Blown pully

January 20th, 2009

After removing the radiator it was apparent that the radiator pully was cracked in many places and flying apart.

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Backwards bonnet

January 19th, 2009

The bonnet has been converted to open in the reverse direction from stock. It is held on and hinged by the rod seen in the pictures.

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1965 Sunbeam Tiger

January 17th, 2009

1965 Sunbeam Tiger

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Yellow Top Battery

January 17th, 2009

New Yellow Top battery to handle the load of the new winch.

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Engine cleanup

January 17th, 2009

While the heads are dissasembled and ready to be sent off to be machined.

The engine compartment is cleaned up and the body is ready to be sent over to get final body work and paint.

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Going for paint

January 11th, 2009

While the engine is out the body and engine compartment will be painted.

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Land Rover Stickers

January 10th, 2009

New stickers to add a little something extra.

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A bunch of new

January 8th, 2009

A bunch of new, refurbished, and used parts.

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X9 SuperWinch Installed

January 6th, 2009

The 9000 lb X9 SuperWinch has been mounted to the original front bumper.

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Big engine

January 3rd, 2009

The engine has started dissasembly.

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Bumper Removal

December 29th, 2008

The bumper is removed for straightening and mounting the winch brackets to it.

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Need a crane

December 28th, 2008

The engine has been removed and cleanup of the engine compartment is needed.

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Ground gear

December 27th, 2008

The gear that drives the distributor was ground away after one of the centripetal weights locked up the distributor.

A complete engine tear down is necessary for this engine.

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Water pump clean up

December 16th, 2008

New water pump and all new hoses.

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Back at home.

December 14th, 2008

Engine is back in and ready to have the wires and hoses hooked up.

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