Happy New Year!

There's have been no posts for ages because simply there's been no news for ages. Rob took ages fitting the new engine, it didn't go in until December and then it turned out to be junk. The "new" engine was venting burned oil, and as we later found out losing oil out of the bottom. The latter we suspect is a failed bearing. Rob also did all the necessary welding, fitted a new fuel tank, and got it an MOT somehow, I'm assuming it passed the emissions test because all the smoke was coming out of the front, not out of the exhaust!

Uncle and I brought the Land Rover back to my house last Saturday, with the original engine in the back, which was a bit of fun in a vehicle with bad rear springs, stuck in 4wd and dropping oil in the wet! :) The current plan is to rebuild the original engine and get it rebored, and then put it back into the vehicle, using the new bits Rob put on the "new" engine when he fitted it. Uncle has offered his garage for the rebuild, so once we have a method of getting it over to his house safely and securely we'll make a start. When we refit the old engine I also plan to fit new inner wings, get the grill panel rebuilt at the bottom and replace the drivers footwell, and get the gearbox ovehauled and the over drive fitted, plus and other jobs that are easier while we have good access.