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    That above may apply in this case... How it obtained a VIN is a real mystery...
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    WTF? http://www.citroen-ds-id.com/ds/Landrover_with_Cit_Suspension.html
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    Some pics I took that may be of interest in this thread. It´s a Santana IIIA front axle with discovery rims ans 7.50-16s. Sorry for the sun/shade.
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    As you said, a second LT230 will be difficult to adapt. I have been searching and Mitsubishi L200 and Ford Ranger/Mazda B-50 have rear centered diff and left hand front output. Using one of those will leave the rigth hand clear for a divorced LT230. Aussie designed and ZA built 2012 Ford Ranger are using the same six speed Getrag MT82 as used in ´07 Defender. Not now, but in a few years they will be avalible at cheap prices at scrapyards and with a 5.4 1st gear + Ford 2.7 low ratio + LT230 3.32 will make an excellent crawling combo, along with Y61 4.1 axles.
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    Today I have been at my brother´s place. I have measured his Disco´s LT230: flange to flange-500mm, rear flange to main box/transfer union face-300mm.
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    Well, I have been measuring the Uno body...about 200mm lower than the Disco one, and it´s sills are less than one inch longer than those on the Disco body. Uno body will fit between Discos wheels. Problem is that I think that Tdi engine will not clear Uno´s angled bonnet. It will need a 4" lift to clear, but then it will be just as tall as a standard classic Rangie. Air suspension will be quite troublesome. With a modified chassis, with more curves over axles, axle tube will crash into sump. Moving engine rearwards about 6" will give about 4" more drop. More drop will crash crankshaft pulley into axle. Move engine backwards another 6" and you could lower the car until crashing chassis with ground...but you will end with a very short rear propshaft. Ideal body will be a short wheel base one, with a flat, or nearly flat bonnet...I have found a good donnor: the SEAT (FIAT) 850. More than 600.000 were built in Spain between 1966 and 1974. Unfortunately only four hundred were 81" wheelbase four door models. Rest of four door models were built with 87" wheelbase. It´s body is prepared for rear engine cooling and it has a 60 litre boot between rear seats and engine compartment, plus a shelf below rear window. Could be a nice project, but certainly not a cheap one. If you want a "low" Discovery, just buy a classic Rangie.
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    It will be grat to see those "popular" bodies in rangie chassis.
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    My bro says no problem, I can grab my hands in the red Uno body Chassis rear overhang chopping is common in HGV´s. I hope to be allowed to do it in the Disco chassis as well. Tomorrow I will go to my brother´s place for taking some measurements to the Uno body and Disco´s chassis. Spanish pedestrian friendly regulations bannes bulges in bonnet or parts of the engine protruding ala US muscle car, so I will lower overall height only if Uno´s top of bonnet to top of roof distance is smaller than Disco´s. Meanwhile, a picture I took one year ago, where we can see a 135/80R13 tyre on Seat Ronda wheel (used in dad´s trailer), Disco´s 205R16 mud plugga remould and 109" 7.50R16 (32" overall) Not a cheap setup, but if I could modify chassis bent over axles and fit air shocks I will have a saloon car that could be converted to extreme 4x4 just by swapping tyres and touching a suspension switch in the dash
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    This is the spanish version, with SEAT (FIAT) 600 body
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    I want a nearly perfect (and road legal) vehicle. That really exists? 100" Tdi Disco chassis is good (and free for me!), 6x6 belly axle (or halftrack arrangement) will give it excellent ramp over/tranch crossing performance, wide Patrol/HDJ axles will make it more stable (and cheaper than HD CV/shafts for Rover axle), Viking winch is awesome, powered trailer will extend it´s carring capacity...but then the car wouldn´t fit under the bridge that is near my house. A RR roof conversion is not allowed by local regulations . Full RR body swap could be done, but even with that in will reach the limit with intended suspension setup/tyre combo, so no room for exo cage or roof rack. Saloon car body swap will be road legal and make it 99.9% perfect! Tomorrow I will see my brother. Among his fleet there is a red Fiat Uno that he is using as engine donnor for the Autobianchi (Lancia) Y10. Maybe I could add that red Uno body to the Discovery deal...with some make-up it could look quite similar to a Metro 6R4
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    Unfortunately spanish regulations are very strict with roof modiffications. For example, in a RR tou cannot chop roof and "C" post to make it a pick-up truck, but you could swap the entire body if you use another one from a factory pick-up. I have just realized that I will need a body with a wheelbase that will be shorter than 100" if I want to make it easy to fit with some 35" tyres, just enlarging wheelarches closer to bumpers. I want 4/5 doors and I think that a five door Rover 100 with a Metro 6R4 body kit will make an excellent offroader (nearly no front or rear overhang) and will be easy to park...and also an extrme good looking thing! The 90" wheelbase body is one full metre shorter than the Discovery. Finished it will look like a Rally Safari spec Metro 6R4! This other beauty is the Maestro van testing mule that Rover developed for early Freelander drivetrain tests.
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    I posted a picture of the V40 bodied Discovery chassis to a spanish engineering company and I have just recived their answer: I supose that those wheel arches so far from the wheel and maybe ligth height will be some issues. Bur at least the is a chance... I have also discovered that the idea of using the boot lid as ute plattform is nothing new...it´s a P6 Rover There are lots of cheapo body donnors out there! Most about 350-500Eur. This Rover 45, with head gasket failure but still running and with perfect body, just 400Eur. Repairing my brother´s Disco body will cost more than that!
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    It will be great to see some detailed pics of the P5 build, like those of the Jag.
