danny70 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Hello everyone my name is Dan completely new to the world of LR but am well hooked allready. I recently obtained a series 300 badly damaged on the back body. Also severly corroded in all the normal places wheel arches boot footwells etc. My next question looking at the parts availability and time involved i think fitting a later series 2 body would be more beneficial. Has anyone done this and if so are there any major problems? was going to use as mush as possible of the 300 elctrics for the dash etc .Any thoughts anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 One slight problem might be that the D2 is about ten inches longer IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 As far as I know, the D2 body is only longer behind the rear wheels, just the over-hang. Land rover used D1 bodies on the D2 test mules, jsut with an extended rear. I would have thought it do-able. But not just a nuts and bolts swap AFAIK. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny70 Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 thanks guys appreciate the input. Have read a variety of posts about the slight size difference however there were comments that the mounting might be the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny70 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 have decide to take the plunge with this idea of a later shell. Have purchased a fire damaged front end shell will keep everyone posted how it goes ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Excellent! Keep us posted, a nice detailed thread will be a good read ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny70 Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 hi all thought time i posted on progress of my project. amazing how many bits of a 300 will fit a td5 shell, also amazing how small some of the differences in size preventing use are. i have wire wheeled shot blasted the engine bay, painted and sealed the shell. the shell is now sitting on the chassis the rear body mount will have to be modified as well the moving the pair over the rear axle. I am using the series 1 loom modified to deal with the interior of the td5 shell next step will be to wire up the electrics and get the engine fired up again. will post pics and more detail at a later date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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