gregomega
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Hi guys looking for a couple of pointers to properly identify a project hybrid that my mate just bought for an offroader. Its a bitsa, we were told it was range rover chassis and running gear fitted with a 3.5 v8 with a series 3 tub and wings and a defender front end. The rest ie bulkhead etc is handmade with pretty hefty steel. However what we were told on closer inspection dosen't seem to tally, but we've only ever owned discoverys between us so have very limited knowledge of series, defender or range rover. The chassis has a wheelbase of 87.5 inch between hub centres fitted with pro comp 2 inch lift springs and shocks, it has disk brakes all round, theres no obvious evidence of any major chassis modifications about the only other thing that may help at moment is that the gearbox has what appears to be a vacuum operated diff. So to sum up really what we want to find out is if the chassis is a range rover article and any pointers on how to identify the rest of the running gear, axles, gearbox etc. We don't want to be taking it playing only to find we're running a hefty v8 through a 2 1/4 gearbox or axles that can't cope with the power and the logbook dosen't give any clues either as the vehicle was registered on a Q plate as a landrover hybrid around 2002 so any advice would be really appreciated.