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Project Bertha: How time flies when your having fun !!!
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The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. How time flies when your having fun! Over 14 months ago I wrote in my opening blog post. This blog will hopefully keep a track of the progress, the ups and downs, and a reminder as those bills come in just how she did look and to encourage us it will all be worth it in the end". And boy for us and 4x4LRS. And if that doesnt produce photo's of the progress nothing will .
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Project Bertha: No news
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The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. Is not always good news.Approaching 2 years since we started this "6 month" project Bertha is still in bits, and while respraying is underway she is still a while off seeing the open road again. Doris the Disco is performing well but not entirely without problems. During the summer she went out to visit the countryside on quite a few occassions. Plans for this month are to g...
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Project Bertha: That Gearbox
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The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. The one that to be frank was wrecked, has been ditched, to make life a little easier when piloting bertha we now have a series III casing (1970) with a Series IIa bellhousing. This allows the gears to have synchro and help avoid those embarrassing crunching noises . see below for a highly exciting picture of . the gear box! There was an error in this gadget. Site is owned by.
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Project Bertha: Going Green
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The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. It appears to be all the rage to hug trees and bow down to the almighty god that is the environment. Here at project Bertha we are not immune to the pressures and guilt that not being "Green" imposes on us, so here is our small bit to save the planet. String it up from the ceiling, and coat it with lots of paint. There was an error in this gadget. Landrover Series 2 Club.
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Project Bertha: And so time moves on
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The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. And so time moves on. And onto another stage in Bertha's progress-. Remember that lovely bulkhead we found on a certain internet auction site. ( along time ago.). Well while its in good nick it does need some alterations . so the hacking about starts. Here we can clearly see that 4x4lrs. Have created what Land Rover experts are calling an opening! Landrover Series 2 Club.
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Project Bertha: Some bits that are not as rusty as they were
http://projectbertha.blogspot.com/2009/06/some-bits-that-are-not-as-rusty-as-they.html
The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. Some bits that are not as rusty as they were. Following on from my post about the rear axle and how shiny it is I present to you another enthralling update. as the mail from 4x4LRS. Was a little sparse of information I am hazarding a couple of guesses that this is the front axle, and its current state . ( to see the before pictures scroll down a couple of entries).
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Project Bertha: A younger model !!
http://projectbertha.blogspot.com/2010/05/as-things-are-still-slowly-progressing.html
The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. As things are still slowly progressing with Bertha, the need arises to get another vehicle . The aged Ford Mondeo is out and in its place we have taken posession of another LandRover, Not quite as old as Bertha, and in slightly better condition! Hopefully she wont spend as much time in the workshops as her older sister. Thanks for sharing this. Ford trucks for sale.
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Project Bertha: starting to take some sort of shape
http://projectbertha.blogspot.com/2009/08/starting-to-take-some-sort-of-shape.html
The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. Starting to take some sort of shape. Sorry for the lack of blog posts, but 4x4LRS. Have been busy, and with the holidays things are still progressing slowly. But we can now reveal a "Very near to" rolling chassis. The axles are back on, (except for a couple of mounting bolts that are still in the mail! And as you can see Richie has made a start on the new brakelines.
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Project Bertha: I got a glimpse today !! Bertha's got backbone
http://projectbertha.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-got-glimpse-today-berthas-got.html
The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. I got a glimpse today! Richie relented and opened the door to Bertha's sanctum deep in the heart of the 4x4lrs. Workshops. Camera-less I couldn't take a quick paparazzi type scoop snap so had to rely on staying around the workshop so he couldnt get anywork done until he relented and promised to e-mail me something. Also In the workshop was the replacement engine, a diesel ci...
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Project Bertha: And here she is in all her restored glory
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The story of the restoration of Bertha, A 1967 series 2A Landrover. Please scroll to bottom of page to read in chronological order. And here she is in all her restored glory. After nearly 4 years. a lot of blood sweat and tears Bertha is back together, complete with roof and due to become the family runabout again very soon.- I could waffle on a lot but for this post I am going to let the image tell the story. Click image for full size for the full effect :-). There was an error in this gadget.
