Maverik Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 An interesting proposition is looming and I have a few questions: What’s the differences between a standard 110 chassis and a hi cap 110 chassis... hypothetically speaking how difficult would it be to modify a standard 110 chassis into a hi cap one? I look forward to the responses... Mav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 AFAIK it's just different body mount brackets, otherwise the basic chassis is the same as any other 110 depending on what engine/gearbox is fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hmmm interesting, Cheers Ralph, so if I happend upon a 110 Hi cap pick-up with a religious chassis, I would need a standard 110 chassis as a replacement.. Cool, sounds straight forward on paper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 have a look through the 110 part bok chassis & chassis attachments pages on retroanaconda's site http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrover/2010/02/land-rover-defender-110-parts-book/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 i've either just done something very stupid or done something very stupid... for 250 squid surely I can't go wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Chris, I'm glad you did'nt type "what could possibly go wrong" John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 So you just need a Freelander and a Range Rover now ....... btw ....... we want pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantastic Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 My hi-cap started it's life as a hard top and I converted it myself. All you need is a few brackets and a tub. You will need to extend a few wires as well if you want the rear lit It's not a very difficult job to be honest. I have pics on a few other forums - not sure if it's ok to link here to other forums so PM me for links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Link away Mr Dantastic, I've posted links to other forums before and so have many others. The Mods/Admins here are a nice bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantastic Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Alrighty. Thread with photos over at 4xforum.net. I think you may have to register to see the section in question though. http://www.4xforum.net/index.php?topic=2793.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 That's quite a long thread Dantastic Nice job though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantastic Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 That's quite a long thread Dantastic Nice job though Yea, it's mostly unrelated stuff but it covers the whole process. Maverik, Let me know if you need any part numbers or have any other questions - there is not much to it though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 I'm just going to keep stum until I hear back from the manny. Thanks for the advice Mr dantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleyseng Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 A real Hi-Cap chassis is made of a thicker gauge of steel. i think its 3mm or 3.5mm instead of 2mm thick as per the standard 110. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneandtwo Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 A real Hi-Cap chassis is made of a thicker gauge of steel. i think its 3mm or 3.5mm instead of 2mm thick as per the standard 110. No it isn't a standard Hi cap runs on exactly the same chassis. I have a Hicap that had a bent chassis from a jack-knifed trailler and I put it on a station wagon chassis, however I chopped a lot of the Hicap chassis up as it was used as repair sections to repair other 90/110s. (Such a shame it was bent about 6" out front to back as it was absolutely mint with not a spot of rust) a HD Hicap or any other HD 110 has a double thickness overplated chassis (which rusts really badly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleyseng Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Agreed to rusting really badly!! I cut a 6 inch square hole in one of the chassis sections to make a repair, and i shone a torch inside and sure enough all of the inside skin of metal had entirely rusted and delaminated. I re-chassid this summer, with a Richards chassis. They are the ones who gave me the impression that a Hi - Cap was made from a thicker gauge. I have just read some info on the Richards website. It states the standard thickness to be 2mm, but they manufacture in 2.5mm. This is where i was getting confused sorry. One thing i do know is that Richards dont laminate two pieces together, which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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