I agree with Chris re the steam from the exhausts.... mine looks like the Flying Scotsman on a run to Edinburgh for the first hour after engine start .......
Welcome....
P38s can be a lot of work, but with a half decent toolbox, a pot for boiling water, teabags, a Nanocom and the patience of a saint you will be just grand.
I have three P38s, one of which is a fully restored H&H. I redid all the wood trim. DO NOT REMOVE THE WOOD VENEER! It’s a very simple task to refinish what’s on it. You just need to be patient. The trim is made of French Walnut veneer and my advice is for you to use a very fine sandpaper to remove the varnish, which I assume is cracked. The veneer is not very thick so once you start seeing wood filings then stop sanding. JUST TAKE OFF THE VARNISH AND DON’T BE TEMPTED TO OVERDO IT! As you sand it you can wipe the veneer with a damp cloth and check your varnish removal progress as it will show up in a sheen over the veneer. When the varnish was removed I used a walnut stain from Home Depot and applied two coats with a fine sponge, allowing each coat to dry an hour. Once done wipe it with turpentine or a clear cleaner. I applied clear flat Matt poly with a fine sponge on mine. I would not recommend a high gloss, because other than it looking gash, it was originally designed to be flat like gun barrels.
The H&H is my favorite P38 special edition. Keep an eye out for the extras that Range Rover supplied with the H&H, as they will add value to your machine...
Good luck with it.
Think I will go with your suggestion Clive.....
Cheers
Evening,
I have been searching fleabay and local scrappers but unable to locate a set of front mud guards for the P38 part number STC8535.
Anyone have a set that they would like to sell please send me message with price...
Cheers
James
Before he designed theP38 heater core location, with particular attention to the accessibility to said units “O” rings, he worked at Chrysler.
Try and understand his last video presentation before departing for Solihull, UK.....
As Spock would say... “facinating”
Gilbertd you cursed me dammit....
I showed up at the paint shop with the vehicle and the way the manager looked at me told me that the P38 was not going to get a makeover today!
Turns out he never put my reservation in the books but he can get me in on the 2nd of January 2019...... or in other words “ next bloody year”.
I’d have told him to take a 10 feet walk off a 6 foot pier if they weren’t so good a paint shop. Got a 10% discount for my inconvenience but I guess your prophecy was correct.....
Will be a nice New Years gift......
PART NO.1
The rear wheel cover is held open by a metal bar that slots into a metal “holder” that’s screwed into the cargo floor of the P38. The holder measures about 2” x 4” and is fairly obvious when you open the cover for the spare wheel. I need that part of anyone has one.
PART NO.2
On the rear bumper of the P38 there are two round holes covered by two caps located slightly above the tow hitch receiver. I need four of these caps if anyone has any.
Obviously I will pay for any and all parts.
Thanks
James
It’s the square shaped clips that attach to the rubber door strip, as mentioned by Gilbertd, that I need.
I’m sure some strong double sided tape will work fine.....
And just to prove my point about “Insert British car make here”, the above image showing the door body molding parts has 4 different types of plugs, nuts or screws just to hold them on!!!!!!
Can anyone explain to me why “insert any British made car here” decides that it’s a good idea to use 47 different size nuts, bolts and screws, not to mention torx, Phillips and other such heads plus 23 different style clips and latches when designing their vehicles?
I am convinced that the P38 was built with the sole purpose to manufacture a car which takes every single SnapOn tool to work on!
Replace a simple pair of heater core O rings? No problem. Options are to hacksaw the interior plastics, rip your hands to something resembling a bag of mince beef and then resssemble the lot only to find that the O ring didn’t sit properly or remove the entire dashboard and do it the “easy” way.
Put a stereo in it that requires more amps than a Status Quo concert and make it so that if one amp fails the entire system will go south quicker than a Geordie scratch card winner goes to Majorca.....
My rant is based on me discovering that the bloody clips that are attached to my newly acquired exterior door molding pieces are either all broken or missing. Why did Landrover design a clip that looks like it was used to support a laser rack on a Klingon Warship? Couldn’t they make something simple?
Anyway, does anyone have the part number for these clips before I put my head through my office wall?
Don’t be telling me that Gilbertd.....
I did a lot of research on body and paint shops and came up with a place that has 5 stars for quality etc... hard to find a bad review on them.
Car was dropped off today and they start work on it in 5 days.
I know nothing about auto painting so hopefully someone here can help ...
The owner of shop said they would be putting on 3 coats of paint a 3 coats of clear oat and that this was what they did to all vehicles.
My question to group is, is three coats of paint enough and is 3 coats of clear coat too much or about right?
I want this done right and not have it come out like a Chav just aerosol can painted his Ford Escort Mark II....
Found a full set and dropped them at paint shop where vehicle is getting its makeover with bodywork and paint.. Will be ready for collection Dec9th, me birthday coincidently..
The Linley had no chrome stripes.... that being said I can’t be fussy. I’m planning on having whatever set I put on painted.
Have searched three or four breakers yards here with no luck...
Thanks
The moldings and a number of other items were stolen from my lockup last week. Moldings were stored in a box as I had removed them prior to painting my P38 and are valueless to whoever stole them. Only joy I get is to think of thieving cnuts face when he opens the box on his dining room table, or wherever thieves open their “loot”, only to find carbody moldings.
Still searching for replacement set....
I need a complete set of very good or excellent condition door moldings if anyone has a spare set. I believe there should be 8 pieces in all.
Message me if you have and we can try and negotiate a price...
Thanks
Favorite title to a post I’ve seen in years.... drew me like a moth to a flame!
Cheers Gilbertd,
I’m trying to keep it original and thereby avoiding putting a gash Sony or such head unit in to replace the stereo
P38 and yes to amp
Stereo decided I would like to hear sounds from the front right drivers speakers only this morning. Can’t fix the issue.....
Read that this could be due to a faulty Nav unit, so I unplugged said unit, same problem.
Suggestions?