About Us
We bought our first Land Rover, a Series 3, in 2013. After driving it for a while and having fun/adventures we got the Land Rover Series bug.
Research started and a love for the Land Rover Series 2/2a developed. One day, whilst browsing ebay, we found a Series 2A that was a good Restoration project for us. We called him 'Adam' due to his number plate (ADM).
The Restoration began back in 2014 and was completed in February 2015. It was carried out in a dark barn with a lack of tools/machines and turned into an immense learning curve.
We noticed that there is a great lack of affordable restored parts. New parts are available, but they are either of poor quality or rather expensive. Producing our own wasn't an option at the time. So we bought another Land Rover Series to serve as a Donor Vehicle.
When Adam was finished he looked good, but there were many things we would like to improve. The decision was made that we would gather more suitable equipment and then rebuilt Adam. Our aim was to use restored parts as much as we could and to stay away from new, to keep the charm of an old Land Rover.
The next 3 years were spent buying Donor vehicles that had parts we wanted for Adam. We also started restoring surplus parts for selling to recover some of the money spent. In the process of restoring parts we realised that we needed certain equipment to do the work to a high standard. Jigs were made, research was undertaken for exact measurements, specialist tools were bought or made and we took a proper look at how Land Rover used to make things, so we could keep them as true as possible.
A brake press folding machine was designed and built in house:
Research started and a love for the Land Rover Series 2/2a developed. One day, whilst browsing ebay, we found a Series 2A that was a good Restoration project for us. We called him 'Adam' due to his number plate (ADM).
The Restoration began back in 2014 and was completed in February 2015. It was carried out in a dark barn with a lack of tools/machines and turned into an immense learning curve.
We noticed that there is a great lack of affordable restored parts. New parts are available, but they are either of poor quality or rather expensive. Producing our own wasn't an option at the time. So we bought another Land Rover Series to serve as a Donor Vehicle.
When Adam was finished he looked good, but there were many things we would like to improve. The decision was made that we would gather more suitable equipment and then rebuilt Adam. Our aim was to use restored parts as much as we could and to stay away from new, to keep the charm of an old Land Rover.
The next 3 years were spent buying Donor vehicles that had parts we wanted for Adam. We also started restoring surplus parts for selling to recover some of the money spent. In the process of restoring parts we realised that we needed certain equipment to do the work to a high standard. Jigs were made, research was undertaken for exact measurements, specialist tools were bought or made and we took a proper look at how Land Rover used to make things, so we could keep them as true as possible.
A brake press folding machine was designed and built in house:
This folding machine has proven itself invaluable over and over again by enabling us to reproduce the necessary repair sections for front panels and bulkheads.
To avoid wasting the surplus (they are after all getting less), any parts that were in a serviceable condition have been restored and offered for sale. It then became apparent that there is a market for Part Restoration.
Follow us on Twitter @CumbriaLand or Like our Facebook page to see what we are up to.
To avoid wasting the surplus (they are after all getting less), any parts that were in a serviceable condition have been restored and offered for sale. It then became apparent that there is a market for Part Restoration.
Follow us on Twitter @CumbriaLand or Like our Facebook page to see what we are up to.