Classics doomed?

Rang Landranger today, in replacing the sills I noted one of the outriggers
had a couple of perforations... at least after a good clean and prod it did
anyway.

In my efforts to keep the truck top spec I called for a new rear outrigger
only to be told they don't do them for Range rovers. Only Series vehicles
etc etc.

Given difficulties in finding door pillar repair pannels ( five door not
three) and now the absence of replacement chassis parts is the Classic
doomed? After all these should not be difficult items to get for restoration
but specialists have failed me on both occasions.

Is there actually any evidence of Land Rovers commitment to keep older Range
rovers going or is it just a load of PR tosh.

Lee D

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In message <[email protected]>
"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Rang Landranger today, in replacing the sills I noted one of the outriggers
> had a couple of perforations... at least after a good clean and prod it did
> anyway.
>
> In my efforts to keep the truck top spec I called for a new rear outrigger
> only to be told they don't do them for Range rovers. Only Series vehicles
> etc etc.
>
> Given difficulties in finding door pillar repair pannels ( five door not
> three) and now the absence of replacement chassis parts is the Classic
> doomed? After all these should not be difficult items to get for restoration
> but specialists have failed me on both occasions.
>
> Is there actually any evidence of Land Rovers commitment to keep older Range
> rovers going or is it just a load of PR tosh.
>
> Lee D
>
The parts you mention have, as far as I know, never been available,
indeed I've yet to see a replacement RR chassis offered with any
enthusiasm.
For whatever reason Range Rover chassis parts are not popular and it is
unlikely that anyone would start making them now. I presume that
most people make do and adapt what is available (certainly most of
our customers do) or chop the required parts off a scrap chassis.

Not a lot of help, but there we go!

Cheers
Richard
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In message <ec4c764c4d%[email protected]>, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> writes
>The parts you mention have, as far as I know, never been available,
>indeed I've yet to see a replacement RR chassis offered with any
>enthusiasm.
>For whatever reason Range Rover chassis parts are not popular and it is
>unlikely that anyone would start making them now. I presume that
>most people make do and adapt what is available (certainly most of
>our customers do) or chop the required parts off a scrap chassis.
>
>Not a lot of help, but there we go!


Richard is right those parts have never been offered by LR.

I did hear a rumour last year that the galvanised suppliers were going
to offer a replacement chassis for RRC and Disco.
--
Marc Draper

On or around Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:21:16 +0000, Marc Draper
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I did hear a rumour last year that the galvanised suppliers were going
>to offer a replacement chassis for RRC and Disco.

with luck, one chassis should do both.

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Boswell's "Johnson".

"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ec4c764c4d%[email protected]...

> For whatever reason Range Rover chassis parts are not popular and it is
> unlikely that anyone would start making them now. I presume that
> most people make do and adapt what is available (certainly most of
> our customers do) or chop the required parts off a scrap chassis.

I kind of suspected this would be the case but it's nice to have some
confirmation if only for my own sanity. My only rational for thinking there
must be somewhere that stocks these items being if a relatively new Range
rover classic (in the old days!) were to have a collision which rendered it
with a buckled outrigger then it would otherwise be a write off / bodge to
fix. If it's down to a bodge then the insurance technically can't say it's
fixed to the same pre accident condition (whilst I accept could be better!).
Ultimately it wouldn't be the origional manufacturers spec. Still not that I
tend to let none stadard items worry me too much, just frustrating.
The attraction of writing off vehicles is now becoming clearer, given the
Rangies don't have the same sort of nostalgic appeal as the series there is
on my behalf a growing reluctance to pour more money into it. Ultimately we
have it because it was the lesser of two evils when trading in a car on our
Disco. Newer Frud Mundanoes are now haveing a growing appeal given my never
ending list of things to do......

<glance at MOT fail sheet>

:-(

Ta,

Lee D

In message <[email protected]>, MVP
<mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> writes
>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:28:42 +0000, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:


>I was thinking that as the early discos used the RRC chassis, is the
>same true of later disco's? (not 3 obviously).


Yes chassis is basically the same, depending on type of engine and
suspension options.

Disco II chassis totally different

P38 chassis again totally different

Disco 3 & Range Rover Sport share the same "platform"
--
Marc Draper