1958 Land Rover Series 1

The Rover has been driving a bit more lately. I had my first "long" distance drive and it did fine, but i need a shift boot for my Tcase, the heat from the engine is a blast furnace straight up my leg when cruising down the road. I ended up swapping out the Steering gear to one that will keep the fluid in the system. We went to the local car show last week and on the way home we got caught in a big storm. My daughter, her friend and me got soaked. Not a problem, that is the fun of having a rig like this, BUT not have wipers was not fun. Good thing we were real close to home.

I ordered a canvas top and I cant wait to get that on. In the meantime i did a quick clean and paint on the hard top and got it off my garage floor. I will need to get a hoist to get it up in the rafters. I do not plan on using the hard top much, but i am glad I do have it. I do ned to put the windows back in it.

 

That's come a long way...Nice job!

 

I finally got the soft top for the Rover. Took 3 months to cross the pond because of being backordered.
Now to finally be able to drive it without having my head burn.

The bow structure is pretty substantial compared to the factory Jeep offering


The top is actual canvas with real rope and straps and brass buckles.







The sad thing is the top and bows were cheaper than Bestop kits that include the bows and hardware. And that is with the shipping from England.

 

Yeah i have to do that. I need to get two footman loops on the back to tie the sides to. The original hooks were removed by the previous owner. Give the Rover will stay out of the weather 90% of the time, i will need to wet it down to seal it up

 

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Camel Trophy...

 

Otter Wax...

Heat-Activated Fabric Dressing