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  1. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Nope. Like the 88" I'm building this truck to use. It'll take a trip next summer and if I have my druthers it'll be the Trans-Labrador highway if the third leg is open by then. No fun in just looking at them! By the way...Good to meet you, Mike. Maybe next time we're up there it'll be in...
  2. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Doors fitted. They'll come off and get prepped and painted Monday or Tuesday.
  3. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Those panels came with the truck. They were among the few new things that the PO had purchased before getting rid of the project to me. They're new but without any markings. Not sure if they're aftermarket or original but they seem pretty nice. Be careful welding down there in that heat!
  4. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    I'm lucky enough to have a shop full of guys to help me with stuff like lifting tubs into place. That helps a great deal. I unbolted the back of the seat box and lifted the back of the T-pillars and stuffed a couple of blocks under the box. Then three guys got on the tub and one guy on the...
  5. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Finished painting the inside and outside of the tub. I ended up painting the outside off the frame and sitting in on ready to go. No big deal getting the T-pillars inside the bed. Anyway, I'm glad to be done with that piece and again some real progress can be made. Still shooting for a...
  6. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    I have a fairly large resistance spot welder and it works very well on steel, but it just doesn't have the amps to weld aluminum. Some of these welds are a long way from the edge so it would take a good size machine to reach them anyway. No, everything was riveted and glued back together. As...
  7. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Some more work from the past week. The tub is together finally...Wish I could have found a better one. Anyway, did the bodywork on the sides and got them primed, then flipped it over and prepped, etch-primed, chip-guarded and painted the underside. Installed the galvanized x-members tonight...
  8. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Work from the past couple nights.... Got the new (used) rear x-member in and done. It's a used one off of the original tub from the truck. This is a different tub that I'm using and it's had some work done to the back including replacing part of this x-member once. It had been sectioned with...
  9. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    I used gray felt from McMaster Carr glued over 1" closed-cell foam, also from M.C.. It works pretty well and really helps cut the noise down. I didn't use strong enough glue and a couple spots have started to sag over the years. I'll probably use a heavy brush-on glue when I do it in the 109.
  10. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Sorry, Viatierra, just back from a couple weeks in Alaska. I'm back on the truck now and will post a couple pictures tonight to get you thru. Nothing too exciting, just some more work on the tub.
  11. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    There's no reason that won't work. The only thing with doing it this way is the steel tub supports won't be attached through the tub floor. I'm going to have the floor all fastened in, sealed and painted before I put the lateral supports in. My supports are now galvanized and I don't want to...
  12. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Some more work on the tub in the past few days.... Bonded and riveted the three lateral supports and the two tabs that hold the trap-doors down. After that the floor was again bonded and riveted to the inner fender wells. In "bonded" I mean 3M #8115 panel bonding adhesive. Very strong stuff...
  13. Mercedesrover

    Series Rover guru's, need some help/advice!

    I wouldn't call it a lost cause but it will be something you'll need to go into with enthusiasm and a fairly large budget regardless of what your expectations are in the end. My 109 was in worse shape than that when I got it, plus it was mostly dismantled. The frame alone for that truck is...
  14. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Don't be so sure!
  15. Mercedesrover

    Series Rover guru's, need some help/advice!

    Looks like a $300 truck to me. The frame looks like toast to me. Notice the holes in the frame in the second from the last photo. Still, pretty much there and finding a 109 project is getting harder and harder all the time. If you're serious about doing this truck you need to go into it with...
  16. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    Yeah, that will get replaced as well as that rusty x-member you see in the photo as well as everything else up front. I want to get the floor and the 5 x-members in place and locked down permanently before I cut anything else off the tub. There's not much holding it together at this point!
  17. Mercedesrover

    109 Expedition rig build

    These holes?
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