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Title: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: ariane44 on May 01, 2008, 09:41:13
Hi!

Did anyone ever see a 2-door conversion of a Softdash? I'm curently building one and I wonder if it will be the first and only 2-door Softie. LR never bothered making them.

Pics are here (http://www.viermalvier.de/ubb_portal/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/239579/Board/1/fpart/all/gonew/1#UNREAD) between the German text :-)

Cheers

Carsten ;-)
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: Dr Strangeglove on May 03, 2008, 08:46:05
In answer to your question – I haven’t got a clue!  However looked at your link and I think is superb, certainly dedicated.

Well done mate.
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: discowoman on May 03, 2008, 18:07:29
last 2 doors weer the CSK special editions - last 'official' 2 doors were 1984/5 ..when you consider the soft dash's were 1994/5 then you realise why Land rover didnt produce any!
are you  going the whole hog and fitting EAS? or keeping with springs?
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: ariane44 on May 03, 2008, 20:16:23
last 2 doors weer the CSK special editions - last 'official' 2 doors were 1984/5 ..when you consider the soft dash's were 1994/5 then you realise why Land rover didnt produce any!

2-door were produced until April 94, when the harddash was replaced. They have not been in the British showrooms, but France and Spain, e.g., have lots of them.

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are you  going the whole hog and fitting EAS? or keeping with springs?

Currently I'm not thinking about converting to EAS. The original Softdash was a low spec V8 not having it, so I don't think I'm going to put it in despite loving it in my Softdash LSE (the white one).

Cheers

Carsten ;-)

PS: The bad thing about my question is that no one can say there is no other, only lots of people can say they don't know any...

Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: muddysteve on May 04, 2008, 10:34:17
well i've seen one

was on french plates though and a 300tdi
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: ariane44 on May 04, 2008, 12:50:29
Interesting! Can you remember where and when? Did you get a chance to talk to the driver about his conversion?

Curious

Carsten ;-)
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: muddysteve on May 04, 2008, 13:11:25
it was done near the south coast (may have been at slindon?)

didnt get chance to chat unfortunatly but didnt look like a conversion rather an out of the box job but on foriegn plates so coulnt age it. it did have the newer style bumpers and small fillercap door

I think the 2 door was availalble on the continent right up untill the end of production which would explain it.
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: ariane44 on May 04, 2008, 22:15:33
High filler box was standard after 92, new bumpers (wraparound edges or Brooklands body kit?) a regular option.

Did you see the actual dash? How did you determine its a 300TDI and no 200TDI?

2-door Softies definitively never came out of Solihull. 92/93 200-TDI harddash 2-door on the other hand are pretty common in F and E.

Cheers

Carsten ;-)
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: Range Rover Ron on May 11, 2008, 12:45:26
Fantastic pictures of a job well done.
These pictures will be very interesting to anyone who fancies a rebuild of a RRC.

The only problem I can see is that you've put the steerring wheel on the wrong side!

Well done,
Cheers.
Title: Re: Anyone here know of a 2-door Softdash?
Post by: Bobtail on May 11, 2008, 16:37:33
last 2 doors weer the CSK special editions - last 'official' 2 doors were 1984/5 ..when you consider the soft dash's were 1994/5 then you realise why Land rover didnt produce any!
are you  going the whole hog and fitting EAS? or keeping with springs?


The last two door was a left hand drive van sent to Portugal :roll: :roll: :roll:

It was also the second to last Classic ever built the last iirc is at Gaydon :shock: :shock: :shock:

two door l/h dr export only were availale until then :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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