Thread: RR CHASSIS TO SERIES BODY

Originally posted by BRINDO75
HI i hav a 85 range rover that im thinking of cutting into a 90 and fitting one of the bodys i have onto it .

1 is it still legal to do

2 would i b better off making a 100"

3 or would it be better to graft the hangers and diffs to the series chassis

4 i want to keep the v8 its fuel injected too

Any help will be appreciated

1) Yes - but like anything these days it has to comply to rules and regulations eg relevant ADRs (easer to use an older RR and a new series, as this covers all ADRS) but all work still needs to be engineered

2) Depends what you want to use it for. 90' is great for tight trails, with no really steep stuff, 100' about perfect for everything (upto about 36/37' tyres). 100'is standard RR, thereforse using standard parts making spares easier to come by. BTW - a 90 isnt really a 90 (Its about 92 - 93)

3) This is easier to engineer due to it being termed as a 'modifacation', whereas the 100' is a 'ReBodied vehicle', more legal loopholes to jump through.

4) Again depends on what base you want to use. RR is standard, but if you want to coil a series, then the V8 should be easy :wink:

thanks daves3
Ill look into the 100 more then ive seen a few so ill just do that . hopfully be ready for the lroc swap meet

Cool dude. Way mines goin it will never be finished
Hopefull July/August!

If you go for 100inch rangie chassis you will need to modify a 109 series body to fit, the rear section, that is the tub will need to be shortened about 225mm in the front of the wheel arch, I have done this conversion in the past and about to do another in a week or so. If you want some pics I will send them to you. Will help if you have not done this before.

glen

Thanks more the merry pics will help . ive done a series chassis change but this will be a little different . i think ive got enough parts but i will see.

Sorry my email is brindo75@hotmail.com

post yr pics here so we can all see them

Mick

Happy to help, is quite involved to this but the end product is offroad abilty with a light truck. The body mod is fairly straight forward, the chassis work is a bit involved. will send you some info via email.

glen