cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Nov 17, 2013

• #1

We have a 200TDi disco which will donate it's entire running gear from wheels through chassis to steering/gearbox/transfer box etc plus a 2a with a knackered chassis/engine/box etc....

So I'm looking at a medium term project of ripping the body off the disco and transplanting the body from the 2a onto the disco chassis. Has anyone else done this? I was going to build a bespoke loom at the same time using parts of the series loom (mainly connectors), an old defender loom, the disco loom and including the extras I want at the sane time.

Anybody done this before?

 

Last edited: Aug 12, 2014

Dr_evil

Banned

• Nov 17, 2013

• #2

Well the wheelbase is 9" shorter on a disco for a start.......

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Nov 17, 2013

• #3

Dr_evil said:

Well the wheelbase is 9" shorter on a disco for a start.......

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Once the body is off the disco we can look at that, where does that 9" come from? I take it it is transfer box to rear wheels???

I know the disco is slightly wider too.

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Nov 17, 2013

• #4

yeah, middle section basically. You'll have to keep it registered as a disco as well

 

cowasaki

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• Nov 17, 2013

• #5

Dr_evil said:

yeah, middle section basically. You'll have to keep it registered as a disco as well

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I'm sure it's going to be more series than disco

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Nov 17, 2013

• #6

Yeah but ID is chassis based not body!

 

Rattlegun

Well-Known Member

• Nov 17, 2013

• #7

One of the magazines recently built one, they shortened the rear tub to make it fit the disco 100" wheelbase. Looked pretty good. Nice proportions, always thought 88/90 looked a bit short. The most work was adding outriggers and supports for the series bodywork.

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Nov 17, 2013

• #8

Thanks, sounds like a goer then. The fitting of replacement outriggers when the chassis is bare is the time to do it

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2014

• #9

Well I've got a 300TDi Disco 1 as a donor now and just looking for the series landy for the rest of the bits. This was always going to be a long term project

 

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Freetime101

Active Member

• Aug 12, 2014

• #10

What happened to the 200tdi disco?

Instead of a IIa you should use a later III, they look similar but there's no sense in wasting a tax exempt series

 

Last edited: Aug 12, 2014

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #11

Freetime101 said:

What happened to the 200tdi disco?

Instead of a IIa you should use a later III, they look similar but there's no sense in wasting a tax exempt series

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I offered it free to anyone able to collect the 300 for me. I later got a message saying that it runs and drives so he got a bargain.