Thread: Body swap possibilities?

Originally Posted by Borgy

So you're suggesting to mix German DNA with good old British pedigree.

Let me see if ever in royal history that's been done before..

If I'm not mistaken the Td5 is a BMW design , And South African Defenders certainly had BMW engines .

I started researching wheel bases and went on this great website Wheelbase Length Cross Reference: Vehicles with 2550 mm Wheelbase - Roadkill Customs
Type the wheel base and they give a list a matching cars.
And then can go + - whatever amount
Interesting is at 30mm less I can get a db4 Aston Martin body to fit ..
Just might need to tweak a wheel arch or something.
Only problem now is to find a db4 shell ..
If anyone has one lying around in a shed..
Are you willing to swap a p38 for one.?

If I'm not mistaken the Td5 is a BMW design ,

You are mistaken.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by goingbush

If I'm not mistaken the Td5 is a BMW design , And South African Defenders certainly had BMW engines .

Not correct, yes LR SA fitted a BMW petrol 6 to some defenders and a BMW diesel 6 was fitted to the P38 RR.
TD5 was fully built by LR .

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Not correct, yes LR SA fitted a BMW petrol 6 to some defenders and a BMW diesel 6 was fitted to the P38 RR.
TD5 was fully built by LR .

Whats really interesting about this, is that Land Rover developed a Td4, Td5 & Td6 which shared parts (Freelander, Discovery, Range Rover) but the new owners at BMW already had a Td4 and Td6 already, so the Land Rover varients didn't survive, but BMW didn't have a Td5 so LandRovers Td5 did live on. I understood under the bonnet of the Disco would fit a Td5 and a V8 but wasn't long enough for a Td6. I think thats interesting because plenty of people these days have fitted the BMW M57 Td6 under the bonnet of the Disco.

Back on topic, last year I was picking up a wheel from Ritters and there was an early Leyland truck mounted onto a D1 chassis.
It was still 4wd and think it was a V8.

Originally Posted by Borgy

Now that is a great idea..
Will try to find this guy.
If you have a name or number I'll track him down and give him a call.
Thanks

I wish I could. If I had access to old LROC mags, I could find him as he used to advertise in there (back when I was the editor), His wife was a bit of a honey…

Edit: i just did a search of the forum and found Xtreme posted this:

Peter DeQuant of Range Parts Company
Ph: 9896 2355

Dunno if Peter is still around. Range Parts Co still comes up in Google searches.

I believe he's still on deck.
Don.