CwazyWabbit Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Have you got any pictures handy Steve? Would love to see some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 There is a youtube video of some landrover 'thusiasts wandering around a chopped down and widened landy at a car-meet somewhere. It looks like it has a truck chassis and standard defender wings, doors and rear panels, but all of the middle bits, rad panels, bonnet, roof and rear door and cross member are at least 8 inches wider. It has a landrover oval on the front but has boxer111 on the bonnet. Not sure if its a concept car or a kit but it looks good, apart from the cut down height of the cabin. All glossy black and clean. Must be a road car rather than for off road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 There is a youtube video of some landrover 'thusiasts wandering around a chopped down and widened landy at a car-meet somewhere. It looks like it has a truck chassis and standard defender wings, doors and rear panels, but all of the middle bits, rad panels, bonnet, roof and rear door and cross member are at least 8 inches wider. It has a landrover oval on the front but has boxer111 on the bonnet. Not sure if its a concept car or a kit but it looks good, apart from the cut down height of the cabin. All glossy black and clean. Must be a road car rather than for off road! its a racing land rover... (skip to 0:55) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 and this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris113 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 On Dad's 90 the seats sit inwards, along with quite a few other mods to get a bit more room. Apparently this has been done by the factory since the introduction of 300 tdi vehicles http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=74946&hl= Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thanks for all the comments guys. I have just bought a 1988 landy 110 hardtop to take home and dismember. Its got a 200 tdi engine and big wheels so I might use it for off roading and take my sankey trailer for a jaunt now and again. Cheers all Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'm sure we'd all love to see photos of whatever you decide todo to the 110 Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Wouldn't it be easier to lose some weight?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Heres a phot of what foley special vehicles did a few years ago I remember seeing this in a mag-possibly LRO : As you can see the bulkhead has been widened-by the 3x vent flaps HTH John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 That looks well done, when you first look at it you could be mistaken for thinking it was standard width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Barry, It's got to be at least 6"(150mm) wider than standard John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Wouldn't it be easier to lose some weight?! One of the Australian Perentie's would provide room for sideways expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I can sell you the missus under used cross trainer?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Ahem, as I said earlier, its not a belly depth issue, its width across the shoulders I have a problem with. I managed to drive my 110 home from bristol where it had been advertised on Ebay. The gears were intermittently not engaging and the brakes were decidedly ropey. I gave myself a serious case of cramp in the attempts to reach the hand brake and I had to leave the window down to steer in -2 degrees C with a wind chill factor of -5. Very chilly elbow. There is a hell of a wobble on the front passenger side wheel hub that I am looking at tomorrow and the rain we had on the weekend is now slowly dripping as a brown solution onto the steering wheel. I am really gonna enjoy chopping this one apart! Buying a sand blaster too in the morning so I can get to work on the panels and chassis. Happy days Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Nice landy camper! All jealous now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big.Mike Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Wouldn't it be easier to lose some weight?! Brave, brave comment... Meatslicer got any pictures? Before slicing a decent bulk head in twain, why not get one with rot in the middle and sell the old one (assuming its in good nick?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Now that I have had these replies from you lot, I am gonna see if I can do outrigger surgery and extend the bulkhead sideways. That way I can keep all of the current steering and pedals as they are and widen my arm space. Brave, brave comment... Meatslicer got any pictures? Before slicing a decent bulk head in twain, why not get one with rot in the middle and sell the old one (assuming its in good nick?) Do you mean pictures of my manly physique or the planned surgery on the Landy? Where do they sell middle-rotten bulkheads? All the ones I have seen are gone on the same places, in the footwell and under the windscreen drain gutter. Am I missing something? Another wild thought, anyone ever welded a door frame over an existing door frame and transplanted the window winder and door catches onto the outer door? That would give another three or four inches of shoulder room. Just bought myself a new 3hp compressor and a pressurised sandblaster so I can start stripping my panels and chassis as I remove them. Never done sandblasting so looking forward to making a real mess! Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big.Mike Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Do you mean pictures of my manly physique the planned surgery on the Landy? Where do they sell middle-rotten bulkheads? All the ones I have seen are gone on the same places, in the footwell and under the windscreen drain gutter. Am I missing something? Another wild thought, anyone ever welded a door frame over an existing door frame and transplanted the window winder and door catches onto the outer door? That would give another three or four inches of shoulder room. Just bought myself a new 3hp compressor and a pressurised sandblaster so I can start stripping my panels and chassis as I remove them. Never done sandblasting so looking forward to making a real mess! Eric Good grief no, just some pictures of the Landy will suffice... Actually you're right, then you could get two knackered down one half and then weld them together, if you cut off centre you'd only need to make one weld... Be careful with the grit blaster, a good pair of gauntlets are worth their weight in gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettstuff Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Meatslicer knew i wasn't day dreaming this popped up on another forum, can only find a picture at the moment but its been widened http://www.lro.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=81714 and original source although it seems not to be a direct link anymore Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 looks more like a lower camera angle and a wide angle lens, make the body look wider. I have started to strip out my 110, sold the roof rack that came with it for £180 on EBay, roof off next and rear tub off. I will be swapping the old roof with runners for an alloy roof and insulating the whole cabin with wolf insulation sheets when it all goes back together. Need to strip down my sankey trailer too and make it into an engine, gearbox and chassis carrier so I can transport parts for rebuilding and galvanizing. The dashboard is a mess with water getting in through the window seal, and the radio drains the battery. Took out all of the cobbled-together wiring today. The scrappy who drives round in his tipper truck has been busy picking up all of the rusty panels and old bolts. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 OK, just saw this monster in the link above() I want one, my missus wants one and my daughter wants to borrow it. Thats what I'm talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Four windscreen wipers! Come on! Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 You could run over enviromentalists with that without harming them .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 mm Icelandic .. but not widened , it just has a Series roof and screen with the centre bar removed I wonder what the steering lock is like with those hooooge tyres? cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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