Degsy is home

I got Degsy back on Friday 4th February at 9.30am. I drove him home and all seems well. I had a few hours to myself on Sunday and decided to clean the interior and fit the decking in the tub. I went to Wickes to buy some angle iron and plywood. After having swept out the tub I put the old wood shelf frame back in to see what it looked like. I decided to have a double thickness of decking. Having done some measuring I ended up taking out the rubber matting that I had just fitted which was enough to give me the spacing I needed. I glued up the wood frame as I fitted it. It was a tight fit. I put the rubber matting back in the cut to it to fit round the framework.

I cut the angle iron to length. I had bought a 2400mm x 1200mm sheet of 9mm plywood. I cut it to size to fit ethe wheel wells. I drilled through the decking and the angle iron making sure I did not go into the framing. I then put a screw through the decking, angle iron and into the framing. The angle iron was sandwiched between the frame the decking. I had three iron reinforced cross members. When the screws were all home a cut a second piece of ply for the decking. Then screwed the second decking ply to the first. The decking is solid. It takes my weight without excessive flexing. Having finished climbing in and out of the back of Degsy I fitted the tow hook and step. Not smart thinking really.

After that I got the seats out of the garage and washed then down. I gave the dash a wipe down whilst I was at it. I found the wheel braces and starting handle and fitted them behind the seats as re-fitted them. Next up was to load up the back of Degsy with allotment stuff. I made a difference to the garage as did tidying up the garage and taking a load of stuff to the tip. Whilst tiding up the garage I found a box with Land Rover spares such as fog and reverse lights, some tuning parts and an inner tube which was nice. The spare wheel has been bolted to the bonnet for the full landy effect.