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Hi Toby,
It looks like you’ve got all you need to get it back to original condition! I do like white Land Rovers.I also started my restoration at the top and worked down. The electrolytic tank saves hours and hours and does a better job of rust and paint removal than manual means, and yet I know so many restorers who have never taken the initiative to make their own. Good job to set one up!!
You ask about the bunks: the rails are parallel and the scissors mechanisms are symmetric (mirror images) front to back. The fabric width from fold-to-fold is 23″ (double check this yourself, I measured it 5 years ago!) if laid flat; a bit less when opened to accept the rails. The left and right scissor mechanisms are different from each other, but it’s impossible to mix them up because one fits the roof curve.
I can give you hints of what to look for to determine whether the tub is original, if you want to know this fact. Sometimes it’s nicer not to know!!
Mr. Jones had very good reproduction roof vent covers at one time; inquire!
Yes if I do it again I’ll make my own roof tent, using the original as a pattern. No idea where to get the stripe-printed fabric though! I recently saw a 1968 Ford Transit Dormobile at a campsite and the owner is still using his original roof tent with holes in it; it doesn’t bother him. Mine was too tight (shrunken) to open.
The sixpot is a great engine compared to the 2.25 so see if you can get it running. It really does need to be in good condition, though, or else it’s not much use.
Did you get any photos of the Series 1?
My old, incomplete, and disordered “rebuild” blog is still online, but long threatened with deletion, so if you find anything useful in it, copy it for yourself as it could disappear any day !
http://n.ethz.ch/student/jhackney/dmrepairs.htmlHave fun and keep us updated!
-JeremyHi Jeremy. Cracking Blog – I hadn’t seen it before. Very useful. I need to get that copied before it goes. Shows me how much Ive got to do though……
I’ve got the bunks sorted (ish) but one end seems to be wider than the other. I’m keeping my eyes open for a series 2 to build into a dormobile. S L O W L Y taking all the dormy bits off and cleaning / derusting storing them and hopefully find a stationwagon to put them on. Anything is repairable I know, but time / costs would (curently) seem to point towards a donor for sure.
I see you converted yours to LHD, I had a swb LHD that i converted to RHD, and it was Swiss! I sold it a few years back and have regreted it ever since. It had some nice badges on it. I was quite pleased with the seats on it as I covered them myself. Ok for a first effort I thought. Its given me the confidence to have a go at the pop top anyway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42650433@N06/3929851434/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42650433@N06/3929076907/Yet to try the engine, I’ve got a house to renovant too, so like all of us I have far to little time for all the fun stuff.
I didn’t get any photos of the series 1, but I will go back as I promised I’d show the Dormy when it was finished (and to get bits long before that).
Will post more pictures when something gets done.
thanks
Toby.
Station with a pickup cab, nice! Looks like originally Pastel Green (common export color) and sprayed red before blue (fire truck maybe?).
“Converted” to LHD is saying too much; I put it on a LHD vehicle because the RHD turned out to be a bitsa and not worth the huge effort, given my means at the time. Even two professional restorers advised this strategy. It looked better than yours but really needed everything done that yours will need; the bitsa I bought is now (as a 10-seater) in the hands of a man capable of putting it on the road again. If I bought it again today I’d tackle the restoration project, rather than the swap. I have more skills, tools, spares, money, and space. A lot changes in 6 years!
Yes if you want to swap to another vehicle, I agree that Series 2A’s are the best! 109 Stations in good condition aren’t cheap though. Many sixpots in the Alps … LHD!!!
Keep us updated and send a photo of the Series 1 when you get one!
JeremyI saw the Series 1 SWB “Dormobile” when it first surfaced at Billing in the late 90’s. I was with several ex-Martin Walter employees, and the unanimous opinion was that it was definitely not built by the factory. It was a high quality conversion though, probably using the roof from a Fiat (the smallest Dormobile on an 850T van base), which had been grafted onto an 86/88 hard-top. I did have some pics but can’t put my hands on them at the moment!
Hello , I found some pictures of a Série 1 Dormobile , if it’s the one you take , it is a “bricolage” (in french) , but nice
Michel
Hi Michel
Yes, that’s the one. Thanks for posting the photos!
(‘bricolage’ = DIY job)Merci Michel! A+ au BDS!
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