Disco 1 How were the Chassis’s originally painted?

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How were the Discovery 1 chassis painted at the factory.
Was the inside painted by dipping the Chassis or was it just bare on the inside?

I’m in the process of rebuilding my discovery 1 300tdi.
I was lucky enough to be able to find a new old stock completely unused original Chassis from a main dealer.

It’s currently away in storage so I can’t check it. i will be having it hot dipped galvanised.
The acid that they use to strip the chassis before hot dipping remove rust from inside the chassis but not paint.

So if Land Rover did paint the inside of the Chassis I’ll have to take it somewhere else to get it dipped in something that can remove the paint so that the inside is protected by galvanising

TIA
 
It took me about 3 years of searching to find.
I wanted a new chassis but I didn’t want to use one of the reproduction ones that are made out of four different sections instead of the original two piece pressed C-section.

No photos of the build yet, I’m just about to start as I’ve finally managed to get all the bits together that I need.
Most of it being NOS!
 
LRHUE said:
It took me about 3 years of searching to find.
I wanted a new chassis but I didn’t want to use one of the reproduction ones that are made out of four different sections instead of the original two piece pressed C-section.

No photos of the build yet, I’m just about to start as I’ve finally managed to get all the bits together that I need.
Most of it being NOS!
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Now you've done that, when can we expect to see your pics of Shergar being ridden by Lord Lucan? ;)
 
For anyone wondering the inside of the chassis is coated.
Great for corrosion protection.
Not so great for me as I’ll have to get the whole chassis dipped to strip it off.
 
LRHUE said:
For anyone wondering the inside of the chassis is coated.
Great for corrosion protection.
Not so great for me as I’ll have to get the whole chassis dipped to strip it off.
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You may find that the galvaniser will do this as a matter of course. all you have to do is ring them to find out.
If not sadly yes you'll need to get it dipped as if you were dipping a car body before repainting it.
 
LRHUE said:
For anyone wondering the inside of the chassis is coated.
Great for corrosion protection.
Not so great for me as I’ll have to get the whole chassis dipped to strip it off.
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Some places get the chassis cooked first in a big oven to crack the paint. Then dip to clean them. Once done the galv process is done.
Where you getting the chassis galvanised?
 
LRHUE said:
For anyone wondering the inside of the chassis is coated.
Great for corrosion protection.
Not so great for me as I’ll have to get the whole chassis dipped to strip it off.
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Wonder if defenders where done too. It’s certainly not evident when you cut them open.
I thought most places acid dipped to get them sterile prior to galv but I’ve never had one done.
I’ve been eying them up since you can now buy galv D1 chassis but it never occurred to me what you say about 2 c sections. Again, the defenders are also those 2 c sections.
 
I dun't fink lr made the chassis themselves. They buy them in, to their design/spec.
 
The Defender chassis were made by GKN Autostructures at Hadley Castle, Telford.
Once complete they were put through the automated paint plant located in the same building.
The paint system was Electrophoretic, with the chassis going through a series of chemical baths and finally into a massive gas fired oven.
Paint finish was black, hard and shiny, and coated some of the inside sections but only with a very thin layer.
Corrosion resistance was terrible, no cavity wax injection, although the P38 Range Rover chassis made a few years before got it.
Dunno why they bothered TBH, because they got put outside after paint, and were usually full of rainwater when they came back in for cavity waxing.
 
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