Austin ;-)

On or around Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:35:47 +0100, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

The later trannies are about 115". applies from about 2001 or so, the one after the smiley face one.

dunno where you get the 2664. Ford's website say 2933, or about 115½"

ah. I see. Transit Connect is 2664. that's the little one, not a proper trnasit at all, and not enough seats.

On or around Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:00:49 +0100, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

apart from the requirement to move one or more wheelarches by about 10".

Do they ? I thought they were ellipticals.

Steve PS (Wheels are off now.)

Don't know what you're building Austin but I've got a 110" chassis, Rangie and 110" axles and a set of 2B FC rims with part worn Trac Edges on them available.

Martin

On or around Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:41:41 +0100, "Oily" enlightened us thusly:

what size TEs?

I was thinking along the lines of 235/70 section tyres. This would suit quite well the intention to use a 3.5 V8 rangie engine and 4-speed auto. If I were to re-acquire my old 110, then that engine and box combo is already installed... but then again, there's be a lot of hassle removing all the bodywork.

Chassis... Has it got the steering box and steering gear? and if so, is it a PAS box? not too keen on manual steering.

As to what... 110 chassis and running gear under a transit minibus body. Ah, another point. does the chassis have a registration which can be perpetuated? The idea is to retain the identity of the donor LR chassis, which should be easy as it'll be using the original chassis, engine, axles and suspension, which easily gets enough points under the modified vehicles thing to retain the registration and avoid having it on a Q plate.

So... unless you have a 3.5 V8 and auto box combo in good condition... how much for rolling chassis, 110 with 110 axles, or parts to assemble same? separately, how much for the set of 2B rims and tyres (4 or 5?)?

If you do know for a good 3.5 V8 and auto box, a price for them as well, of course...

I have an original 2286 diesel IIB FC and I would imagine the offset is probably wider than standard but maybe they are just wider rims to take the

but not sure of the tyre sizes, I can check.

No, it's manual, but there's a Range Rover at the side of it with power box fitted.

I should be able to get the paperwork for it but didn't bother as I was going to cut it up. It has had one new nearside bulkhead out rigger fitted and the other side has not been fitted yet, also the rear end has been removed to fit a new rear crossmember but not replaced. It is a long standing refurbishment that has been abandoned eventually. The rest of the chassis looks OK. Blue Bearmach 2" lift springs on it (new) full set.

I just got rid of only last week the efi engine from the Ra/Ro with LPG conversion kit for £150 for both and chucked another efi engine in the scrap the week before, mind you, I don't know if it was any good as I'd never started it. I've also got two or three ZF autoboxes knocking about yet which are/were OK.

On or around Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:01:30 +0100, "Oily" enlightened us thusly:

I think the paperwork may prove to be important.

Always the way, innit.

it had occurred to me that one reason I was thinking of getting my previous

Depends on price, really - I might be able to get that vehicle cheap; and if so, the advantages of the gas stuff (expensive to get new) and having the whole thing already paperworked-up as a V8 auto (and that it's currently only 3 miles away) will offset the hassle factor of stripping the body off it.

I've still not spoken to the insurance bloke yet though.

"Austin Shackles" wrote:-

Way to go Austin, paperworks already been sent in as scrap, not much left in one piece anyway, but if you are stuck for any bits I might have them.

Martin

On or around Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:36:33 +0100, "Oily" enlightened us thusly:

ah. That's a bummer. I'll keep the bits aspect in mind though.