Defender chassis repair.

[cpas]

Good evening.

The chassis repair is about to commence!!! I am planning on using 2mm steel sheet - I assume this will be about the right grade? Also, does anyone know where I can get any in the Northamptonshire area reasonable cheaply? I can get 2mx1m sheets at around £65 but will probably only need about 1/4 of this amount! I have just e-mailed Billsons for a price but I think they only do full sheets.

[JAHetfield]

Try the scrapyards. You never know what you'll find for half an hour of your time to look. I've never bought a new bit of metal in my life and I've used plenty. Also engineering companies, they always have loads of old off cuts that will just end up getting dumped.

[cpas]

I hadn't thought of scrappies - I will try there next weekend. I might also try some local metal cutter/fabbies to see if they have any in their skips.

[thinfourth2]

I would be very tempted to make your repair sections out of cardboard and then go to a metal fabricators with your cardboard and get exactly what you want cut out of some steel

[cpas]

thinfourth2 said:

I would be very tempted to make your repair sections out of cardboard and then go to a metal fabricators with your cardboard and get exactly what you want cut out of some steel

I was thinking of 'cardboard, underseal, carboard, underseal...'

[JAHetfield]

cpas said:

I was thinking of 'cardboard, underseal, carboard, underseal...'

Good idea but I find isopon and newspaper to offer better structural rigidity