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  1. For anyone, like me, who has long wanted to get a copy of the fabulous Original Land Rover Series 1: The Restorer's Guide to Civil & Military Models 1948-58 (Hardcover) the out of print copies have been well over £100 if you could find one. Well it seems they are being reprinted - i've just pre-ordered my copy through amazon - £23.38 ! Happy Days!!!!!! Here's a link to the item (i hope) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Land-Rove...0870&sr=8-1
  2. Well, this was intended as a mechano set project - and as i've got the rangie sitting there it seems a waste not to use all the best bits. To keep the costs down the intention was to use the good alloys and tyres for the rangie - which also meant the axles and the bonus of ABS, RR seats, put the hotwire injection on the 3.5 (unless the 3.9 is not as sick as it sounds) and generally build a 100" defender truck cab. I was feeling uneasy about cutting up the 110 for parts, it's a lovely looking outhouse! I really liked CorrodeFinger's 100" project and i still really fancy the problems that the 100" will throw up. So i think it's best if i sell the 110 CSW on to someone who's going to appreciate her and use the funds to get the parts all lined up. Chopping the CSW to make a pick-up just seems lazy now, especially if i end up selling off 70% of it in parts. Thanks for the responses - it's been useful. I suspect i'd otherwise have done something i'd have regretted later.
  3. Thanks for the feedback, guess that's unanimous - forget the 100" and keep the 110 V8. But nobody said keep the CSW body! I just won't be able to keep a vehicle that big. So it's either quick tidy, ebay and let someone else keep her original or keep it 110 V8 - but truck cab. If i keep it simple may be no-one will be able to tell it wasn't one from the start. Keeping the axles original would be easier, but i'd say it's heavy hauling days are over and ABS is pretty much the most important improvement in vehicle technology in the last 20 years and it seems stupid not to fit it if its sitting there in the garage. With all the other changes i doubt the insurers will object - Mind you whether it's still serviceable is another matter. I think i'm right in thinking that chassis, engine and gearbox are enough to avoid the SVA. The socket set comes out next month - so i'll make sure i post some pictures either way. Expect to see some CSW parts on ebay! Unless i sell it all and buy a project series 1 - that should be small enough to hide it from the wife.
  4. Bit of a moral dilemma here. 1. Break a pretty good early V8 110 CSW and build a 100", or 2. make it a runner and ebay, or 3. rebuild it as a 110 truck cab. Bought the 110 as a source of parts (clutch is really stuck and otherwise just needs a rear crossmember) for a 100" hybrid that i was going to build using an 1989 3.9 RR. Still needed a rear tub of course. Now i need to make a decision as the CSW is so big on the drive it's starting to irritate the wife, and the skeleton of the RR is in the garage. So it's got to be truck cab to reduce it's impact. I suspect that the RR V8 needs a rebuild but the 110 doesn't. I also like the idea of the LT95 instead of auto. If i sell the 110 on ebay it'll have to sell well to cover the cost of the lift up doors, bonnet, wings, engine + gearbox, dash, wiring etc. If i keep it the standard 110 rear tub just slips on and i don't have any SVA headaches as its just a change of body panels. But i may have to fit the RR axles as they have ABS and will take the LSE alloys and tyres. But looking at it today by the time you strip away all the CSW parts there's not a lot of the 110 left, and if any parts are needed they are at the front end - better bulkhead, new wing and front panel if we're being picky. Then i start thinking i could keep the b post and make a king cab - why keep it simple! Wife just gives me a blank stare when i seek enlightenment from her - so any advice you lot fancy giving? I know its all subjective but it could help swing it one way or the other.
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