BOBTAIL RANGE ROVER

[muddydisco]

ANYBODY GOT ANY PIC,S OF DOING A BOBTAIL CONVERION. HOW HARD IS IT TO DO THINKING OF DOING A NEW PROJECT.[/b]

[solihull-mick]

Just done one mate, can mail you a few pics if you like, or pop over to our new unit in cannock, landrover heaven 8)

[muddydisco]

cheers that would be great if you could e-mail some

[big rob]

I'm in the middle of mine, ( 1st time)
I've gone for the 4 door to 2 door coupe look, I've taken 21 inches out of the back, and reused the original fuel tank and pump.
I'll try and put some pics up if I can workout how to do it.
cheers Rob

[electricbluebadger]

Try my site I've got a fairly step by step guide of when i built mine, any specific questions just ask



Cheers Steve

http://bobtail.org.uk

[Littledan]

Try my site I've got a fairly step by step guide of when i built mine, any specific questions just ask



Cheers Steve

http://bobtail.org.uk

hello mate check in the bar we have just made a bobtail crew take a look

dan

[electricbluebadger]

Sorry, as much as i would the intro says if you own a bob, despite building and running 3 bobtails including a jeremy fearn modded P3u8 engined classic I am currently 'Bob less', and am going to remain that way with a rebuilt 90, series 1 and lightweight, however I've left everything on my site including the build...look pretty strange with a website...

bobtail.org.uk

if there were no bobtails :)

All The Best Steve

[Bobtail]

Try my site I've got a fairly step by step guide of when i built mine, any specific questions just ask



Cheers Steve

http://bobtail.org.uk

Checked out your website very nice
really do like the convertible one :D  :D

[ratman]

Hi Guy's

Don't know if this link will help

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/offroad/index.htm

[dave362]

My vehicle is a 1987 RRC 3.5efi 4 door.

I am gonna put a tray back on mine when I do some major work on it in the next couple of weeks.  I have knacked the engine by sucking in water through the air intake (probably bent valves or rods), so I have bit the bullet and have managed to get a 1997 300tdi engine to go in. We are also  gonna put the RRC body onto the newer chassis from the disco.

As the vehicle is for short commuting and off roading, my priorities are to make it road legal but not necessarily the best looking. I do want it to be as good as it can be off road though, so body lift and transfer of existing suspension lift is also on the cards. How good is it gonna feel when you dont hear that clump when the back end smacks of the rock that your rear wheel has just dropped off.  The tray back/pick up seems like the easiest way to achieve this. I am gonna try to get hold of a custom fuel tank to mount in the tray back and want to chop as much of the fat ars* off the RRC as possible, bearing in mind that it is a four door. I do not need the rear seats.

Any advice or photos would be gratefully appreciated, especially ragarding the creation of the cab behind the front seats and the joining of the tray back sides to the existing body panels.

To the guy with the convertible. What have you used for a canopy/cover for wet conditions?

[Range Rover Blues]

I've seen a 6x4 converion where they grafted the rear corner panel on to the B posts behind the dors and filled in the light aperture, it made the back of the cab look tidy.  The rear was a pick-up tub.

[dave362]

I've seen a 6x4 converion where they grafted the rear corner panel on to the B posts behind the dors and filled in the light aperture, it made the back of the cab look tidy.  The rear was a pick-up tub.

Hmm, now you have got me thinking. I wonder what pick up tub could be grafted on?

[Range Rover Blues]

Go for the retro look with a flareside, less panels to damage.

[dave362]

Go for the retro look with a flareside, less panels to damage.

Huh, what's a flare side? Less damage sounds good to me. I go to Langdale a lot and with aall the body roll on the lifted and soon to be more lifted Bob, less panel damage has to be a good thing. There are tree's and stumps everywhere that have already dinted nearly every panel

[Range Rover Blues]

Basically it's a bit like a 50's yank pickup, Transit has one with big plasticky arches.  The tub fits btween the wheels and the body is effectively just this, then the wheelarches are on the outside, hence the term flareside.  You do loose al the nooks and crannies to stow things in but the rear tub would be narrower and less prone to damage, only the wheelarches extend to the edge of the truck.

Not the best pictures
http://4wheeldrive.about.com/library/uc/uc_greg_s.htm

[Range Rover Blues]

And this one
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1100259356051373056fjcuyQ