Short stuff landrover

ladanut · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:48 am Post subject: Short stuff landrover

Hi all Have just started on my new build project .Take one s2 landrover with stuffed chassis an fit on to a suzuki 410 flat deck chassis.

My plan is so far going to plan have the landy tub siting on the chassis to see if it fits .shorten the front an the back to be more like a trails truck . but still make it look like a landrover with the truck cab fitted over the roll cage .Power it with a holden 3.3 ltr motor striaght 6 fitted to s2 gearbox an diffs as that what i have an trying to keep it a cheap build with out haveing to buy parts .

scut44 · Guest

Looking forward to seeing your build when you post some pictures of it.

Idea

Somehow a written description of the build in a 'custom build' section leaves lots to the imagination of the reader. Wink

george

Are you thinking of something like these?
(pictures uplifted from a thread in the Land Rover section)

big_patrol · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject:

not seen that first motor for some years now. It was a really capable motor in its day

ladanut · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:16 am Post subject:

something like that but with a shorter noseso the tyres sit past the front for better approch angle an same on the back.going to coil spring it .

judderman3000 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject:

Here Danny that first rig you mention is still knocking about on the Yorkshire-Suzuki forums...
Called Sand Jover or something like that???

ladanut · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:00 am Post subject:

Short stuff starting to take shape now after spending a few wet days in the workshop got front suspenion sorted out an tacked together now .have used nissan tereno rear coil springs in the frontwith a 3 link set up.cut all the old flat deck mounts off an shorted the back of the chassis.
Just working on the rear 3 link set up now .an working on a idea to use 1 coil spring in the middle with shock.most the the parts that ive made up are from parts taht i have lrying around in the shed .tring to keep it a cheap build with out having to buy to much steel an parts.

The first pick is of the landy as it was when i got it .

ladanut · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:04 am Post subject:

Hi all After having to buy 2nd adaptor plate for the motor to gearbox with the fisrt one i got being for a some other band motor not holden .finaly got the motor an trans sitting in place today now working making up the mounts for the enigine an tranferbox.Starting to looking like some thing now at last

ladanut · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:22 am Post subject:

Hi all been a while since i posted .
haven't done much to short stuff .but have brought another S1 already kitted out just needs a few things done to it .it did have crusier diffs but the guy sold them so at the moment i have landy diffs from my other s1 .has S2 gearbox .holden 3.3 motor fuel injected ,full spec roll cage .toyota power steering box .bucket seats .