Took the holiday to work on the 130.
Trey and I lifted the 130 bed/with hoopset and canvas in place onto the galvanized chassis. Been a slow process, just making time to work on my own truck, sand blasting all the brackets to bare metal then zinc chromate primer and paint before re assembly. You have to mount and fasten the cab first before the bed.
130's have way more brackets and fasteners attaching the body to the frame than a 110 station wagon.
They truly are the ultimate defender. Can't believe I left this truck parked under a tree for 6 yrs. Haven't driven it since 2013. Where did the time go ?
Going to remove the bulkhead and swap in a galvanized lhd one and go ahead and convert it before reinstalling the 300/r380. Have a lhd dash and new in the box lhd a/c system I bought for this truck back in 2010. Front doors are already tdci new take offs. Have two new rear door shells I need to build out, current 2nd rows are shot. Be cool to get this one back on the road with all new doors,lhd, with a galv chassis, and galv bulkhead, and a/c.