A 100 inch Defender?

[trobbo]

Am getting bored without a serious off road machine atm and was thinking about what I would like to build next.

A defender would be cool... At least it can legally take a bigger wheel than my previous RR's or D1.

what about wheel base. 90 - nah too short. 110 - nah too long. A 100 inch wheel base would be about right and that just so happens to be an RR.

SO if building a 100 inch defender wagon do you start?
* with a 110 and cut it all down,
* a 90 and stretch it, or
* a RR or similiar chassis and plonk a defender body on top? Could even be a D2 chassis, running gear and trim wrapped in the utalitarion defender body.

And before you ask why, ask why not? It's something different and because I think it would be cool.

[stefan_bonnici]

Hi there an RR chassis with a defender body would be the best way to go. Mark evans buit one maybe you should get hold of " A 4x4 is born " its about a rr chassis with a defender body on it

it will be a great machine. There where only a few of these built as prototypes for the swiss army.

1976-1986: The Land Rover 100" Prototypes
1976: The prototype 100" (wheelbase) Land Rover was originally built on a Range Rover chassis, and so became the first coil-sprung 'Land Rover'. The inner front wings were cut to make place for the suspension turrets. The front of the vehicle is Stage 1, which was not yet in production. Over a number of years, Land-Rover experimented with different wheelbases and spring configurations. Land Rover set up a development team to set up a short and a long wheelbase version of this vehicle, i.e. a 90 and a 110. However money being tight, the project was hampered until the Swiss Army showed an interest in the existing 100" version. The 100" was being developed mainly towards military sales, and so were actively promoted around 1978/9 to the Swiss and French military. In 1978 a fleet of 15 vehicles was built for the Swiss. They were constructed from a collection of parts from Series III, Stage 1's, 110's and Range Rovers. It is believed that they covered every combination of left-and right-hand steering, engines etc. In the end both countries bought other products. The project continued, and over time went through at least 70 experimental versions. Various body styles and engine configurations were experimented with, from 2.25 litre Diesel Soft Tops to 3.5 litre V8 Station Wagons. The project was ended with the release of the '90', and many of the prototypes were destroyed or sold on to Land Rover employees.

Land Rover 100 inch prototype.

1979 Land Rover 100 inch prototype.

And this is the one Mark Evans and discovery channel Built for the show

The finished vehicle - drop dead gorgeous!



Good luck Mate !

[Lotz-A-Landies]

And the DVD

[trobbo]

well I'm obviously not going to be the first to do it then, will have to pick up a copy of that dvd.

Saw a build project that a pommy bloke did a while back of a yellow RR that he built to race in a russian event that was quite inspiring. Cant find the links for that now though

[Psimpson7]

There are hundreds of these hybrids in the UK.

The rear wheel arch of a 90 can be extended the 7.1" it needs to run a 100 wheelbase. However while this is the neatest and probably the easiest option, its would also, over here, be the most expensive.

Rgds
Pete

[Mick_Marsh]

I have one.

here are two

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...d-dscf0893.jpg

[trobbo]

here's the link to the yellow rr I was talking about.
Super 8 Racing KFT

there are a couple of dakar's on ebay uk for 8 - 10K aussie which would always make for an interesting ride.

But in a 100inch defender I was thinking more of a full bodied wagon much like the prototype above.

If you built it on a 77 rr chassis, is that what it would be registered as?

[Mick_Marsh]

If you built it on a 77 rr chassis, is that what it would be registered as?

Interesting question.
Mine looks like a "SIII St1", It's registered as a "1982 L ROV UTIL", the compliance plate says it's a "1981 Land Rover Hardtop 4cyl Diesel" and the engineers report describes it as a "1981 Landrover Hardtop Tray 8cyl".

[Landy Smurf]

And the DVD

we have watched that a few times in auto at school.some people have to much money

[lardy]

you can use a disco chassis as it is 100