Sharan found a bunch of goodies for the rangie. I normally hate the way people drive here in Kenya but it’s great for spare parts. We got a high capacity fuel tank, fuel line, fuel pre-filter, and wiring harness from a discovery that someone had rolled. The instrument panel is from a Defender, these gauges will work with the electronic sender units in the gear box, and fuel tank.

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This week has been a bit slow. We separated the body from the chassis over the weekend and have done some body work. Sharan has been getting parts it’s really a pain. The traffic is so bad it wastes most of a day going to the industrial area. Were having trouble getting the gear box (transmition) we identified one from a Discovery that seems to be in good shape but the salvage yard says they can’t release it until insurance company says ok. It could be he’s looking for a higher price. Hopefuly next week we’ll be able to start putting her back together. I uploaded photos to flickr and added them to a set called Range Rover Overhaul.

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I saw the color on the street today. It’s a coppery orange. It’s unique, not too flashy, and will hide dirt. I’d been thinking about orange but thought it wasn’t classy. I think car in the picture is a 2009 Range Rover Sport, click for pictures. I’ll have real bumpers that are black and it it will look much better!

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This is a photo of the rear axel I got for the Rangie. Sharan found it while shopping for other used parts. It’s from a former kenyan military 2007 Discovery with 12,000 kilometers. They apperntly crashed into a lorry and sheered off the top of the vehicle. I got the exaust, power steering, and two axels for good price. The axels are a bit over budget but are heavy duty and the diffs are appently limited slip. I can’t find any info on the limited slip diff, there are several kinds, some are better than others, some can cause fish tailing. I’m hoping that since they were on such a new vehicle that they are a modern type that won’t cause problems. Sharan assures me that I can sell them if I don’t like the way they work. Reguardless I get new heavy duty brakes, shafts, etc.

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These are some possible colors for the Rangie, I photoshoped a picture I took of the silver one Sharan painted last month. It doesn’t have the roof rack, set of spare tires on the back, or bull bars but otherwise should be similar to the way mine will look. He’s talked me into the alloy rims. Steel is real but alluminum is better according to him, he likes the way they look.

I don’t want it too flashy but do want it to look attractive and unique. I’m a little worried it will attact theifs or car jackers but Sharan assures me that they will take one look at the licence plate, which tells you how old it is, and will not bother with it.

Let me know what you think in the comments.

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