snotmonster
Member
Hi all.
I'm currently knee deep and now financially committed to a 1987 90 County full rebuild.
My initial plan was to just change the chassis to a galvanised item and change the engine from the knackered and wheezy diesel Turbo to V8 petrol and of course everything else that goes with it when changing from one fuel to another.
So I have a rolling chassis with the engine in - so far so good.
The problems really started to come thick'n fast when I started dismantling the old stuff to transfer onto the new chassis...
This wagon is nasty corroded.
Not a problem, says I. ...We'll just replace with new, all the stuff that can't be refurbished.
And that was fine till I came to remove the tub...
Basically, it is as rotten as a pear.
Now, I know some of you are of the mind that ANYTHING can be repaired but take my word for it that this thing is totally gone!
So I've found a breakers that deals just in modern Defenders and he can easily supply me with a full tub and anything else I might need - and herein lies the crux of my question...
Because he only deals with with Defenders from about '05 onwards, the fuel filler is at the rear of the vehicle whilst the '90's is just rear-wards of the drivers door.
Now bearing in mind that the chassis and motor are now already different to the V5, wont having a modern tub be the last straw to licese the vehicle?
The reason I ask is that a friend told me that some canny Landy owners were building very modern Landy's on old V5 chassis to get around paying car tax. And that the Govt got wise to it and have really had a clamp down.
.....Or is he just yanking my chain?
Of course, what I'd really like is to keep the fuel filler where it is but I've not been able to source a good replacement - they're aaalllll corroded.
Ideas, anyone?
I'm currently knee deep and now financially committed to a 1987 90 County full rebuild.
My initial plan was to just change the chassis to a galvanised item and change the engine from the knackered and wheezy diesel Turbo to V8 petrol and of course everything else that goes with it when changing from one fuel to another.
So I have a rolling chassis with the engine in - so far so good.
The problems really started to come thick'n fast when I started dismantling the old stuff to transfer onto the new chassis...
This wagon is nasty corroded.
Not a problem, says I. ...We'll just replace with new, all the stuff that can't be refurbished.
And that was fine till I came to remove the tub...
Basically, it is as rotten as a pear.
Now, I know some of you are of the mind that ANYTHING can be repaired but take my word for it that this thing is totally gone!
So I've found a breakers that deals just in modern Defenders and he can easily supply me with a full tub and anything else I might need - and herein lies the crux of my question...
Because he only deals with with Defenders from about '05 onwards, the fuel filler is at the rear of the vehicle whilst the '90's is just rear-wards of the drivers door.
Now bearing in mind that the chassis and motor are now already different to the V5, wont having a modern tub be the last straw to licese the vehicle?
The reason I ask is that a friend told me that some canny Landy owners were building very modern Landy's on old V5 chassis to get around paying car tax. And that the Govt got wise to it and have really had a clamp down.
.....Or is he just yanking my chain?
Of course, what I'd really like is to keep the fuel filler where it is but I've not been able to source a good replacement - they're aaalllll corroded.
Ideas, anyone?