Can you put a defender body on a disco

Can you put a defender body on a disco

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stuttgartmetal

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8,108 posts

215 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Can I buy a disco
Remove the body
And put. Defender body on it ?
Or
Do I buy a disco, and a galvo defender chassis, and put the lot off that, on that, then add a defender body ?

Psimpson7

1,071 posts

240 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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stuttgartmetal said:
Can I buy a disco
Remove the body
And put. Defender body on it ?
It's not a straight swap. All of the outriggers are different and the Disco chassis doesnt have a rear crossmember like a Defender. Also the Defender chassis is deeper than the one on a Disco (1), and the Disco is a 100" wheel base which wasn't used on Defenders which are 92.9, 110 or 127

Lots of people did it years ago to make hybrids, usually making coil sprung series land Rovers. It is possible but in no way a straight swap.

stuttgartmetal said:
Do I buy a disco, and a galvo defender chassis, and put the lot off that, on that, then add a defender body ?
That would work far better. The axles and suspension and entire drivetrain would swap over with the exception of the rear propshaft.

Still quite a lot of work with stuff like exhausts and so on, but this option is pretty straight forward compared to the first one.

mikeh501

709 posts

180 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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ill bite... why?

GuinnessMK

1,608 posts

221 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Quickest way would be to contact http://www.fourwd.org.uk/page2.html

Not quite a straight swap, but you get most of the looks on the newer chassis.

tight fart

2,869 posts

272 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Yes

OneDs

1,628 posts

175 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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A 4x4 is born by Mark Thomas Evans

ETA sorry yes colleague and TV personality mixed up

Edited by OneDs on Thursday 16th February 22:17

Denis O

2,141 posts

242 months

Monday 13th February 2017
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OneDs said:
A 4x4 is born by Mark Thomas.
Apologies for a bit of pedantry. It's actually Mark Evans.

Super Slo Mo

5,368 posts

197 months

Monday 13th February 2017
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I looked into this a couple of years back as I had a ratty old disco with fairly sound running gear.

The snag is that you have to modify the chassis to get the defender bodywork to fit, which triggers an IVA. This may not be easy to pass with old defender/90/110 bodywork.
You also need to shorten the 110 rear tub in a couple of places. It's not too hard but it's not a simple swapping of parts.