Another thing I thought of was a possible rough landing using air lifts?.. I've seen a few pics of bent chassis after being dropped from a height....
Rob.
Possibly Rob, or a combination of that and what John (JDNSW) said. The plating is on both side, but only the right side seems to have suffered from rust. Anyway, it will all be better soon !
Sometimes I wonder if the army just did things on these vehicles to practice their skills.
Cheers,
John
Another thing I thought of was a possible rough landing using air lifts?.. I've seen a few pics of bent chassis after being dropped from a height....
Rob.
SIII FFR 2.6; STAGE 1 3.9; RRS 4.4;REMLR member 114
I don't think the S3 chassis has necessarily done the lift exactly the same as the 2a.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Weren't the S3 chassis a standard 1 ton chassis?
Sooo... if the SIII military chassis is a standard 1 ton chassis which was in turn allegedly adopted from the 2A military modifications... shouldn't we be looking at the same thing?..
Rob.
SIII FFR 2.6; STAGE 1 3.9; RRS 4.4;REMLR member 114
Not in terms of detail design - when the 2a was designed, it was based on modifying the existing chassis - it is quite possible that the Series 3 One Ton chassis was (re)designed to be cheaper to produce 12 years later, as by that time they had a better idea whether they could sell this chassis to more than just the Australian army!
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
When did the pressed chassis start?
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Understood John, I was just being facetious.
Rob
SIII FFR 2.6; STAGE 1 3.9; RRS 4.4;REMLR member 114
Finally got round to taking some pictures of my IIa GS chassis.
Similar but not exactly the same as yours but because the vehicle is assembled it's difficult to get the photos.
Drivers side
DSCN4522 by Colin Radley, on Flickr
DSCN4526 by Colin Radley, on Flickr
Passenger side
DSCN4524 by Colin Radley, on Flickr
Series III FFR
DSCN4525 by Colin Radley, on Flickr
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'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
'58 Series II (sold)
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