Surely you couldn’t fit an S1 body to a disco!?

I've had my S1 for about 4 years and have been slowly working my way through the restoration, the rolling chassis is all sorted and mostly new but, I've run out of drive for it. I love the S1 look and charm and a friend who has 2 loves them but, although I don't want it as my daily driver, I...

Many thanks. I believe there is a logbook with the chassis but I will check so, like you said, I can at least evidence I own them both. Or, use the chassis and logbook 'correctly' and drop my 1986 110 body onto the 2005 chassis and my vehicle is 20 years newer!! I don't think that would go down...

Never thought of that! Is there a proper way of doing it?

Great stuff. I'll try and sort out a deal for the chassis!

Ideal. So if I basically replace the engine and gearbox mounts along with the fuel tank mounts, I'm good to go? Out of curiosity, is there any reason why I couldn't keep the later fuel tank set up as its plastic so I'm guessing I'll have no issues with rust in the future?

Hi, I have an early 110 which has been converted to a 200tdi at some point in its life. However, the chassis is pretty shot and I'm looking at options. Locally to me is a Td5 chassis and I was wondering if there were any significant differences that would mean it's completely incompatible or, is...

Many thanks for all the info. I'll try and gave a good look over get this weekend and work out where all the fixings are and then work out the best way for me to do it in the area I have.

which sort of takes me back to my original question of whats the best way to do it? Section by section - if so, where's the best place to start or, do I did it in one go but get something capable of lifting it, tractor/JCB, etc?

its a bit of a mess. I have considered a new chassis which has obvious benefits but, it's the space required for a complete strip down. I was thinking this way I could address all the areas slow time?

It's from just in front of the front wheels backwards that I need to get at underneath. The bulkhead also needs repairs so the idea was to slowly get all the chassis repairs done without having to crawl around underneath, get a better job done of it with the easier access and then get the...

Yes, I'm looking at taking everything from the bulkhead backwards off. I take it from your earlier comments that I could remove it in smaller sections to make it an easier job? If so, once again, what's the best way of doing it?

Cheers for the info, I'll have a dig around and try and locate everything!

Yes, it's an early 110. I was looking at taking all the doors and tailgate off, detaching it from the screen and then lifting off. Are the mounting bolts obvious to find? I can obviously see the rear ones but was wondering where the rest were hidden?

Is there a specific way to remove the rear body on the station wagon and, when I have unbolted everything, how easy is it to lift off? Is it a case of I'll need a couple of mates or, do I need something like a fork lift, etc? I want to get it off to do some fairly extensive repairs to the chassis.

Well, as I now own a Land Rover, I thought I'd better start a thread. This link is to my initial post re advice https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/long-term-project-110-station-wagon.298820/page-2#post-3726805 This is my new project, I've had he a few months now but work has got in the way...

Ok, well that's sort of made that decision then. One of the main criteria is that it will run on the waste oil just to keep the day to day driving costs down. I'm happy to put the money in at the beginning to get it 'right' as I only want to do it once. As mentioned previously, the auto box is...

I'm always dubious about tweaking and modding things, I'd much rather put a standard engine in with a standard gearbox and have it 'factory'. As I'm going to get a new 110 chassis, I believe from the limited reading I've done so far that I can get the new chassis set up to receive the engine and...

Yup, she's destined to have a new bulkhead!

Would the 300tdi be significantly better with an auto box?