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    The jaguar uses a fiberglass body, not a real Jag one, the red MG looks like Suzuki chassis (leafer, front shackles, five studs...) and P5 used a 110 chassis with RR running gear + corvette engine. Body was channeled to lowering it into the LR chassis. Rover 75, like P5, has 110" wheelbase. Maybe a Rover 45 will suit better the 100" Disco chassis.
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    I´m with you. Those three just look as a factory built "thing". A cheap, easy to obtain and appropiate body donnor could be an early Rover 75. It´s a car with a very rigid body (more than any BMW said magazines when it was launched) and will be in the same "family" with the Disco chassis,
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    Mmmmmmmm...
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    Hi all! Some times you see a picture that becomes a real inspiration...and I have just seen a Volvo V40 body on a Disco chassis in the "Pass the bucket" thread that has showed me how could I lift and fit big tyres in a Landy while lowering the overall height. Some years ago Bill (van Snorkle) asked for a method of lowering the overall height without loosing belly clearance, and someone talked about a Ford KA body on RR chassis. Don´t get me wrong, I love Land Rover´s body, but I really will need something lower. What other examples are out there? I will love a 4 door saloon, where I could use boots lid as a "ute" plattform Overfinch Strangerover http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=13308 is extreamly good looking thig, as well as E-Type from MANTRA Just some that I have seen while surfing the web
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    A quick google search has showed me that it can be done...and looks great! More examples in our own forum...http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=65173
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    Errrr...for my ideal 4x4 a Discovery 200 Tdi will be the ideal donnor. I will like some 36" tyres. For fitting them I will need some lift, about 4" at least for good clearance between body and wheels under full articulation. My ideal 4x4 will be no taller than 2m (80"), because for under bridge clearance in my area. Maybe a full body swap will be the answer. I´m going to contact an engineering company to see if such "thing" could be approved for road use in Spain... This is a comfortable, low and good looking body... Just taking Jaguar-Land Rover to the next level...
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    Thanks Bill! I have found some info at aussie forums, and it looks that there is (or was) a kit for adapting 1.5" 35 spline halfshafts to Salisbury housing. Taken from AULRO.com Rover 10 spline, Rover 24 spline and 35 spline comparisson. As you said, Salisbury´s ARB is not as beef as Dana´s More at http://www.aulro.com/afvb/xtreme-zone/126697-35-spline-dana-60-conversion.html The main advantage of Dana, strength appart, is how cheap the parts are if imported from the states and compared to UK Salisbury ones.
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    How similar are the Salisbury diff used by Land Rover and the american Dana60? Will lockers and r&p from a Dana fit to a Salisbury casing? Parts for Sals are becoming more and more difficult to obtain, but the Dana seems to be extreamly popular in the rock crawling scene in America, with plenty of parts available.
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    Have you tried disconnecting the battery for some minutes and connecting it again? My dad left his Opel (Vauxhal) Vectra (1.6 petrol) running in forward motion in a slope and the engaged reverse instead of 1st for continuing the motion. After a loud "bang" the car stopped and refused to start, showing the "engine fault" warning light. After disconnecting battery and reconnecting it, the "engine fault" warning light was off and car started at the turn of the key.
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    According to some brazilian and argentinian forums, six speed manual box used in Ford Ranger is the same as used in Transit, Mustang and Defender. Low ratio is 2.72 and diff 3.3 to 1. In USA the MT82 has reported lot of problems wen used with the 5.0 engine in Mustang. This box is rated to 380 lb/ft. Have been searching at scrapyards and the Mitsubishi L200 box has the FWD output at the left side and will require no cutting when used with a right side offset LT230.
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    Hi all, I have been thinking on how to attack two LT230 transfer boxer to create a "crawler box" on a limited budget. Beeing an offset box I have seen that it will be nearly impossible with major chassis/body/suspension modification. I will need a 4x2 transfer box that has input and output shafts aligned. There are plenty of them at scrapyards from Nissan, Mitsubishi L200, Toyota Hilux, Mazda B2500/Ford Ranger...Patrol main+tranfer are cheap, about 200/250 Eur. Since it will be a nightmare to fit one of those between Land Rover´s main and transfer boxes, I thougth that I could fit to the Landy the entire main+transfer to the Tdi and then feed an LT230 from the 4x2 rear output. It will be extremly easy to adapt any gearbox if I could weld an LT77 (clutch end) mainshaft to the scrap box. But how? Bill said in other thread how to do it, but cannot locate it. Final result will be something similar as Si´s twisting buggy with a Vitara+Samurai box combo. Newer Ford Rangers came with a six speed box and TdCi engines. It´s the same Getrac GFT MT-82 as used in Defender and Transit? I even had hot drams with a 200BHP 3.2TdCi six speed in a Disco...
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    Vapour builds only for the moment... I remember that my bros Disco had good articulation with stock coils/dampers, but rolled excesively on road. I drove two other Discos (both 300Tdi) from friends: stiffer coils on both, one with standard antiroll bars and the other without them. Both drove well with little body roll but lost some articulation. My idea will be a "selectable" articulation setup. Standard radious arms frot + watts rear + twin anti roll bars for road, Standard radious arms frot + watts rear without bars for trails and un-pinned Xlinks front and rear for extreme articulation. As you said, real life experience will show if just a simpler flexible setup with Si´s bar will fullfill all my needs. As I said in some other posts, I want the car to be road legal, and that will be easier maintaining the car as near to stock as possible. Just an example: a Jeep YJ from a friend: Patrol axles, custom suspension and 4.0 engine instead of the 2.5. Project completed in february 2012 and he is still waiting for the paperwork for having it road legal
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