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My Rangie story so far. Now Bobtail.
v8rangie:
What a project this has turned out to be but its al,most there.
We have now completed all the weldinge etc for the conversion and for the MOT. i just have to put everything back together now.
Afew pics of the rear x-member going in and the state of the old one...
Also all the new belts are on the engine along with the a/c pum p coming off along with the fan and replaced with a elec one on a switch.
Also fitted a new shock turret as the centre had come through the old one.
We then started on the n/s sill and floor and the more we replaced the more kept falling out so we pretty much replaced the whole lot.
Then got on with fitting the body lift which isn't as complicated as people have implied, but then the car was completely stripped so that made it a lot easier.
Had to rebuild the driverside body mount and this was it everything done so i spent all day yesterday undersealiong absolutlely everything both inner wings and sills, both inner floors rear inner wings where they have been re-attached rear chassis where we been messing about with it...
we messed up the cut on the drivers side rear wing so im after a new one to do it properly now ..
But it does look ok i think a bit more mean and abused :)
Still not sure when it will be on the road yet due to test etc... :( :(
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: ChrisV8 on January 11, 2008, 08:15:26 ---This has appeared very recently on the LRO forum re SVA, seems there is no doubt any cutting and shortening of chassis requires SVA !
http://www.lro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10696
--- End quote ---
That sounds like a definitive answer. A little annoying that you can't keep the identity of your original vehicle if all the parts you use are either brand new or from that vehicle. Age related plates are fine, as that way you still pay lower road tax, but you loose the reg number on your car, for what reason?
I suppose one way round that would be the cherished transfer, but then you'd have to bob the car, MOT it to transfer the number, then SVA it to get back on the road.
Range Rover Ron:
Following progress and it's starting to look the BIZ!
I like the idea of the "van type",
it does look really close when eyeballing down from the end of the roof to the cut rear chassis.
I bet it would look good too,
The back would look totally different with the back door,
you might even get a Disco door on there with a bit of planning!
what do you think?
Maybe even the back of a Transit?
I know it's too late now and you'd probably not want it like that anyway but it is a good idea and you'd reclaim a lot of space back for the stuff we all carry and never use!
Now I really need to know how you put the photos on the posts!!!!
Could someone please explain it to an absolute dummy!
In plain speak, not computer speak, if you assume that I'm a complete idiot when explaining then I should be able to follow.
thanks,
Ron.
Range Rover Blues:
Ron, if you click on "quote" on the top of someone else's post with pictures in it, you'llopen a new message window that has all their text in it.
That text will contain the cose used to stick a picture into a message, you can then cut/paste or copy the syntax but ass a link to your own pipcture. I'd huess you need to use some form of on-line storage for that though, even if it's your own galery.
Alternatively you can add 1 picture as an attachment at the end of your post.
Range Rover Ron:
Cheers Blue,
I'll investigate and try it out soon.
thanks
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