Thread: Body size Defender 130 v 110

Hi. Just working on an idea at the moment. My search results have been zero.
I want to know if the body width etc of a 110 wagon is the same as a 130 dual cab. Obviously from the back doors forward.

In the specs of the vehicles, the 130 is wider than the 110. What makes the 130 wider. Is it body, chassis , axles, wheels or...?

I am talking 300Tdi vintage here. TIA

I'm just a silly old bugger with too much idle time and a head full of ideas. I was just more or less trying to determine track widths. On some site looking at track widths the 110 comes in narrower than the 130. But as has been determined above that is due to wheel offset and rim width.

My ideas were on the train of thought of converting a 110 into a dual cab with a 6x6 conversion. The treason I was looking at that was because I want to put a slide on camper on the back. Now a 130 has the rear axle at the front of the load area so sensibly limiting the size of tray. Keeping in mind I wanted to have 2 spare wheels and a long range fuel tank like the Dolium 170 job. My calculations showed that that 2 spares and the fuel tank didn't leave much room for a slide on. Hence the 6x6 conversion would allow for a 2.4 m tray.

Now that I have rethought that and realized that apart from being freaking expensive, it is a very hard and complicated way to make room for a slide-on. I have given myself an uppercut and that has woken up a few brain cells that have a bit more sense in them and am working on tray design to overcome limitations and fulfill my ideas.

At the moment I am housebound without a vehicle, so am getting all my planning sorted for when I can get out and about. Hope that answers the curious in you and all.