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I'm just starting to gather parts to re body my 80 with a Land Rover 110 body.

I've done a load of searches on the usual forums but can't find any information on doing just this.

Surely someone had don this before.

Can anybody point me in the direction of some good information.

Many thanks, Graham

Some mihgt say cause you deserve it. Oh wait sorry I noticed in your sig line that you are from Scotland, my mistake I thought you were an Englishman. :lol: Now you know why we call it the lucky country or gods country. Trouble is join those good bits together and you find yourself working in my ...

Hey Red. That thing is look great. Like you say, scary close. Will keep an eye on your build.

Just one question though. how come you get good weather and a shed and i get crap weather and a yard?

Aye.... red i recon. Not got much done over the last couple of months as we've had heavy snow and generally crap weather since the end of November. Stripped the back end and rebuilt the back axle as the case was in pretty poor condition and difflock was knackered. I'm just refurbing the calipers at ...

Got a good day yesterday, just wish it didn't go dark at 4.30.......

Had a week of rain and the tarp leaked so the cab was full of water when i got to it today bt managed to get this done.

that looks tops do u have any more pics Cheers mate. Yea, there are more pics at http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x30/gkastirling/ I've managed to get a bit more done this weekend but didn't have the camera with me. Is the Sahara called an Amazon in the UK? I drove a 100 series Amazon when i was ...

Cheers mate. I'm using a cheep Clark MIG welder with argo-shield gas (wound right up cos it was bloody windy) and 0.8 wire as thats what i've got handy. The welds have been dressed back with a flapper disc, 80 grit i think. I spot weld every 20mm or so then fill in between with a series of ...

OK, cheers bud, much appreciated. G

Managed to get an hour in tonight before it went dark.

Just about to lift my 80 and flip the arms to correct the castor but i was wondering if the radius arms can be flipped and run without high steer?

Thanks, G

GO79 wrote: Are you going to use a flat tray or build some type of body matching tub

Going to build a flat tray, not sure how yet though.

It's a uk spec '93 80 VX, 4.2 turbo diesel auto, leather, front and rear lockers, air con, sunroof.

I'm not sure how it compares to a Sahara model as i'm guessing thats an OZ spec?

Cheers lads.

Some more pics...

I've only seen one 80 ute here in the UK and it was on ebay, and looked pretty crap, so i decided to build my own after this...... http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x30/gkastirling/DPP_0009.jpg Did this...... http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x30/gkastirling/DPP_0010.jpg Started Friday and got ...

Ok, i undestand that but when the axle is pushed forward by the effect of correcting the castor the distance between the hub center and the chassis mounting point increases as the axle has to rotate around the front arm mount. So...the axle doesn't move in the same arc, it's a parrallel arc with a ...

Am I missing something here? The graphs don't seem to take into account the arc which the hub centre moves though. With the arms in the standard mounting position, on a lifted vehicle, the axle has to move forward as it moves up, ie against the direction of travel when moving forward. With the arms ...

Thanks everyone, I've sat back and watched the discussion an it's given me the confidence that flipping the arms is worth it. MUD80D mentioned that flipped arms were less likely to bend. I recon between that, the extra clearence and the castor correction it's worth doing. 65Mog's pictures are ideal ...

My old bobtail, sold now but still missed.

It'll save me roughly £250 (Aus $550) on the cost of castor plates and should push the axle forward back to where is should be.

Cheers bud but i'm in Scotland so not so much available off the shelf unless it's Landrover. If i struggle to fabricate something i'll see if i can import a kit.

yea its a PITA to flip the arms and get the castor right and cut the bracket to suit, i had one person eitherside of the diff hold the castor in place while i welded the brackets in good,like no spot tacks otherwise soon as you let go it just rolls back so yer..and also you might have to make new ...

Cheers lads.

Once i get the axle off and cleaned up i'll look at how it will all fit together. I'll post some pics when it's done. G

Cheers, fabricating isn't a problem. I'm looking to gain some clearance under the axle and i want to save the cost of castor plates. I assume that it's just a matter of cutting off the mounts and fabricating new mounts on top of the axle. But, what i'm wondering is how to measure the castor to make ...

Can someone please point me to some info and pics showing flipped radius arms. I've been searching for a couple of days but can't find what i'm after.

I'm about to fit 5 inch coils to my 80 and want to know how hard it is to flip the arms and is it worth it.

Cheers, G

Looks great, any more updates lads?

Mine was the same when i bought it. When i took the mirror off i found that one of the hooks had bust. I just put it back and tightened the screw at the bottom, tis fine now. G

Cheers Spartacus, looks good mate. 33's going on this week, still waiting for the lift kit to turn up but i'm in no rush. Good to see they'll fit ok. G

Wedge, chisel and stanley knife and patience works for me. G

I'm new to Landcruisers so this might seem a stupid question. I have uk spec '93 4.2 auto and have fitted the center diff lock dash switch. I'm also going to do the 7 pin mod so that i have a completly manual CDL. I was wondering if, once i've done the 7 pin mod, is there anything stopping me ...