I actually got it loose yesterday evening, but it was too heavy to handle without help, so I had to wait until someone could give me a hand with lifting it off. Now I’ll have to get the roll cage off, before I can lift the roof over the car and out the garage door. … Read more
I’d like to have more evenings where I could be in the workshop, but we’ve got a lot of other projects we need to get done. But I’m trying my best to keep my Thursday evenings clear, so I can get my Land Rover ready for a MOT. Today was the first workshop Thursday, and … Read more
I received the first parcel with spare parts from England, for Laura today. The box is full of filters, coolant hoses, wires, and the rest of the items I need to change Laura’s fluids, and hopefully awaken her engine from its 17 year hibernation. The engine has been turned by hand regularly, turns freely and … Read more
Normally I don’t write about washing my cars, but today wasn’t a normal car wash ? Laura has not seen soapy water in more than 17 years, so she was a lot greener than when she left the factory (and she left the factory with a “light green” paint). I expected that the thick layers … Read more
A short walk around, before I washed her.As you can see it’s needed after being parked under a tree for half a decade. In Denmark, green is the standard colour for a Series Land Rover, but they were never meant to be THIS green. Next step will be dismantling her, so I can get to … Read more
At last Laura is home again. Back after spending 17 years in exile. Greener than a Land Rover usually is, and needing a few buckets of soapy water, but in far better shape than I had been hoping for. I’ve been turning the engine every time I visited her in storage, so I knew that … Read more
I got the last signs up last weekend, and today I got the last stuff dragged out, so now Laura can return home. Looking so much forward to seeing her parked in here, and getting down to giving her some of the attention she needs. I considered building a maintenance pit, but unfortunately the table … Read more
Today the site got a long needed facelift, and was moved to a new web host. This page is primarily meant to document the adventures of Laura the Land Rover SIIa, but thoughts about Land Rover and classic car ownership in general will occur as well. I’m a second generation Series IIa fan.One of my … Read more