Thread: Series II body on D1 Chassis

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Looks like your front yard is going into competion with Dave D!!

Hi Gavin, I think I'm winning there are nine Landies out in the yard at the moment, the tools come out this week 3 weeks off work going to hit the project hard, should be lots of fun, pop up for a coffee...... bring your overalls....Joe

Hi All

Just something to think of b4 you start regarding the electrics.
I built a SWB Series body onto a shortened RRC chassis and unlike most of these builds, I removed the wiring carefully from the RRC, also the instruments and steering column, then re-used them on the new build. The result is that my "coiler series" have most of the electrical features that the RRC had such as reverse lights, emergency flashers, multiple stage wipers, interior lights that switch off 20 secs after you close the doors, amazing dual stage power assisted brakes, cute small steering wheel, etc.
Can do pics if you're interested.
If I have to do it again, which I would like to, then the only differences would be to keep the chassis 100" (rear fuel tank setup was a real pain) and maybe widen the bodywork by 150mm.

Good luck with your build.