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Steeroid · 25th November 2007, 12:34

This thread is a tracker for my Landmaster restoration project. As some of you may know, the one and only Karlos Deville helped me pick up a Landmaster from Pune last month. This is the car, a 1955 Landy from Pune:

The car is original in most respects except the dashboard + instrument cluster and the engine. It features a very sweet and silent OHV engine in place of the side-valve - so silent that you wouldnt know its on if it werent for the vibrations (loose mounts). The car also featues a larger aftermarket radiator and an alternator. It still has the semaphore indicators, and they actually work partially (they go up, but dont come down and dont have bulbs inside).

The restoration project is completely in-house (Team BHP) on account of the following:

1. Car 'found', bought, paperwork done and transported to Bangalore by karlosdeville

2. Original Smiths meters generously donated by jyobeb

3. Car being restored at the garage owned by Desert fox

4. Engine will be worked on by Psycho

5. Last but not the least, this young member will help by staying away from it all

- v1p3r

The car is now at Desert fox's garage in Bangalore and work has already started. His band of merry men will carry out the following bits of work:

1. Strip the car completely, remove all traces of paint.

2. Denting, patchwork, painting, chrome + polishing.

3. Completely leak-proofing the oldie, double-sealing the car with extra beading for airconditioning to work.

4. Retrofit a Weber-carbed Conti engine, transmission and differential. Engine to be tweaked by Psycho in parallel.

5. Fit in the Conti's A/c, completely hidden from sight.

6. Fit suitable power steering.

7. Interiors to be done up in Tan leather, original Landy dashboard to be restored.

8. White wall tyres, Landy Steering wheel and switches to be sourced if possible along with knick-knacks like the old Jwala horn.

We will track progress on this thread - hopefully someone from Motorsmiths will take some pictures (as of now and later) and upload them once in a while so we can view the progress.

This is a unique effort by different BHPians - my role in this is limited as I hadnt even seen the car before the last week in Bangalore. Apparantly the car was good enough to be driven in from Nelamangala to Jayanagar in peak traffic !!!

25th November 2007, 12:34	#1 (permalink)
Steeroid Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: DXB Posts: 5,346	My Landmaster Project - Help Required See Post #294 This thread is a tracker for my Landmaster restoration project. As some of you may know, the one and only Karlos Deville helped me pick up a Landmaster from Pune last month. This is the car, a 1955 Landy from Pune: The car is original in most respects except the dashboard + instrument cluster and the engine. It features a very sweet and silent OHV engine in place of the side-valve - so silent that you wouldnt know its on if it werent for the vibrations (loose mounts). The car also featues a larger aftermarket radiator and an alternator. It still has the semaphore indicators, and they actually work partially (they go up, but dont come down and dont have bulbs inside). The restoration project is completely in-house (Team BHP) on account of the following: 1. Car 'found', bought, paperwork done and transported to Bangalore by karlosdeville 2. Original Smiths meters generously donated by jyobeb 3. Car being restored at the garage owned by Desert fox 4. Engine will be worked on by Psycho 5. Last but not the least, this young member will help by staying away from it all - v1p3r The car is now at Desert fox's garage in Bangalore and work has already started. His band of merry men will carry out the following bits of work: 1. Strip the car completely, remove all traces of paint. 2. Denting, patchwork, painting, chrome + polishing. 3. Completely leak-proofing the oldie, double-sealing the car with extra beading for airconditioning to work. 4. Retrofit a Weber-carbed Conti engine, transmission and differential. Engine to be tweaked by Psycho in parallel. 5. Fit in the Conti's A/c, completely hidden from sight. 6. Fit suitable power steering. 7. Interiors to be done up in Tan leather, original Landy dashboard to be restored. 8. White wall tyres, Landy Steering wheel and switches to be sourced if possible along with knick-knacks like the old Jwala horn. We will track progress on this thread - hopefully someone from Motorsmiths will take some pictures (as of now and later) and upload them once in a while so we can view the progress. This is a unique effort by different BHPians - my role in this is limited as I hadnt even seen the car before the last week in Bangalore. Apparantly the car was good enough to be driven in from Nelamangala to Jayanagar in peak traffic !!! __________________ Cheers Steer Where all think alike, no one really thinks very much. Last edited by Steeroid : 25th November 2007 at 12:51.