Thread: Series 1 Flatpack Chassis........

Good to see some enterprising soul out there has made his own!

$1600 plus shipping to here makes it a bit steep though; if the recipient can weld, which presumably is why they would buy it, then they can probably make a flat pack themselves.

I guesstimate about $300 for materials, including consumables, would see the same thing made here,

Cheers Charlie

Just need to get the dxf files and have them laser cut. Could offer to buy the rights to the dxf files. Looks like many nights of welding though, want to be good welds too.

When 3d printers get better you could just print an entire s1...

Then you have to put everything together so its square in alignment with no twists or warps to a standard that will meet the approval of the engineer who inspects it.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Then you have to put everything together so its square in alignment with no twists or warps....

Why - Land Rover didn't They just hoped it warped back to roughly square when they welded the other side...

Than just buy some number stamps...

OT - what is it with the horrible ebay embedding these days. I can't find anything to click on that takes me to the actual ad???

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Why - Land Rover didn't They just hoped it warped back to roughly square when they welded the other side...

Than just buy some number stamps...

OT - what is it with the horrible ebay embedding these days. I can't find anything to click on that takes me to the actual ad???

Although they did weld it together in a jig. Building yourself a jig first would be more of a nightmare than just welding the bits together.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Although they did weld it together in a jig. Building yourself a jig first would be more of a nightmare than just welding the bits together.

According to various accounts of the first Landrovers, one of the key steps in designing the chassis construction method was to work out an exact sequence of welding that would ensure it did not warp. This is where the home builder is likely to come unstuck!

John

Exactly, the novice welder would be likely to start at one end do a continuous weld to the other only to find they now have a banana shaped chassis.

You only have to watch a professional fabrication welder for a short period to realise that welding is a definite skill much more than simply making a good arc.