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4 hours ago, Bowie69 said:Are you mad? Arjan would just drive there overland.
When do we go.
I told a friend I'd happily drive to aus just to turn around and drive back rather than go to Disneyland. He thought I was nuts (he may have a point).
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That's the one.
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As long as the push rod and plastic clip has stayed on the arm you'll be fine.
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That's britpart for you, it will mate up to there mid pipe I expect. If the socket fits the pipe I'd re-drill the flange to suit or take it back and get one from another source.
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On the basis there isn't many around they were either very expensive or didn't work very well.
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Somewhere on here is a cut away drawing of an Esarco that shows what a feet of engineering they are.
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Just remember if you use the rover axle you'll need a different rear prop to. Personally I went with Salisbury and upgraded to discs on the ibex but then I wanted the strongest stock axle without spending a fortune on diff, shafts etc.
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When I did a 200tdi conversion a few years ago I found a TD cowl turned upside down and trimmed for pipework fitted perfectly so it might be worth measuring a few cowls. Failing that as has been said just go electric.
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As far as I can make out doesn't stop you fitting E marked led units, just led bulbs into old units. Ironically the only thing that isn't led on my ibex ate the headlights.
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10 hours ago, simonr said:
I considered Fibreglass too - but my previous experience with it, a sort of rat-bonnet, said stick to what you know!
I mean if only you knew someone who could do fibreglass.
To be fair I don't blame you for using off the shelf it's often far cheaper and less hassle.
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Or just put the drain in the middle!
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Jez has left the country to renovate a mill. If it's Volvo portal stuff @FridgeFreezer can help with some bits.
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3 hours ago, reb78 said:
Its interesting. I only ever really think about chassis swaps in defenderland. But you noone ever says you cant change all of the body panels on the defender with other secondhand ones without a test, so why do i sense some implying that Simon would need to do more with a body swap on a discovery3 compared to what we might do on a defender?
Can I point out I said it shouldn't be a problem legally. But even if it was, IVA is the worst case and that's not really an issue with a standard car bar the additional cost (around £500).
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Theoretically yes you can swap the body as the points are in the chassis, suspension etc. Worst case you would need an IVA (not the full kit car one) which shouldn't be a problem if standard vehicle. Then it would probably get an age related number plate. You probably should notify DVLA and your insurance. I'm not familiar with d3's but you would need to transfer the id from the chassis to the new body and this maybe troublesome.
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Suspension is very interesting. I quite like the styling of the yellow one.
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Err fridge was referring to the troop carrier tgb20 6.05 total length and 5700kg gvw. But I agree the T244 is much better option. As I've said before I think I could make any of the above work (I'm a boatbuilder so used to small alkward spaces) but it'll be finance's that kill the truck idea.
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We got 255/85x16 on the wife's 110 never had any trouble with them rubbing, however whilst we do have an aux tank it's under the drivers seat. Personally I'd put some on and see given your truck I doubt serious off road is going to be a problem. If they do touch it'll be nothing
a big hammersome panel beating can't solve.Mike
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Thanks for the input. As I said from the beginning this was very much vapour. I would still quite like to do one but it's unlikely to happen. More likely is a home built caravan/camping trailer but we will see what happens.
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Welcome to the forum.
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To convert a 90 to a 130 (or a 110) would cost considerably more than £4k. The IVA and registration alone are best part of £700 assuming it passed first time. A chassis is £3k (assumes a new galv chassis). All the body parts you don't have £2k (assumes second hand). Paint £500 if you do it yourself, £3k at a paint shop. Odds and sods (fuel tank, rear axle, prop etc) £1-2k.
Sell the 90 and add what you can to buy a 110/130.
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45 minutes ago, andy _1 said:
I have never seen one of them before. How much , is that a kit car ? There are no prices i can see , only £1000 deposit
From memory they start from £8k ish for the kit and it will cost you from about £12k on top to build (including buying a donor). Which sounds a lot until you actually work out the costs of building a defender (I doubt your 130 project would leave much change from £30k if done to a good standard). I know which I'd rather have.......
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Especially as foers will build an ibex any length you want with 4, 6 or maybe even 8 wheel drive. You can have pick up, hard top, station wagon or flat bed to name a few.
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Shipping to New Zealand - is it even possible?
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Any/all of the above trips float my boat. I hope that someday I able to do some of them preferably with friends but happy to be just me, the wife and or kids.
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