It's been too cold and damp! Ooooh Errrr missis!!!

Since the last time I posted anything the snow has fallen and along with it the temperature.  I do have a very effective wood burner in the workshop but obviously that only keeps it warm and dry on the times I'm there.

Now onto work done. I have only spent the odd hour here and there so progress has been slow, never the less the chassis now stands on both of it's axles with shocks, springs, bump stops, radius arms and all the other axle ralated bits on there. Apart from the cranked trailing arms and the poly bushes its all as you would find on any 90 so no need to go into the ins and outs there.

I have fitted the fuel tank in place. You may notice that my chassis has no tubular jacking points on it. The reason being of course is that this chassis is a bit of a hybrid, in laymens terms a bitser. I have used 4mm thick 40mm angle where the tubular jacking point would be, I found that nobody jacks a Defender up using these because it takes a week to get off the floor but also they get packed with mud and rot out, by using angle the dirt should be easier to blast off.  The braket on the drivers side not only bolts to the rear tub but also to the fuel tank. I have perposely angled the bracket slightly downwards away from the chassis in the hope that water will run down and off. I still have the passenger side one to go on yet but with no tank to worry about it will be easier.