The Rover-Landers of BC

She's a beauty! Like brand new again! (maybe better than brand new!)

New 1964 lol , unfortunately iam going to be afraid to take it anywhere , that's until the first scratch I guess. Still lots to do yet , going to have to decide whether to fix the tropical top I have for it or go with a canvas top . Pros and cons to both I guess .

Finally have the fenders and hood on

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Hi Troy.

Looking like new! Almost there! It will be ready for the first snow!

Andy

Thanks Andy , it's getting there . Still lots of little stuff to do hoping next year when the snow is gone it will be ready to roll .

Amazing build Troy!!

Shared this with my Son Pieter. Hope to inspire him to get back on our 1966 Series 2a, Tweety.

Can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks,
Don

Thanks Don , can't wait to get it finished also , the wolf wheels are getting painted same colour as the rover they will hopefully be done soon , the defender door tops are next , still looking for some military lights for it , might have to go with the civilian style . Still need to decide hard top or soft top .

Everything is painted finally , now just need to finish putting it together

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Rover diesel

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Decided that I didn't want vinyl seats so I am in the process of building my own seats I finished the middle back this weekend except for the wood trim on the back and thought I would share . I made the seat backs out of stainless ,and the seat bases out of maple plywood . I put aluminum screen over the holes to keep the critters out , burlap on the sharp edges then the automotive foam then batting over that and then the seat material. The material is lawn furniture fabric , it's water , UV ,mold resistant . The brown looks good against the sand and hopefully I won't get all sweaty while driving it . Iam pretty happy how it turned out considering I have no idea what iam doing lol . The wife was a huge help with the fabric . 5 more to go .

Stainless back

Very nice work, they came out great! The screens are a great idea :idea: to keep the mice out

Just curious, did you consider using Aluminum instead of Stainless? Mainly due for easier cutting and weight reasons.

After I cut out the stainless I thought about it lol , one nice thing about the stainless is I brushed it with scotchbrite and it will stay like that for along time , aluminum after awhile will start going frosty when left raw . They are heavier though but only by a few pounds . We use alot of stainless at work also so I was able to get it really cheap , zip cut and a roto broach I had them cut out in no time .

The wife and I finished the seats , iam pretty happy with them they are super comfortable and the brown will look good with the sand , jump seats next .

Was able to put the gate , marker lights and mirrors on . I bought lightweight mirror arms years ago so I decided to use those , they are a little long , not sure if I like them , maybe won't be as bad with the tire on the hood . What do you guys think .

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I think your truck looks minty fresh fantastic and you've put a lot of work into it.

Thanks lol , actually I was asking what everyone thinks about the mirror arms length , too long ? But thank you it has been alot of work , there is light at the end of the tunnel .

I wonder if you slide the mirror part down the support a couple of inches, maybe they wouldn't look so long?

Quite often you see the mirrors moved to the door hinge locations as they don't vibrate as much and a rubber blanking grommet put into hole in the fenders