Ozyboy Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Thinking of buying a 110 Crew Cab, only way the Mrs will drive it is if it has either no back cover (can't leave anything in it) or with a tailored fibreglass back (body coloured). Now for the question. Anybody got experience of what options and why. i.e. truckman, carryboy, others??? ..... Also, i think i have seen photo's of a DC with fibreglass top, and a 90/110 style 1 piece rear door (That would be my ideal) but alas, can't think or find on the web anything about this option. Any of you knowledgeable on this subject?? Cheers Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 My Friend Earl [on here] has just bought a 110DC & fitted a Truckman glassfibre rear cover to the loadbay, his is finished in white with a lift up rear door [similar to older 109 hardtops]. found the LR 110DC brochure http://www.truckman.co.uk/media/LandRover4pp.pdf Ade [Earl] top is on 2nd page top right, I've seen it & it looked well made & is a good fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozyboy Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 My Friend Earl [on here] has just bought a 110DC & fitted a Truckman glassfibre rear cover to the loadbay, his is finished in white with a lift up rear door [similar to older 109 hardtops].found the LR 110DC brochure http://www.truckman.co.uk/media/LandRover4pp.pdf Ade [Earl] top is on 2nd page top right, I've seen it & it looked well made & is a good fit Top job, thanks very much. Any ideas how water tight it is??? Did he do lots of research into option, or is it a case of Ifor Williams, or Truckman?? Also, anyone else seen anything different, Cheers Ozy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 the cab end has a fully closed panel with a glass window in it that almost matches the cab rear window, the complete top is fully waterproof as far as I'm aware, the 110 had a standard tilt on it only other choice was the Ifor galvy top, he didn't want those as the tilt isn't secure & the Ifor makes it look like a farm wagon. rear lift up door is lockable too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 There's a SouthAfrican company making the Alu-Cab for LandRovers http://www.alu-cab.co.za/vehicles.html I took a good look at their designs and though I could make one myself....so I did! 2mm aluminium tread plate, 60 x 40 ally box section and a few bits & bobs from around the Sharjah back streets. I bought some of the AL75 DIY aluminium welding wire from Billing and put it to good use in tacking the frame together. Once the frame was complete I had a mate TIG it all properly. The side compartments hold all of my recovery gear in one side and the other has the waffle boards. Total price was about 200 quid for materials and a couple of months of occasional weekends. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Streaky, is your 130 a Dutch market [129] with the normal 110 stlye reare body or did you build it like that ? UK 130's use the hi-capacity rear body, yours just looks very tidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Streaky, is your 130 a Dutch market [129] with the normal 110 stlye reare body or did you build it like that ? UK 130's use the hi-capacity rear body, yours just looks very tidy. I have absolutly no idea Ralph! I know it had a hard life running the rig roads in Oman before I bought it 5 years ago. Since then I've put in a brand new 4.6Efi, Santana box, Quaife diffs and half shafts, twin Aircon for front and rear seats, full length roll cage, HD suspension from OME, QT arms back and front, new 130 rims courtacy of Britpart, three fuel tanks ...the list goes on and on. The tub is typical of the non-hi-cap design. The rear is decked out with ally tread plate, draws on slide out rails etc. 130's are few and far between in the Middle East. We see the occasional TD5 one and purely by coincidence I saw a 6x6 130 at the airport today! He was going the other way and didn't see me....I was waving like a pillock! I also made one of these rear aluminium cabs for my mates 110 twincab...he sold the car about two weeks after I'd finished it! I wish he'd have let me buy it back from him.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Sounds well sorted, poor show by your mate not giving you the chance to have the rear cover back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Do you need all the space? Why not just make a load bay lid. Saw one like that and thought it looked very smart. No pictures I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozyboy Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 Most of the time, running as a pick up is OK, but camping trips will need a good volume of safe dry storage space... Off to look at a fibreglass top fitted to a DCPU over the weekend. thnaks for oll the pointers. Ozy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Try Wolf Canopies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Do you need all the space?Why not just make a load bay lid. Saw one like that and thought it looked very smart. No pictures I'm afraid. I bought my 130 purely as a Rally support vehicle for Team Saluki....hence I need the space for wheels, gearboxes, tools, jerry cans etc. It had to be robust for pulling all the spares through the desert. The 130 also shares some specialized parts that incase of emergency can be transferred over to the racer. The 110 Saluki has now unfortnatly been sold to a couple fo brothers in Canada who intend competing in the Californian Baja events. Marks bought himslef a 2WD buggy for the new season. Honda 6V engine, cross cut dog box and Fox shocks blah blah blah. I've seen those flush fitting tonnau covers also at Billing....They provide good rear view vision...but why bother? The storage area becomes tiny when you put that on. Trojan do a nice rear cab. Vince Cocley has one on his 110 twin-cab. Like mine...it has the side storage compartments that allow for quick access to recovery gear and brew-up stuff. Regards. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozyboy Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 They look the B*******ks Much better option than the other versions. Specially like the standard rear side opening door. Top job guys, appreciate it. Ozy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibexman Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 They look the B*******ks Much better option than the other versions. Specially like the standard rear side opening door. Top job guys, appreciate it. Ozy Anyone got any pics of cobleys truck or web address for trojan??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Anyone got any pics of cobleys truck or web address for trojan??? Send him an email here http://www.protrax.co.uk/vehicles.html I'm sure he'll be happy to pass on the details. Regards. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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