winchman10

I assume you know Dormobile are still in business making bits for these? Why not cut it down the middle to narrow it so its the same width as the Land Rover?

He wants 750's just can't afford new yet and the 5 on Bob are not road legal

Small update Thanks to some excellent help from the Series 2 club we now have a roof, back door, spare drivers door to fit whilst we refurbish the one on it and the bonnet with the dished place for a spare, so more work for me!

We have 3 Cross plys and one radial so easier to find two cross plys so should be easier to find 750's The 2" wider 235 will make it a bit heavier on the steering

Thanks for that

Thanks, its rough conversion, lots of work to do

Rivet counters look away now, adaptor plate looks to be a piece of plate burnt yes burnt out, not sure if the gear box is a 2 or 3 sounds very rough though have to find another and rebuild it My son is hoping get the bits to put the front back to 2A but too many other things to buy, despartly need some cross ply tyres but just can't afford new we have 3 and 1 radial a friend gave him, the ones on it are well past it

Any I made and sold had a full set of stress calcs and from memory 10.9 high tensile, but that was my bumper, any manufacturer should have the bolt size and grade in the instructions, as they should also have a file with the info in incase of any insurance claims. I was lucky as a good friend can do the calcs and produced the correct paperwork. In my experience I have seen bumpers fail but also a chassis come apart as it had been poorly repaired, they are not rocket science to make but like most things a no win no fee bloke can upset the apple cart very easily. Remember the bolts should not be studs and should not be threaded all the way up to the head as these are weaker A local lifting gear place can easily test it for you for a few quid. The big issue is are they lifting equipment or not? But that's another can of worms, you see a winch with a load rating but not a bumper?

I love my P38 I bought just for the winter had it nearly 12 months now, mines a diesel and its very slow but nice

Might need to add shims to take up the gap I assume you are using the correct grade of bolts and not the original bumper bolts? I have seen several home made bumpers fail, some badly manufactured others with the wrong grade bolt in

My Son has just bought his first Land Rover, being a humble apprentice with very little money you can imagine the rest it has a long list of issues, so I have been roped in to help. Heres Bob, Rivet counters look away now, he is a 1964 Series 2A fitted with a Mercedes OM617 5 cylinder diesel, he also has series 3 front. Once he is working correctly and we have some spare cash he will be returned back to a 2 front