G'day all.

Removed motorcycle rack

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Regards Stuart

174-323 1969 S2A LRPV
175-170 1969 S2A LRPV
178-404 1971 S2A LRPV
172-463 1968 S2A GS/LRPV
178-185 1970 S2A GS
101-527 1964 No.5 'Norforce' Trailer

REMLR Member No - 209

G'day TommyK, There are quite a few differences between the chassis's 2A 109, S3 109, mainly in the position of the cross members under the flywheel housing and the transmission, from memory they will need to be cut off and moved forward to suit the 4 cyl engine.
What you need now is the wksp manual (4cyl) for the dimensions etc of the 4 cyl chassis, and a copy of the chassis diagram for the Series 3 109, all the measurements are in metric so it will be easy to spot the differences, if you lived over here (East Coast) I could have sold you a replacement chassis to suit 4 cyl 109 ex-mil ( I also have a 6cyl 109 ex-mil as well, I was going down the same track with 'Gladys') anyway all the best with it cheers for now Dennis

Thanks for that Dinty.

I will get the measurements off my LRPV. It has always been my intention to replicate the LRPV chassis in every way. I have contracted a boilermaker/welder to come over and cut/chop/modify/weld everything to bring it up to Series 2A standard. As I had intended to galvanise a replacement chassis, this is a good compromise. Unfortunately, like I've said before, we here in the west aren't blessed with an abundance of Landy spares etc so we have to do with what we have or can get our hands on . Sometimes I feel like packin' up and moving east.

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Regards Stuart

174-323 1969 S2A LRPV
175-170 1969 S2A LRPV
178-404 1971 S2A LRPV
172-463 1968 S2A GS/LRPV
178-185 1970 S2A GS
101-527 1964 No.5 'Norforce' Trailer

REMLR Member No - 209

G'day All, PS I forgot to mention the chassis extension at the front, they are particular to Series 3 only, and I'm certain that they are for the lifting rings, the Series 2A's had a different type, so you may want to remove them as well cheers mate Dennis
It's the 2 extensions with the plates drilled with holes

I missed the caption at first and thought your front lawn was looking a bit sad - a bit like an aerial photograph of somewhere in the bush!

Or the local kids had made some tracks through the clover in your lawn so they could play cars.


Ron

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Ron B.

1995 P38A Range Rover 4.6 V8 Auto; 1968 LR Series IIA trayback (Holden 202)
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ex-1995 Discovery 300Tdi auto; ex-1984 110 County V8 3.5 manual; ex-1986 Range Rover HiLine 4.6 auto; ex-1983 Range Rover 3.5 manual

G'day TommyK

WHY oh WHY the Value of your vehicle is it's uniqueness as one of a VERY FEW Australian LRPV's built, It is unique because it is on an Australian Series 2/2a RAISED Chassis,and it has it's own chassis No 253*******Suffix# by fitting a Series 3 chassis which is of STANDARD Build, if them makes it a Hybrid and of NO historical value whatsoever the Series 3 chassis differs in the following.



1 Chassis is 2x"C" sections centre welded, 2a flat plate edge welded.

2 Chassis vertical wall is of different dimentions (it is heigher)

3 The Series 3 chassis was never built as a 1ton chassis in Australia.

4 The Military Series 3 chassis was only ever built as a 6 cylinder unit.

5 The chance of being able to totally replicate it as a 2a is minimal.



I am sorry but I would have thought that with a vehicle as rare as this you would have gone to the trouble to straighten the chassis to keep the authenticty of it I went to the trouble to straighten my chassis and that was only on a GS.


Rant over.

a disappointed

Uncle Ho

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68 2a GS 6028D 172-484
Aust No5 trailer 2wheel 1/2 ton Ch 1974=173-489
REMLR No 003

I totally agree, nothing is beyond repair and even though it may take longer to achieve the final result is well worth the effort. I have bypassed the purchase of numerous vehicles because of their hybrid state. Historical correctness is what we should be aiming for not a vehicle that may ressemble what it once looked like!!!!!!!!!

Peter

It might be worth building the LRPV onto the gal chassis to get it up and going then take your time repairing the original chassis as a future project with the view to trasfer the chassis back over once the original was restored. From the pictures of the original it looks like it would take a lot of time and effort to restore it.

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Current - Elsa the lightweight
Current - 1950 80 inch hardtop
ex - 1997 Disco tdi
ex - series 3 109 (diesel)

REMLR member no. 144

I was able to purchase this chassis at a very good price and thought that it might be a good compromise.

I take your point UncleHo and Firey. I have over the last couple of days had second thoughts about using the series 3 chassis. I spent the weekend looking, measuring and costing the mods needed to bring it up to series 2 spec. A lot of work!
I do agree with your comments on originallity etc. This has been playing on my mind as it has always been my intention to retain a much of the original LRPV as is possible.

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Regards Stuart

174-323 1969 S2A LRPV
175-170 1969 S2A LRPV
178-404 1971 S2A LRPV
172-463 1968 S2A GS/LRPV
178-185 1970 S2A GS
101-527 1964 No.5 'Norforce' Trailer

REMLR Member No - 209

Tommy; how competent are you with metal-working?

It isn't really a big deal to make things like crossmembers from sheet metal; High school competency will get you a long way and save mega-bucks! If you don't have a welder, new MIG's are fairly cheap nowadays. It might be cheaper to buy one and do a course at TAFE, than to pay someone. I have rebuilt a Series 1 chassis that most people would have thrown on the tip; I wanted to keep the original chassis number
cheers Chazza