RE: SER1 Joey Smallwood's Land Rover

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hey George
After a bout of reasearch,scavenging,lenghty roadtrips and some excursions
to the fabric store I managed to get the hardtop installed BEFORE the snow
starrts flying. here is what I did:
lightly sanded and painted all bits,
a trip to the wreckers with an exacto knife yielded an armload of various
types and profiles of rubber doorseals ($7.00 for the lot). None of it is
even remotely original looking, but it keeps the wind out. I had to
fabricate some right angle profile to fit over the doortops to hold the slip
on seals.
the joint faces between roof and sides and rear box were seales with self
adhesive foam strip by the yard.
I removed the old, rotten rubber seal over the wind screen and made a
fillpiece out of wood. screwed onto the existing mounting brackets. then
some more foam strip .
to battle the vibration noise inside the bare cab i used bituminous sound
damping matereal from http://www.b-quiet.com/.
it is self adhesive and works nicely, All surfaces were covered that way
roof and sides. Then a layer of fiberfill, 1" thick from the fabric store,
attached with spray adhesive to absorb engine and other noises.

I then made a framework out of 1/8 X 1/2" aluminium flatbars to hold up a
fabric roofliner, the matereal also from the fabric store and sewn up on my
old footpedal powered Singer.
 The liner is a it saggy, a matereal theat has a bit of stretch to it is
probably better suited but it will do. I also added a dome light from
Canadian Tire.
Installed , it looks quiet fancy and it is rather cosy inside. The addition
of side windows is a great bonus in the visibility department and it will
save my canvas top from another winter outside with soggy snowloads on it.

Tom T

-----Original Message-----
From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On
Behalf Of George E Sollish
Sent: October 9, 2004 11:23 AM
To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: RE: SER1 Joey Smallwood's Land Rover


Hi Tom,

I just think it's great advertising and a great symbol.  I doubt that
we'll be crowded off the road (I expect we'll be pretty much alone both
years).

So, tell me about the hardtop.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Tom Tollefson wrote:

> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:01:31 -0400
> From: Tom Tollefson <tollefson@xxxxxxx.xx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: RE: SER1 Joey Smallwood's Land Rover
>
> Needless to say , I'll be there.
> I can't believe to what lenghts You go to find a 3rd party to our journey
> :-)
>
> Tom T
> '52 80" ( now sporting a hardtop)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On
> Behalf Of George E Sollish
> Sent: October 8, 2004 3:00 PM
> To: Series 1 List
> Subject: SER1 Joey Smallwood's Land Rover
>
>
> This will probably interest only those in eastern Canada, but I have
> emailed the following text to seven Members of Newfoundland's House of
> Assembly, the Premier Danny Williams, and the Editors of the Aurora,
> Labradorian and Northern Pen newspapers.  I invite any who wish to add
> their voice to mine to do the same:
>
> I am not a Newfoundlander or Labradoran, but I have followed the progress
> of the Trans-Labrador highway with great interest, and I understand that
> the final gap between Cartwright and Goose Bay will be closed in 2007 or
> 2008.
>
> With this in mind, I am writing to urge you to endorse and encourage the
> idea that the first vehicle to cross Newfoundland on the Trans-Canada
> highway, Joey Smallwood's 1958 Series II Land Rover, should be permitted
> to complete its long-delayed journey across the province and be the first
> over the completed Trans-Labrador as well.
>
> That this is not an unreasonable challenge I intend to demonstrate by
> driving my own even older Land Rover (1952) over the same route next year
> and, hopefully, just behind Joey's, in 2007.
>
> Thank you.
>
> George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
> 			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project
>
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