliant bit of work getting all that to mesh up... Good on ya!
Is Freddy coming on some camping and offroading in the future??
Sure hope to. Need to get a 5th gear or over drive installed so i can go faster than 80kph.
🤙🤙 Sweet!! Look forward to it