Land (Rover) Reclamation or (Land R)over the Hill! Rover RIP!

[83C]

Galv chassis is the best way forwards but that quarter chassis would be a very good alternative, probably a couple of slow days’ work as opposed to a few weeks for a chassis swap. Just make sure the cuts are exactly even on both sides (lots of marking up and double checking measurements) and job’s a good’un.

[warch]

I’m trying to rebuild this in stages really. 

It is very well used so almost everything needs renewing.

I mentioned this before before but now would be a perfect time to whip the motor out and get it rebored. 
 

A proper build would be (ballpark) 

chassis (£2-2.5k) I’d fancy the 3mm heavy duty version.

bulkhead (£1.8k)

front panel (£250) 

suspension (£500)

engine rebuild (£1k)

new doors and bits (£500)

tyres (£500-1k)

then you’d start finding fault with all the other bits.

Hence why I’m doing this in affordable bite size chunks.

 

[kevins]

I'd be inclined to cut both dumb irons off, repair the crossmember with plate steel and fit a new pair of dumb irons.  

[warch]

9 hours ago, kevins said:

I'd be inclined to cut both dumb irons off, repair the crossmember with plate steel and fit a new pair of dumb irons.  

Having seen the damage (and provided my welding expert agrees) I think this is exactly what I'm going to do.

[comfortablynumb]

Of course @warch, there's the 4x4 and vintage sort out coming up, first weekend in April, you'll get practically everything you need there. Are you anywhere near Newbury? It's held on the Showground at Chieveley.👍

[warch]

3 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Of course @warch, there's the 4x4 and vintage sort out coming up, first weekend in April, you'll get practically everything you need there. Are you anywhere near Newbury? It's held on the Showground at Chieveley.👍

Unfortunately not sadly, I’m Welsh borders. I can get most of the bits I need online though. Luckily they’ve started making replacement radiator/front panels, mine is pretty rotten.

[captain_cal]

The thing about a galv chassis is that it's one of the only things in the whole world that doesn't lose value - i.e. a £2.5k chassis will immediately bump the value of a truck up by £2.5k. You might not get a return on the labour of doing it yourself, mind!