I promise this is the last one…..

With the body of the seat box complete as far as it can go right now (seats, belts, cubby box etc to follow) there are 3 small covers that need to be fitted.

They had a good degrease, rub back and respray on Monday evening and Tuesday saw the Dynamat and hasps refitted. These clips are becoming extremely rare and (as far as I know) nobody makes replacements. They’re galvanised steel so they don’t rust but build up a  layer oxide that dulls them over the years.  So with a good scrub with some wire wool they came up quite nicely.

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Rivets ready to be drilled out of one of the cover panels
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Eye protection is a very good idea
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Brush on degreaser, left for an hour or so and all the grease and Waxoyl wipes off
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Fast forward 24 hours and the 3 cover panels are painted
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and a lyer of Dynamat fitted on the underside
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… and offer up to the seat box
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Then back on with the hasps using correct rivets. (I love my new air hammer) I labeled which clip came of which cover so they go back where Land Rover put them
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Battery box cover and stud for the leather strap that holds the seat base in place
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Middle cover with strap stud.

There is of course the 3rd cover…. in doesn’t feature particularly here. It is fixed in a more permanent manner on the right hand opening over the fuel tank.

 

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As the seat box is identical in left hand and right hand drive models, this cover plate needs to close off the hand brake aperture found in the passenger footwell…. where on a right hand drive model, one might find the handbrake.
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… and there’s the aperture
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Cover fitted. (you get a glimpse of the fuel tank cover)
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And thats it 🙂

Next major part is the rear tub. Lots to do on that.