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    GS to wagon mods

    Hi
    Ive had a query about what I did for my conversion, here are the replies I sent to a PM in case there is any interest:-

    I used a county body, modified it to use the perentie tool boxes and filler (and did away with the county filler). I used a perentie tank.

    It was a big project- you might consider using the county tank and filler and putting the spare somewhere else.

    I will dig out my phots. You can also search up ‘rar110’.

    As for the steps

    1. The perentie station wagon tank is not the same as the GS/FFR. It is shorter and has different filler and breather (the ‘real’ ones are modified GS ones)

    2. The filler neck is unique- you need to fabricate it from 38mm exhaust pipe and bits of your GS filler. Have to cut the hole in the wing (easy)

    3. The filler pipe needs to get past the body support member- the real ones have a stupid bracket and the pipe has a low point. RAR110 modified his BSM with a round tube (I used square).

    4. The breather needs to run up the ‘B’ pillar - I used 1/2 copper tube.

    5. You need to delete the civvy fuel filler- I cut and shut with an off-cut of an old wing (I used rivets, RAR110 welded his).

    6. You need to cut the toolbox apertures (easy) and fabricate another toolbox for the drivers side (the civvy has one on the pax)- this is fiddler than it looks- you need to copy the part at the very rear else it won’t be able to be fitted.

    7. If you want to use inwards facing seats, then you will need to fabricate a mirror image of the double seatbelt anchor for the drivers side (the toolbox stops you using the civvy one in that location)

    and note

    note the following:-

    1. The "real" perentie wagons used a modified GS tank - it is cut-down at the top/ back corner to clear the seat box. The inlet is different - 38mm tube located to go between the support brackets (note that the wagon brackets are different to the ute ones- longer). The breather is also different and runs in a loop up the B pillar and discharges under the seat box (i copied that but it might be superior to run the breather back to the filler neck like the civvy one).

    2. The filler neck (where the cap goes) is different - I cut off most of the GS one and welded on a 120 deg 38mm mandrel bend - that is a close replica of the "real" filler. Locating the cut-out for the filler is pretty easy - its obvious where it needs to go to miss various brackets and stiffeners

    3. The bolt-on body cross-member gets in the way of the pipe from the filler to the tank. The military cut away the bottom of the cross-member and then used an ugly reinforcing bracket. Our member RAR110 used a welded-in round tube as a conduit - I used square (i think 75X75 from memory)

    4. The civvy fuel filler needs to be removed - i used a section cut from an old tub for the rear 400 or so of that wing (i used rivets, RAR110 welded) and re-created the toolbox.

    It would be a damn sight easier to just use the civvy filler and tank.
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    Yes, I think you took the hard road on this...

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    But I've seen another wagon conversion owner who's just used a long range tank out of a RRC/D1; even easier again. Given the exercise is to convert to a wagon, there's no need to have the spare under the vehicle.

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    My 1984 110 County (Isuzu) has a fuel tank under the drivers seat, and looking at the images mine is exactly the same, it was like it when I bought it in 1990, I have just in the last couple of years had to replace the flex filler tube (under the floor) other than that no issues at all, cheers dennis

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dinty View Post
    My 1984 110 County (Isuzu) has a fuel tank under the drivers seat, and looking at the images mine is exactly the same, it was like it when I bought it in 1990, I have just in the last couple of years had to replace the flex filler tube (under the floor) other than that no issues at all, cheers dennis
    That's interesting Dennis, I've seen an under-seat tank as optional equipment in a 110 brochure but never in real life.

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    That’s a good bit of info above.

    I’m about to fit another wagon body to a perentie. This time using a 200tdi Defender donor. The under seat tank is a PIA. If using and under seat tank use two sections of tube up the B-pillar with a loop of fuel hose at top for a breather.

    I will be using the Perentie spare tyre space for the fuel tank and RWC.

    I think I will do the same again with the filler point and weld up the hole for standard filler and go with series 2 filler cap/tube and put tool boxes on sides again. These are really handy.
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