Category Archives: Landy Project

The rebuild of Project Sandy, a 1985 Land Rover 90 original v8

New bits for Project Sandy

At the Billing show we picked up some tree/rock sliders, wheels and tyres aswell as a winch front bumper. As the wheels where off we decided to change the front pads as we had them already lying around. Take a look at the kit being fitted, click more below

Project Sandy – Rear Windows

This year at the Newbury 4×4 and Vintage spares day clearout we managed to get our hands on some rear van side panels with windows included for only £40.  Brilliant we thought, some weeks later (like normal) we came to measure things up and noticed they weren’t quite the right size, the panels themselves seem read more »

Project Sandy gets forward facing fold up seats in the back!

This year at the Newbury 4×4 Spares Day we managed to pick up a bargin, Exmoor trim rear forward facing seats.   We managed to get the pair for £100, 5 stands down the actual Exmoor Trim people had them there for £165 show price, if you want them off the net there £180 delivered!    We read more »

Project Sandy gets abit of light

Today I went about fitting a spot light to the rear of the Landy.  I wanted to do this because the good old British winter means that its pretty much dark by 5pm and I didn’t want to get into a situation where when out green-laning I have an issue and would like to illuminate read more »

Land Rover – Replacing ignition switch

Today I went about the task of replacing the ignition switch; this is placed on the back of the ignition barrel behind the console.  The need for this started when some tinkering was being carried out and the accessory heater wire connection broke on the back of this unit, the temporary fix was attaching the read more »