Rat Rod Rover!!!!!

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the rolling chassis will be delivered tomorrow. going to be a rebody.

here are the pics i've got.

series 3 swb landrover, been offered all sorts but held out for a leaf sprung chassis which i thought more in keeping.





complete with v5c etc.

going to be a pick up, with a very short bed or maybe a metal trunk if i can find one at not a silly price!!!!

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thanks for all the advice guys,

chassis delivered today, in far better condition than expected.

repair needed on n/s chassis rail on inside and bottom. think it'll be a tad easier to repair than the 2cv!!!

heres a few pics, battery was placed on there to show some progress!!!! lol

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room for lowering?



repairs needed on n/s chassis rail inside and underneath.

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i spent some of the afternoon(after work) dismantling the chassis.


axles and springs!!!!



and chassis, seperated. its a heavy old curse word to move on ya own!!!!



little bit of chassis rot!!!!



and more!!!



hole near rear spring hanger.



and the only other bit i could find.



steel ready to start repairs.



got a free wheeling hub on one side.



and this on other!!!!! got a replacement on the way, think i might need to renew bearings as well!!!!!

[fpk]

Looking forward to seeing this as it progresses

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cheers.


a bit of rust.


hole!!!


clean inside.




not pretty but does the job.




just a small repair on other side then one near rear shackle mount.

[TerraRoot]

have you any inspiration pics of what this will look like? doing all the body your self or starting with another? v8?

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[TerraRoot]

you got taste!

[waveman1500]

I don't mean to burst your enthusiasm, but you aren't going to get a Land Rover chassis that low without cutting it up in a drastic fashion.
Even if you drop the chassis straight onto the axles, it's still going to be at least 20cm off the ground! For a semi-sensible car, you can't really channel a body that far down over the chassis, as there will be no room left for you to fit inside!
The only way to get it that low, is to mount the axles in the space where the chassis used to be, which means cutting big parts of the chassis out of the way and then strengthening it again to give it some stiffness back.
Don't forget that you also need to leave some room for suspension travel.

Are you going to be using a dropped axle on the front?
Are you notching the chassis for the axles?
Are you using a chassis kick-up in the rear, and probably the front as well?

If you know what you're doing, then please don't take offence.

[EmDee]

May 19, 2015 12:07:02 GMT waveman1500 said:

I don't mean to burst your enthusiasm, but you aren't going to get a Land Rover chassis that low without cutting it up in a drastic fashion.
Even if you drop the chassis straight onto the axles, it's still going to be at least 20cm off the ground! For a semi-sensible car, you can't really channel a body that far down over the chassis, as there will be no room left for you to fit inside!
The only way to get it that low, is to mount the axles in the space where the chassis used to be, which means cutting big parts of the chassis out of the way and then strengthening it again to give it some stiffness back.
Don't forget that you also need to leave some room for suspension travel.

Are you going to be using a dropped axle on the front?
Are you notching the chassis for the axles?
Are you using a chassis kick-up in the rear, and probably the front as well?

If you know what you're doing, then please don't take offence.

^ This.

If you don't sort that, it'll end up like this:

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i like that. without the rear bed.

[waveman1500]

May 19, 2015 13:40:52 GMT @oldspice said:

i like that. without the rear bed.

That's fine, to recreate this look you will need to change to a "suicide" front axle, meaning that the axle is mounted on a transverse leaf spring in front of the chassis, rather than underneath it.



Using the standard Land Rover axle and spring locations, the front wheels will be about a foot rearward and the front end of the car will be about 25cm higher than in the photo of the truck with green wheels.

[waveman1500]

If you want to see how low a Land Rover can go, please check out this thread from one of our own!
retrorides.proboards.com/thread/171776/1981-land-rover-added-legality

[mylittletony]

Agreed with all the above, going to be tricky to get anywhere near your inspiration pics without many, many chassis mods...

Could you/one flip the unmodified chassis and not do IVA? That would be crayzay low, probably undriveable, and probably illegal...

[TerraRoot]

I think it's perfectly doable to get close. straight axle above the front or just in front of chassis, bit tight in the cab, (all the inspiration ones are really tight), maybe a couple of inch's still left under it, (maybe bag it in the future?)

what height tyres are you thinking of?

if flipping the chassis was allowable, i'd be straight in there.

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600 fronts and minimum 750 on rear.

will be kept standard, image of it in my mind it looks ok.

bit more progress, this is not a mega money build, so after welding(forgot pics of rear spring hanger repair, but it got ratrher involved!!!) i started cleaning chassis up, and out came paint and brush. had 2 tins on the shelf so thought why not.

[calla]

Liking this.

[Dez]

i think the biggest issue in terms of it looking right isnt going to be ride height, but wheelbase. every one youve pictured there is going to have a wheelbase of well over 110 inches, some nearer 120. so a good 2 foot longer than what youre working with.

you will be running the same size wheels/tyres, more or less, so its going to look very stumpy with a 88" wheelbase.

[waveman1500]

May 19, 2015 16:50:36 GMT @oldspice said:

600 fronts and minimum 750 on rear.

will be kept standard, image of it in my mind it looks ok.

If you're going to be keeping the chassis (and springs?) standard, then perhaps you need some new inspiration pics?







Dez is right about the wheelbase as well, that's very important to the overall look.