Land Rover New Chassis

First step - door removed.

Lot more progress - wings, roof, rear tub and seats etc all removed.

Engine lifted out using trust front end loader.

Engine in situ and chassis painted

Running gear fitted also bulkhead

Nearly finished, just the wings to add.

New galvanised chassis being manoeuvred into barn

Engine  back after new clutch fitted and some cosmetic tidying.

Old chassis on it’s way out.

Thinking that the Land Rover chassis was on it’s way out, decided to give the old girl to a brand new galvanised one which would give her another 50 years of life. Land Rovers are VERY simple vehicles, really an over-sized Meccano set, so I didnt think it would be that difficult to dismantle and re-assemble on the new chassis. Unfortunately after nearly 50 years an aweful lot of the nuts and bolts were well and truly rusted, and a small angle grinder became my best assistant. The photos below only tell a fraction of the effort.