Legal?

[stewy1984]

Basically my disco is a rot box and im not prepared to try and do all of the work needed for its MOT in aug.

so ive come up with a plan to buy a defender 90 chassis with identification?? then ody panels and whatever other bits i need, but trying to keep the spends to a minimum and build a 90 using my engines/axle etc.. basically anything i can use off the disco, then scrap it.

is this legal to do? i really dont want the hassle of sva's and all of that..

[discowoman]

perfctly legit, as long as you dont try and reg it as you old disco

[crazymac]

Why not use your Disco chassis and running gear, then dump the body off and make a 100inch defender type thing?

you could then keep it as the Disco legally!

[stewy1984]

cheers discowoman

crazymac - i've thought about the 100inch alot, but did not know i could keep it legally a disco still? does the chassis not need modifications, shortend, recrosmember, outriggers...

[MuddyMachine]

You would need a defender rear cross member and weld on the out riggers for the bulkhead and rear tub, also the front bumper holes are in the wrong place

[stewy1984]

yeah thats what i thought. It might sound crazy, but i think thats alot more/harder than just building a 90 up.

just finished building a mates truck up using 90, series and disco bits. and some of that getting stuff to line up just took twice as long as if it was all one model.

[crazymac]

There is undoubtably a lot of work in creating a 100 inch, but legally there is much less problems than cutting down a 110 for instance!!

There are outriggers etc to be cut/replaced and you would need to sort the size of the tub, roof etc. but from a points view point, you retain the chassis, axles, suspension, engine, gearbox so you have plenty points to retain the original reg!