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Just wanted to say this vehicle looks amazing! did you build the body yourself or is it a kit?

Do you know of JLR would take issue? I'm mildly worried about having some trademark or copyright issue with registering a car with LR bodywork

I'm not fussed about resale value as I won't be putting in original components. I mentioned building a chassis rather than buying available ones as I'd rather have coils than leaf springs. The series 1 wouldn't be a show car it would be a daily driver because I love the look of them but want...

Hi all, Some of my friends and I have come across some old land rovers locally that have the aluminium body parts in tact but everything else is totally rusted or missing. There's a series 1 and what I think is a land rover 90 and because of the lack of structural components the farmer is more...

I'd love to hear more about your conversion, maybe drop me a message! There are lots of really exciting new technologies on the horizon for power generation but at the moment they are only theoretical or working in small lab tests so range extending options are currently limited to additional...

Exactly right, the new vehicle wouldn't be registered as a land rover as it wouldn't have enough of the original components. What we would be advertising is converting existing land rovers into the new electric vehicle rather than creating electric defenders. As I'm sure you know in the UK...

The range extender we are looking at is pretty compact and lightweight so it would mean when you're driving around town you're not carrying a load of extra weight but if you do longer trips you have the option to charge from petrol rather than sitting at a pump. This would be an option so not...

I cant see where they don't comply

Yeah JLR wouldn't sell anyway, that's the problem ineos had. There's no reason you wouldn't get compliance with a defender body as long as you built them in the same way they left the factory for the later models ie caps on end of bumbers and over exposed nuts and bolts

Our aim is to offer this with a range extender option. There would be a number of different options but for this use case a diesel generator would be best option currently. Gives you the benefit of cheap at home charging but the ease of a quick fill up while out on long drives

Two words... range extender

I've seen a lot about tire particle pollution too... most articles written in a way that implies it's only EVs that create it. Interestingly on the topic of weight, our calculations based on our chassis and suspension design, coupled with a 65kWh battery, 4 x 70kW motors giving roughly 370hp...

I had a 200tdi 90 for a number of years yes. I sold it after nearly 10 years because I started having to travel a lot for work, often up to 6 or 7 hrs per day and the return leg was mostly late at night. Not only was it more of a bumpy ride than I wanted before a long day of work, but now and...

Yeah the radius issue is a problem for a lot of kit cars, especially open wheel types like the caterham. I need to get back up to speed with the assessment as I've been focusing on other elements recently but from memory you can't have any 90 degree angles exposed on the front or sides, so...

Yes I've been surprised to see a lot of the conversions out there that don't seem to need an IVA. As you suggested they will be registered as new vehicles. The aim is to get type approval and I'm currently discussing this with the DVLA because although the platform will be consistent, the bodies...

No, if its registered as a new vehicle it won't be a land rover anymore, my point was we aren't making copies of an existing body, we would be using genuine bodies so won't have the legal issues

The legal advise we have received is that as we are offering a service to convert customers cars, rather than selling a behicle as a new product, its not in breach of any design copyright or anything like that. It's seen as the same as doing an engine swap or any ither modification other than...

If I could try to drag this thread back to the original question, what modifications would you do or can you recommend to improve the experience of a defender? I only mentioned the electric element as Im sure a lot of things would have come up about the drivetrain or suspension which we will be...

Isn't it a shame the wildcat brand was run into the ground!

The Hummer is a good way to do it, the better is having 4 motors like with the rivian. This allows for a digital version of diff lock whereby you can guarantee all wheels are turning... it also allows for tank turns. I'm actually ditching the axles as well as the chassis and transfer box, it's...