andydclements
Active Member
Well it's taken me ages to post here, mainly because I didn't sort my email verification out (thanks AndrewB & Sirus).
I'm in Norfolk, near Norwich.
Ages ago a mate decided he wanted a Landy, and he wanted one "now".
he bought a 90 with a knackered engine and a known rusty chassis.
To be fair I thought the rust wasn't too bad, just a bit of patching needed on the under side of one chassis rail near the back.
The engine was replaced with a 200TDI and it was only while replacing the engine I noticed a dark patch on the chassis. So once the engine was in we investigated. After more and more investigation the ali body came off, and we found (using small hammers) the small amount of rust meant we had approx 3 inches of half normal thickness of steel left on each side of the chassis box at that point the rest had been rust, and there was more rust leading to major issues all along that leg and nearly half as much rust issues on the other leg. So the chassis was gone.
He wanted to purchase a chassis, couldn't find a 90 at the right price so bought a 110 with the intention of coverting to a 110, so that meant new tub, diff, springs etc.
All purchased, then he decided he didn't want a landy.
So I'm now considering selling the bits and just buying a running vehicles myself (I wanted to be able to use the Landy for towing anyway).
I'm in Norfolk, near Norwich.
Ages ago a mate decided he wanted a Landy, and he wanted one "now".
he bought a 90 with a knackered engine and a known rusty chassis.
To be fair I thought the rust wasn't too bad, just a bit of patching needed on the under side of one chassis rail near the back.
The engine was replaced with a 200TDI and it was only while replacing the engine I noticed a dark patch on the chassis. So once the engine was in we investigated. After more and more investigation the ali body came off, and we found (using small hammers) the small amount of rust meant we had approx 3 inches of half normal thickness of steel left on each side of the chassis box at that point the rest had been rust, and there was more rust leading to major issues all along that leg and nearly half as much rust issues on the other leg. So the chassis was gone.
He wanted to purchase a chassis, couldn't find a 90 at the right price so bought a 110 with the intention of coverting to a 110, so that meant new tub, diff, springs etc.
All purchased, then he decided he didn't want a landy.
So I'm now considering selling the bits and just buying a running vehicles myself (I wanted to be able to use the Landy for towing anyway).