2a body on a RRC chassis

medic455 · 6th August 2010, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by jakeslouw

I would like to bump this thread : I'm also doing some research on putting a 109" body on a RRC (100") chassis.

Some issues come to mind:

- lining up the wheel arches: since there is a fair amount of spare metal on a 109, I assume centering the body front-to-back and then trimming the wheel-arches to suite wouldn't be too much of an issue?
- mounting the body: I assume fabricating assorted mounting plates and outriggers would be necessary? I haven't actually compared a RRC chassis to a 109 chassis....
- front and rear cross-members: the RRC chassis doesn't really have them, I suppose I'll have to steal those off a Series chassis?
- front grill & bonnet: depending on how I position the bulkhead, I suppose I'm going to struggle to squeeze the 3.5 V8 into the available hole?

Does anybody have a chassis dimension diagram for the RRC? I have one for the Series 3, and I assume the series 2a is fairly close.

Try to get hold of a copy of the DVD "A 4X4 is Born" it deals with building a RR-100" Defender hybrid, I would think many of the issues that arise in this DVD would be the same for anyone trying to convert a S111 to RR chasis

Peter

**jakeslouw** · 6th August 2010, 03:23 PM

Mark: yes, you're probably right. In fact, a Deefer rear cross-member would probably be as good, if I am going to buy something?

Peter: yeah, will do, have had my eye on that for some time. Pity I missed the series on our satellite TV over here, I would have saved it on the DVR.

medic455 · 7th August 2010, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by jakeslouw

Peter: yeah, will do, have had my eye on that for some time. Pity I missed the series on our satellite TV over here, I would have saved it on the DVR.

It is downloadable on the net A 4x4 Is Born ? a 4x4 is born ? isoHunt ? the BitTorrent & P2P search engine at sites like that or if thats not an option, pm me your contact details and I should be able to come up with a "copy" of the one I have

Peter

**SLloyd** · 7th August 2010, 04:27 PM

I built the vehicle Hall now owns and i've also put a series one on a range rover chassis. Its not that hard as long as you can weld to a reasonable standard. I live in northern Sydney if your local and want to come and have a look at how i did the series one. I don't get on this forum very often so is you want any information on how i did it drop me a line. s.lloyd72@gmail.com

**Mick_Marsh** · 7th August 2010, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by SLloyd

I built the vehicle Hall now owns and i've also put a series one on a range rover chassis. Its not that hard as long as you can weld to a reasonable standard. I live in northern Sydney if your local and want to come and have a look at how i did the series one. I don't get on this forum very often so is you want any information on how i did it drop me a line. s.lloyd72@gmail.com

And you did such a good job with Hall's. I've seen in real life and I was impressed.

**faceman** · 9th August 2010, 11:15 AM

Hi, I have a 1970 S2A SWB on range rover coil/diff/LT95 tranny with a 4D56turbo in it. at present im finishing the engine bay. The chassis is original 88inch.
i had placed the coil suspension parts from a rotten rrc chassis to the 88series extending the wheelbase by putting the shock towers etc further in front and back by 2.5 inches. it now sits on a 92.8 inch wheelbase. i had to extend the front wings by 2 inches as extending the middle and rear compartment will entail more body work

i hope this helps.
your rrc chassis to a 109 will be easier if you use a 109 pickup. a station wagon will also work of course either you extend the chassis or chop the rear section of the 109. 2-3 inch in wheel base can be accommodated by the stock panels with minor mods

**jakeslouw** · 9th August 2010, 04:14 PM

SLloyd: would love to drop in, can you sponsor the plane ticket?

Faceman: "...or chop the rear section of the 109..." Yes, sort of a bob-tail? Chop between the rear wheel arch and the tail? Could look pretty cool.

Or else I could maybe just extend the RRC chassis with a rear subframe and a 110 rear cross-member to support the 109 tub?
It is after all only 9 inches. That's between the tip of the pinky and the tip of the thumb on John Eales' hand.......

I have Google Sketchup 7 now, and a couple of 109 3D models, so I'll do some trimming and then see what it looks like.

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