Defender trailer

Okay, so I've seen this done on minis and beetles, but has anyone ever created one for their defender - a chopped back end chassis with rear tub on and tow hitch front?

Using the wonders of photoshop I've created the image below and would love to have a go at building it.....not sure what I'd use it for, but I'm sure I could strap the dogs in it or something!

Currently saving for our wedding in May, but after this I'm going to need a project. Any advice, pictures of others, free axles, chassis and tubs! Would be much appreciated

Stu

Love it. I'll give ya fifty quid for one

Like it very much

Kevin

Stuballsed said:

Love it. I'll give ya fifty quid for one

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Ha ha, sounds good...well, apart from the £50 part

Supply me with a chassis, tub, axle, electrics, wheels, tow gear, paint etc and ill have a bash at building you one!

Could you not use a sanky and stick a rear tub on it?

warrior said:

Could you not use a sanky and stick a rear tub on it?

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Hmmmmm....looks promising! Might jump on eBay and price up what's needed....although I've still got a couple of months before I can put any money into it...damn wedding

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Someone's beat me to it! Sankey + 110 tub...first attempt looks a bit dodgy, but the final result looks nice.

Would still prefer a 90 tub so it looked identical to the back of my defender...and having absolutely no use for it, the reduced space wouldn't be an issue!!

In the scheme of utterly useless concepts it gets my vote. Go for it!!!!

There was a sankey base going on eBay last week but far too much for just that at £200. Now a wide track one would be brilliant

If you are building from scratch , regs have changed eg IVA

Looks like a good idea to me.

It's a very old idea which has been done many times before, neatly done it can look quite good but as far as practicality goes a Sankey is a better bet as the bodywork is much stronger and resiliant to knocks & scrapes when the trailer is in use.
One of the most "interesting" variations on the same theme was when a Series LWB rear-tub & hard-top was used and the owner used it as a compact caravan for sleeping in, actually looked very good hitched up to the (colour-matched) LWB which was towing it.

One of the mid wales lads had a disc and then had an identical disco that he'd converted into a caravan. Both painted the same and both with a big red welsh dragon on it...absolutely awesome looking and had a use too.

Not sure why youd do this project tbh...i must be the only one that thinks they look a bit pants and why would you bother ...?

One matey was selling them at Newbury spares day last year. Had series rear tub on a shankey trailer frame and a defender one both on back of a flatbed lorry. God knows how much he was selling them for.

Like this?

one of my friends got one, an ex mod one so very strong but looks well