Welderchris intro

Hi, my name is chris, I live in the Somerset area, I am a self employed welder/fabricator and I have a series 1 that I am going to restore, hopefully as near original as I can, it has the original petrol engine in it, it belonged to a friends mother and it was last on the road in 1971. I also own a 1996 Land Rover discovery 1 and a 4x4 1984 county ford transit,


I would like to build a 6 wheel drive land rover one day but it's working out the drive on the third axle that I haven't got around yet, my plan was to do a 2" lift and rework the chassis on disco 1 then use the disco 1 cab as is or as forward control, then build a camper with slide outs, I'm in Zambia until October but I would like to come back with the disc 300 tdi to do a tour, I picked the 300 because of no ECU ideal for Africa

I may have to build a new chassis for the S1 but not sure about chassis numbers and VOSA, is it legal for me to build a chassis and stamp my chassis number on it? I do have v5c & old log book for it, I haven't checked the chassis out properly yet, so it may be alright, I've just put Landy in the back of the workshop as I've had paid work to do & it's not a priority at the moment, but I was thinking about making a new chassis and getting it galvanised & powder coated, the only thing is, it's not original then, also front bumper's a bit bent so will probably make new one, also some one has asked me if would build them a new chassis galvanised & powder coated.

Lots to do!! Just need to make the time!!
Chris

Welcome

Hi Chris

Interesting project 6x6 LR. Many many years ago I read a book of compiled road tests on Land Rovers, one of them was a quite detailed story about two guys who built a 6x6 LR and drove it from the UK through Africa.

If I recall they modified the rear axle to pass drive through to the 2nd axle, but I could be wrong.

Worth looking at the commercial makers of 6x6 LR fire engines, there are plenty of pics via Google.

If I remember the title Ill post it up.

Mark

Thanks Mark for your interest, I am willing to fabricate and machine something to make it work, but I was interested in making something that I could get stock parts for if I had to repair it, maybe use parts from a disco transfer box, and in my experience the simpler the better!
I think I'm going to do a through axle arrangement but with a simple transfer box on the second axle then a small prop shaft to the third, once I'm happy with that and distance between axles I'll be away!! I need to do more research (VOSA, insurance company because of modification, wether I can up the payload and train weight etc) so I know what I'm getting into, then I can build with confidence knowing I can tax & insure it!!

Chris