Thread: Travo's 76 Two-Door Project.

I would be looking to fit vented front rotors with matching calipers that will bolt straight onto the D1 hubs, i think they are from the same era defender.
Yeah do the full swivel rebuild while you can , bearings are off the shelf at any bearing shop but seals are LR parts supplier only usually.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I would be looking to fit vented front rotors with matching calipers that will bolt straight onto the D1 hubs, i think they are from the same era defender.
Yeah do the full swivel rebuild while you can , bearings are off the shelf at any bearing shop but seals are LR parts supplier only usually.

I think that these brakes are ABS (because of the sensor hanging out of them), and I think that determines some of the repair kits that I can use.

I think the Range Rover first got ABS in 1989. Nothing to say that modifications have not occurred in the years before you got your car though.

Les Richmond did a great 2 door restomod "Avalanche"

Great watch, particularly liked the auto gear shift that looked like a manual

Might be a good watch for inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9X90ktxd14

Originally Posted by chuck

Might be a good watch for inspiration.

It is absolutely an inspiration! Thanks for calling it out. I have watched it a bunch of times for clues into the build. Even called LRA and spoke to Andrew to clarify some aspects of the build, he was gracious but not too forthcoming because doing great builds is there business. That Lokar shifter is definitely something I'm planning to include in mine.

Hi Trav,

I have a 74 with a 350 and fitted a C9 Ritters conversion to it some years ago.

Ritters did these conversions in the early 80's for the Saudi market before LR were doing autos in RRC's. Custom bell housing and adaptor to the TC section of an LT94............stock mounts and prop shafts. Was a JLR option in Oz at the time, i.e. 'stock'.

Brakes.............went 'metric' around '81, meaning that the threads on the pipe glands and in the calipers and MC are metric instead of imperial.

Piston diameter was 43mm till around '93 in RRC's then went to 46mm and single line front system.

My set up is stock metric with 43mm pistons and solid calipers. I don't view vented as any real benefit for me and they are more prone to warping where water is involved.

I do have a D1 pedal box (double brake vac diaphragm) and a brand new stock twin line MC to suit ready to instal. This will require the later proportioning valve, all stock LR parts from slightly later models. The twin line MC is for a very specific D! from memory. I will have the P/N somewhere.

This is the same set up as a toy 76 2 door RRC I had for awhile that was on 35's and the brakes were really good.

Some years ago an engineer from NZ called Dougal came up with the idea of fitting 46mm Def front calipers to his 91 (ish) RRC, which was a huge improvement. Deleted the prop valve to achieve a nice balance F&R.

Wrote it all up (with part numbers) on the now defunct Outer Limits website. Dougal was his username on here so there is a bit of info available.

I think Vern from this site went down this path for his RRC and deleted the prop valve like Dougal and got engineer approval for the mod.

46mm front Defender calipers are available for solid or vented discs and in twin line and single line.

Any combination of the above could be fitted to D1 diffs. ABS is just a distraction IMO.

D1 pedal box and 46mm fronts could be great.

It's just a question of what is going to work for you.

cheers, David L