long time reader brand new member! 90 rebuild

Hi all this is my first post! i shall share a story, i have ex military 90 i was in an accident last week and i rolled it (on road). it was a rag top with out roll cage so is a mess ( i was very lucky) i have bought it back from the insurance to rebuild it as its purely body panels, but any one know any good places or gold mines to go for military spares?
i have decent pictures but no clue how to attach them on here!

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Why did it not have a roll bar? Military 90/110 had ROPS as standard.

Unless you have some weird special purpose vehicle then most of the panels are just normal 90 ones.

Wing top TUAAM box mounts you can probably salvage or get on eBay, same for the rear side stalks and the rear bumperettes.

Front bumper is available still.

Doors and door tops are still available.

Military lights (indicators, rear lights etc) are still available but are not cheap tbh.

Most cost effective way would be second hand, fit and repaint

Post up some photos so we can see what the damage is and advise on what bits are standard/military only.

Hello and welcome

Welcome.
Pre and post accident pictures please...

Welcome to the forum

Here we go! pictures before and after, its mostly the military doors i'm struggling to get, but any pointers greatfully recieved!

flat said:

Why did it not have a roll bar? Military 90/110 had ROPS as standard.

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i had the seatbelt "roll" bar, but that is all, but it didnt stand upto much, think its the seat that saved me. I thought it was just wolfs and tithonus that had the internal roll cages?

cheers!

Yeah I was referring to the seatbelt bar.

Looks to me like yours doesn’t/didn’t have the tub stiffeners plates that the bottom of the bar slots into to stop it collapsing like yours did.

Will take photos of mine later to show you

The stiffener plate is missing in this photo

Actually looking at that in more details that isn’t a ROPS bar, this bit is all wrong,

I think your vehicle had been converted from hard top and an aftermarket seatbelt bar fitted - not a genuine military ROPS bar

Will take photos of mine later so you can see the differences

This bar on yours is welded not bolt construction, will be clearer when I take photos later

im looking at this for the soft top next https://www.allwheeltrim.co.uk/Frames.html (scroll to the bottom of the page) which plates like you refer to, is this close to the standard mil spec ones, as i'm struggling to find any online to look at let alone buy

Yes those 2 angled bits in the middle are the stiffening plates

Will take you a photo later of how they fit

In fact your crumpled bar looks like the all wheel trim one

Here you go some photos of my ROPS bar which I know is genuine as I brought this 90 direct from the MOD. i had it off when doing some roof repairs and its quite a weighty beast

Note the construction difference and the sideways bolts rather than vertical. Ignore the silver galvanised bits - I added those.

this may help, part numbers for the genuine roll bar.

and here is the original manufacturer, might be worth dropping them an email
http://www.safetydevices.com/expedi...er+90+Td5-1998-2006-2-door-Soft+Top/268/1794/