Some pics of a Land Rover going into primer

"Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull" (RamblinRover) 05/20/2014 at 13:13 • Filed to: None

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And after that, a Super T10 with a Rover V8 bell housing.

HammerheadFistpunch > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 05/20/2014 at 13:20

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This is going to be a pretty machine.

mr_gofast > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 05/20/2014 at 13:21

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hows your transam comin along?

Bad Idea Hat > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 05/20/2014 at 13:21

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I know it's probably not your plan, but damn if sand pink wouldn't be an awesome color for that car.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 05/20/2014 at 13:21

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work of art

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > mr_gofast 05/20/2014 at 13:27

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TransAm is Bandit or one of several other opponauts. My project is a '63 Ranchero. Which, not much progress yet, unfortunately.

mr_gofast > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/20/2014 at 13:28

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o my bad...too many projects to keep track of :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bad Idea Hat 05/20/2014 at 13:30

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Here's one in "Limestone":

and here's one in "Sand":

My dad's pickup is currently a somewhat more pink color than the "Limestone", or was, but it's going to be repainted Limestone proper. This one (my cousin's) is going Bronze Green, like this:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > mr_gofast 05/20/2014 at 13:38

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My project has a slightly higher "odds of being in over one's head" possibility than the TransAms, because I'm doing a suspension and driveline swap, with other questionable monkeying. That being said, it's not much to look at so far.

Bad Idea Hat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/20/2014 at 13:39

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Sand pink is an old British military color. I think they painted the Buccaneer jets that color in the Gulf War, and I believe that pink was used on land rovers in Africa during WW2.

It's such a funky color, and I think it's a uniquely British thing. It works as desert camoflauge, though.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bad Idea Hat 05/20/2014 at 13:41

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They actually had a whole line of SAS/etc. Land Rovers that got painted pink for desert use and were referred to as Pink Panthers. Oddly enough, *none* of them were painted pink at the factory - they started out ordered in a more sane color. There are a couple Pink Panther series Landies that never got painted pink, even.

Bad Idea Hat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/20/2014 at 13:43

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I don't like pink cars. I don't even like pink Cadillacs, even though the song seems to indicate that I'm supposed to.

I would buy a pink land rover. I think it's the SAS thing. They are unreasonably cool.

davedave1111 > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 05/20/2014 at 14:51

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That's not how you paint a Land Rover, silly. This is:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > davedave1111 05/20/2014 at 16:14

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True story: so few shits were given at the factory that the paint was effectively a self-priming one shot done twice - once before the trim was added/body assembled, once after. Right on top of the chromated aluminum, and shot in place - the stock look to the fender wells is with overspray in the original color, because the fender wells were neither painted properly nor masked off.