Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey i was just wondering if this has been covered on here b4? i have seen it done a few times and was considering putting a series 1 or 2 LR ute body on my rangie as the old body is a but rusty and beaten up. What would be involved in the conversion..

Wasnt the Mog Rover one of these?

Yes it has been done many times. The normal way to do it is to weld outriggers and a rear crossmember onto the rangie chassis to make it like a defender chassis. The mogrover was done using a different mathod - using rock sliders which connected to all the body mounts, and the sliders were then welded/bolted to the rangie chassis.

Getting it aproved is another matter. I have heard that Transport has made body-swap approvals and engineering inspections a lot tougher...

Got a friend wanting to do the same thing here on the gold coast so let me know how u go about getting it approved


Thanks

In Vic, you have to use the same year chassis and body so they comply to the same adr's or equivelant .

So you can put a 76 landie on a 76 rangie chassis?

wazza73 wrote:So you can put a 76 landie on a 76 rangie chassis?

In QLD AFAIK the engineer determines what year the vehicle is - based on the age of the chassis, usually. So you need to comply to the ADR's for that year.

Yeah i had a 100 Hybred pick up . Here is a pic of it
It is a rangie under there

Slight hijack, if anyone in sydney wants an early rangie chassis with series front outriggers already welded on PM me. it will cost you beer.

Andy

What about the opposite?

Say RR LWB (LSE???) onto a 110 or Defender chassis.

I was led to believe the LSE had a 110" w/b.

mmm i was lead to belive the LSE were 107

BTW question of the day, do you know what LSE stans for

Pharb wrote:What about the opposite?

Say RR LWB (LSE???) onto a 110 or Defender chassis.

I was led to believe the LSE had a 110" w/b.

That would be pointless, easier just to fit the tdi to the rangie.

Loanrangie wrote:

Pharb wrote:
That would be pointless, easier just to fit the tdi to the rangie.

Which is easy to do . Disco TDi and box would be the best option if a 200 TDi ( saves alot of changing stuff on the engine)and does not matter which (def or disco) if a 300 TDi.

Did it to a 1971 Range 2 door. Put a 200 TDi engine from a disco in it

Speaking of strange body swaps, I once wrecked a stage 1. The guy that bought almost all the panels was planning to fit a LR body onto a holden panel van chassis. I have seen holden bodys on LR chassis, but not the other way around.

He had approval from an engineer, but the engineer wouldn't let him weld anything to the chassis...

ISUZUROVER wrote:Speaking of strange body swaps, I once wrecked a stage 1. The guy that bought almost all the panels was planning to fit a LR body onto a holden panel van chassis. I have seen holden bodys on LR chassis, but not the other way around.

He had approval from an engineer, but the engineer wouldn't let him weld anything to the chassis...

I bet he was making a landy drag car ?

Loanrangie wrote: I bet he was making a landy drag car ?

Unfortunately nothing so exiting... Just a crazy old guy with too much time on his hands...