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Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 2, 2015, 2:22 am
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Here is Ernie. a 1979 109 station wagon. Not a military vehicle,
i think the guy who had him had some aspirations of army life
;D I have just started stripping him down ready for his rebuild.
I have the grill etc but it is off already. He has the two and a
quarter petrol engine (not sure if to go the diesel route).
Somehow he had an MOT, lord knows how though Lots of filler,
cardboard and black sealant covering up holes, not very well
though. Bulkhead needs a lot of work as do some of the door
pillars. Chassis looks reasonably sound though.
So here he is...
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Re: Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 7, 2015, 3:16 pm
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look what more i uncovered today..
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still has a lot of the trim
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so far...
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Re: Ernie
By: DarrenH Date: October 8, 2015, 8:21 am
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like it, and your work ethic :)
the windows and interior trim suggest genuine station wagon?
exmoor trim sell great quality replicas of the vinyl door cards,
arm rests and the trim between door bottom/top. not
extortionate price either (between 20 and 25 quid a section
iirc)
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Re: Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 9, 2015, 4:41 am
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cheers for the info Darren, will look into that. He is a genuine
one, even has a good roof lining apart from a tiny tear right at
the back. Was going to have a go at re-trimming the interior,
the card is still pretty much intact for templates, so figure it
can't be that hard (for the wiffi ;D)
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Re: Ernie
By: DarrenH Date: October 9, 2015, 6:01 am
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good call ! black vinyl much cheapness at local home-wares type
place.
my roof lining has a tear too, looks like it was stabbed with
the corner of a bit of timber or something (like emergency stop
on way home from b+q type situation)
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Re: Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 9, 2015, 3:28 pm
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mines a cut abut 2 inch long. Looks like a knife has cut it.
Hopefully be able to do something with it from the underside
when i take it out
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Re: Ernie
By: CaptainSlow Date: October 13, 2015, 2:29 am
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Thats lovely Jonny. Its going to take a while but looks
reasonably complete. I love the 2.25 petrol engine, it is a bit
underpowered but if you don't need the extra omph I'd be tempted
to keep it original? Dead easy to work on and very reliable. I
only considered changing the 2.25 in our 109 as we were going to
be touring fully laden in it - but of course she's yours as well
now :thumbs: If you swap the LPG over to the station wagon when
its complete, it'll be cheap to run too.
Have you thought of a colour for it yet? Not NATO green I hope
:rolleye0012:
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Re: Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 13, 2015, 7:04 am
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Cheers ;D I am debating the engine side of things. Never going
to be totally original, there are random holes drilled all over
the body for god knows what, so without new panels i will be
somehow trying to make those look like they should be there. I
think he may be used quite a bit but it would be nice to still
have the original motor. A real dilemma. Not a huge hurry to
decide, he is going to be quite a long project, finding more and
more bodges as i continue stripping him. If he stays petrol then
the lpg and maybe even the motor from jane could go in there,
leaving the diesel option for the daily driver :smilewide:
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Re: Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 13, 2015, 4:47 pm
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not NATO green although i did paint my last project bike that
colour. Looked cool as well :smilewide:
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Re: Ernie
By: jonny Date: October 13, 2015, 4:54 pm
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dodgy wiring, story of my life it seems with old vehicles
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nearly stripped inside, even found where there had been a little
fire behind the dash :o
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not been changed for a while then..
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someone needs welding lessons
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stripping going well
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George the helper
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