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Building a 90 from scratch
defenderdan:
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Take your anti roll bars off then find a roundabout, Keep going around gradually picking up speed. It won't take long and hey presto one rolled td5 90. And you'll get first option on the buy back.
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But if you did that, the insurance company 'could' refuse to pay out, unless you've told them you've removed them. And you need to try a lot harder than just going around an island fast (unless your stupid)....
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I wasn't actually being serious :roll:
Porny:
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I wasn't actually being serious :roll:
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I know.... :wink:
Porny:
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Its a tricky one, either buy a 90 TD5 truck and mod it, buy a rolled one and fix/mod it, build from scratch, or buy an old donor vehicle and fit new engine/fix and then mod it...
argh! decisions decisions...
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All comes down to how much you want to spend....
Early Td5's (1999) can be picked up for around £6000 (i've seen them go for under £5000)... but for this sort of money you'd be getting something a bit battered (not that it would matter to much if being used off road), high mileage stuff, or just generally knackered. There are some bargains to be had though if you look.
Buying a crashed one.... you'd get a much later model for your money, but you must then add the cost of repairing (plus leaving a bit more for reparing stuff you didn't notice) - it also depends if you are doing the work, or paying some one else.
Building one from scratch, for the same sort of money as buying a ropy Td5, you could build a tidy example on a galvanised chassis. But again, depends if you are doing the work or paying some one else (if you want to pay someone, let me know :wink: )
Then on top of that you've got all the extras, roll cages, locking diffs etc etc.
I'd personnally build from scratch, but buy an older motor first to break so you get a legit ID.
My basis would be a chassis from Richards Chassis - but one done the same as Jerry Thurstons Project 90 (has some very nice little touches)
Then a roll cage from one of the usual suspects (Exact Fabrications, QT or North Off Road).
A QT weekender suspension kit, but with standard height springs (the above chassis has a 2" lift built in) - but running GAZ dampers rather than ProComp if I had the money. (though there are other nice kits - like Gywn Lewis' - but I like the external front dampers and the dislocation cones on the QT one)
A nice Td5 running gear with the ECU tucked up out of the way...
Then buy a complete Td5 bodyshell.
And the usual winch, locking diffs etc etc.
Etc etc.
And you'd end up with a well spec'ed motor
Ian
smo:
Thats pretty much what i'm after Ian, obviously on the same wavelength.
Ideally i'd like to do most of it myself, and there is no reason why i shouldnt really. I've got a degree in engineering and am pretty mechanically minded so it would be a learning curve but what better way to do it!
I'd like to keep the cost down to approx 10K (less if poss!!!), this is so that i dont run up any debt after selling my CSW and clearing my outstanding loan.
Spec wise like you say:
Galv chassis (unless using a donor one)
TD5 engine & running gear (with HD halfshafts etc)
Lockers front and rear
Roll cage
Truck body
35's
Usual extras....
If that could be done for 10K then fantastic, however i fear not with all new bits which means Q plate which i dont like the idea of, so a rolled/crashed donor TD5 would be ideal then keep its ID and work from there building it up.
There is a chappy selling a whapping 5.7l (i think) V8 and Portals on devon4x4 which is tempting but probably overkill me!
PUX:
now this i like....something to aim for build wise 8)
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