Defender bulkhead into a 300 Discovery....

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GS

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• Aug 23, 2006

• #1

I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect it in
my 300tdi Disco. I've messured the exisiting bulkhead (approx 3ft x
5ft) and the space in the Disco with the rear seats folded and it'll be
tight I think...

but has anyone actually done it?

cheers
Gavin

 

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Tom Woods

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• Aug 23, 2006

• #2

On 23 Aug 2006 11:08:44 -0700, "GS" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect it in
>my 300tdi Disco. I've messured the exisiting bulkhead (approx 3ft x
>5ft) and the space in the Disco with the rear seats folded and it'll be
>tight I think...
>
>but has anyone actually done it?

I imagine it will fit!. I have shifted a series bulkhead in a 2door
classic Range Rover and i doubt that a disco is any smaller?

 

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Lee_D

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• Aug 23, 2006

• #3

"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 23 Aug 2006 11:08:44 -0700, "GS" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect it in
>>my 300tdi Disco. I've messured the exisiting bulkhead (approx 3ft x
>>5ft) and the space in the Disco with the rear seats folded and it'll be
>>tight I think...
>>
>>but has anyone actually done it?
>
> I imagine it will fit!. I have shifted a series bulkhead in a 2door
> classic Range Rover and i doubt that a disco is any smaller?

Could you shut the tailgate? I would imagine that would make quite a
difference.

Lee D

 

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Alan J. Wylie

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• Aug 23, 2006

• #4

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:46:15 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]> said:


> I have shifted a series bulkhead in a 2door classic Range Rover and
> i doubt that a disco is any smaller?

A Series III bulkhead fits comfortably in the back of a SAAB 9000 with
the seats down: they are a lot smaller than you might think.


--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 

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JD

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• Aug 23, 2006

• #5

GS wrote:

> I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect it in
> my 300tdi Disco. I've messured the exisiting bulkhead (approx 3ft x
> 5ft) and the space in the Disco with the rear seats folded and it'll be
> tight I think...
>
> but has anyone actually done it?
>
> cheers
> Gavin

Can you imagine the vision that the title of this thread conjured up......
On opening and reading it, much more mundane. Sorry, can't help - my only
experience is that the bulkhead easily fits in the back of a 109 2a, but
that doesn't help, does it?
JD

 

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William Tasso

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• Aug 23, 2006

• #6

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:57:06 +0100, JD <[email protected]> wrote:

> GS wrote:
>
>> I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect it in
>> my 300tdi Disco...
>
> Can you imagine the vision that the title of this thread conjured
> up......

with you on that

> On opening and reading it, much more mundane.

I know - disapointing ain't it

still - has the imagination running wild

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

 

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Nige

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #7

William Tasso wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:57:06 +0100, JD <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> GS wrote:
>>
>>> I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect
>>> it in my 300tdi Disco...
>>
>> Can you imagine the vision that the title of this thread conjured
>> up......
>
> with you on that
>
>> On opening and reading it, much more mundane.
>
> I know - disapointing ain't it
>
> still - has the imagination running wild

Got me too!!!

 

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GS

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #8

Nige wrote:
> William Tasso wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:57:06 +0100, JD <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> GS wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect
> >>> it in my 300tdi Disco...
> >>
> >> Can you imagine the vision that the title of this thread conjured
> >> up......
> >
> > with you on that
> >
> >> On opening and reading it, much more mundane.
> >
> > I know - disapointing ain't it
> >
> > still - has the imagination running wild
>
> Got me too!!!


Sorry about the confusion....But I bet someone, someday will try to
graft a Defender bulkhead onto a Disco!

Anyway, I can reveal that... <Drum Roll>


...A defender bulkhead does indeed fit into the back of a 300tdi
Discovery. It hangs over the passenger seat (I removed the headrest) a
little but cleared my subwoofer and didn't move all the way home. I
just protected all the 'need to be protected bits' with thick
cardboard. The bulkhead also had the entire dashboard, steering wheel,
heater box and still brake servo in place I may add. It was heavy.

Cheers
Gavin

 

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Tom Woods

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #9

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:23:36 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On 23 Aug 2006 11:08:44 -0700, "GS" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm due to pick up a bulkhead for my Defender and want to collect it in
>>>my 300tdi Disco. I've messured the exisiting bulkhead (approx 3ft x
>>>5ft) and the space in the Disco with the rear seats folded and it'll be
>>>tight I think...
>>>
>>>but has anyone actually done it?
>>
>> I imagine it will fit!. I have shifted a series bulkhead in a 2door
>> classic Range Rover and i doubt that a disco is any smaller?
>
>Could you shut the tailgate? I would imagine that would make quite a
>difference.

Yep, shut perfectly, and we didnt have to move the fron seats forward
or anything either.

 

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Neil Brownlee

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• Aug 31, 2006

• #10

Now......watch this space...although I suspect throwing away Piglets current
shell and making a 100" hybrid is probably not the same either. But heck
...... as I say ;-)

--
Neil

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Sep 1, 2006

• #11

On or around Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:43:45 +0100, "Neil Brownlee"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Now......watch this space...although I suspect throwing away Piglets current
>shell and making a 100" hybrid is probably not the same either. But heck
>..... as I say ;-)

'ere, speaking of mud... were you at malvern? notable mud-club presence
there.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria"
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) from Divina Commedia 'Inferno'

 

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Neil Brownlee

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• Sep 1, 2006

• #12

Austin,

Sadly I was on me hols ;-) However the club did really well by all accounts
with record takings on the club stand We even picked up a fair few new
members.

--
Neil