I've made the decision to convert my csw to a hardtop as its been stripped down to the chassis anyway. Can someone shed some light on exactly what I need please? I've searched all over the place but can only find a few hardtop to csw conversion that havn't been seen through to the end. I've got an idea of what i need but have I thought of everything on my list, bearing in mind this is for ALL body panels?

roof
hardtop side panels
hardtop body tub
hardtop body cappings
seatbox (I've got a csw one, but is hardtop different?)
front floor panels (got pair of csw ones, are they all the same?)
rear door
series 3 front doors (I want sliding windows)
bulhead (I've got one from the csw that needs repairing, all the same arnt they?)
front wings
bonnet (got)
grille surround
windscreen and frame (got)
sills/ b pillar combo (think the hardtop ones are different to csw, are they?)


Chassis is the same isnt it? although I've read that the hardtop doesn't need the centre crossmember thats under the 2nd row seats in the csw, is this true?
I need a new rear crossmember anyway as its rotten, is there any difference between the two?


Cheers for any help.

seat box is the same just back part unbolts,theres a crossmember that sits on chassis for csw thats needs removing and some difference with front body mounting brackets, inner sills ,but apart from that everything else is the same chassis, doors and anything forward of b pillar

I did the conversion the other way and found the 110 parts manual was really helpful, as it shows the parts for the different models quite clearly.
It's on here somewhere.
HTH
Rick

Awesome cheers guys, so is the b pillar/sill combo the same or is there a difference between the two? And i'll have a look for the parts manual.

b pillar /sill is part of a frame on csw and separate parts on std vehicle

Cheers mate, I best start searching for all the bits I need then.

Why not just sell the csw an buy a van ?vans are a lot cheaper than county's

lanny man 90 said:

Why not just sell the csw an buy a van ?vans are a lot cheaper than county's

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This way I can build it to the exact spec I want while futureproofing everything and making sure everything is working perfectly, (I'm a mechanic). It'll be a fairly slow build while I drive a disco rotter round for 12-18 months. And I like building cars you can just switch off from the outside world/work and chill out for an hour or two a day.

Link to part numbers Part numbers link

Cheers matey, didn't realise it was a sticky haha, I should probably look at things abit better.