Thread: Whats the best Chassis for a project vehicle?

this will be an interesting thread

all i have to say is from what i have seen is that out of any 4wd (not including the exotic 4wd's and unimogs etc etc) land rovers have probably the biggest,well designed and strongest looking chassis out of all of them land rover also offers alot of sizes for different tasks such as 90",110",130"(127") so on and so forth to be suited to certain tasks.

if you wanted a rock crawler i am asuming (being a land rover man) getting a 90" due to it having less length which will make it less likely to belly out but thenagain with a bit of a lift it will also be less stable than a 110 or 130 i would think so thats where you get portal axles , greater offset rims , bigger tyres and setup suspension so that it doesnt sit 50million inches of the ground (hence meaning more unstable) but give the suspension more flex/droop etc etc (lift isnt everything)

all depends on the exact purpose i suppose

there is also a place in south australia (i think its in south australia) that sells new galvinsed land rover chassis which would be the go think they were around the $3000 mark though

I think most of the rock crawlers, buggies etc are somewhere around 100-110" and generally on the longer side of within that range. The 110 chassis is a deeper section chassis and so probably stronger chassis than the 100" chassis. For that type of thing I think the Defender chassis followed by the Discovery/Rangie chassis is the go.

I would think the 100" Rangie or Disco would be the most popular as plentiful and cheap. Some comps are set up to catch the 100" out though.
The 100" chassis needs to be braced for serious off road use.
I had a look at the bush Ranger kit a wile back. Bit expensive for a highly impractical vehicle I think.

Great start, fellas. Thanks for the input.

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Bit expensive for a highly impractical vehicle I think.

Exactly, Hence my interest in this particular kit (NCF Sahara), heaps cheaper and easier to build by the looks.

D1 & RRC chassis are probably the cheapest coilers....one thing to keep in mind if it is to be road-registerable is that it is easier if the chassis doesn't come from a write-off

87C, thanks, that was what I thought.
The tricky bit will be to get a repairable right-off with a (relatively minor) rear-end shunt for what I have in mind.
No small order ; /

Originally Posted by Barefoot Dave

Great start, fellas. Thanks for the input.


Exactly, Hence my interest in this particular kit (NCF Sahara), heaps cheaper and easier to build by the looks.

They're great if you want to do a kit. Be the one I'd go for. You end up with a multipurpose vehicle at the end.

You really need an update Disco that had a light roll over etc. They come up cheap and have good running gear.

This is what you have in mind?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.scruton/sahara2.html

Exactly, Hence my interest in this particular kit (NCF Sahara), heaps cheaper and easier to build by the looks.[/QUOTE]


can you post a link so we can see what you have in mind?? (may give me some insparation)