Possibly the most exciting part of installing the tub is refitting the galvanised body capping. The original items have been used with the exception of the rear quarter brackets.
A quick wash in hot soapy water and good rub down with wet and dry and they were reasonably shiny (but not too much) and ready to fit.
Fortunately, I took a lot of reference pictures to identify which type of rivet goes where…. But not all rivets can go in the correct places….
The new rear panels are different to the originals in that they have a reinforcing box-section along up inside upper edge. The top capping should be held in place with dome head rivets but the new box section won’t allow access to the stem of the rivet…. Pop rivets had to be used in this location but thats the only deviation to the original design.











This is amazing did you get these callings re galvanised or just sanded them down ? They look perfect
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Hi Ian, thanks for the message. I have all the capping a good scrub in hot soapy water and then rubbed them down with wet and dry. The problem with re-galvanizing is that the “spangle” (the pattern in the galvanizing) just doesn’t look the same. The galvanized rear corners are new replacements from Bits for Landys. Cheers. Andy.
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Thanks that’s brilliant I understand what you mean about the galvanising mine has came off in a lot of places so unfortunately i may not have a choice but going to try and save it , thanks for the advice love the Landy it’s amazing, such a good job
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