Series III doors on Defender 110

Yes, I've not done it yet but I've seen trucks with this mod done, a Defender 90 was the most recent. He reckoned they just bolted straight on although I'd suspect having to mess around with striker plates for the locks at the very least. Lower doors are cheap, and you could buy one in knackered condition and test it out to see if it does what you want before getting more cosmetically pleasing ones.

Having converted my hard-top to a pick-up, if I were you I'd think about making the roll-cage removable on the back, there have been a few times when I've found removing the canvas and sticks to be very useful indeed to fit large stuff in the back, so a full-length roll cage might get in the way. Depends on your circumstances of course.

I have herd it the other way round that defender doors will fit a series 3 so the reverse must also be true, depending upon the locks, the older series doors had the latch kind you might find on a domestic door.

The top half adds nothing to the strength or stability of the door except notionally in a roll over

Yes - it's done quite a lot as they are (a *lot*) cheaper. You'll need to change the keepers to SIII types, and the check strap arangement will need to be modified. The hinges are the same - no problems there.

The same applies to the middle row doors.

I think you'll need a 90/110 tailgate, but the Series ones can probably be used, though it may look odd.

Richard

My first 110 tailgate cost £5 at an autojumble, it was severly cosmetically knackered, so I replaced it with a better one for the princely sum of £15. So no real point messing about with series tailgates.

On or around Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:41:28 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd enlightened us thusly:

series III rear door is a direct swap for an early 110 rear door, so I reckon the split tailgate will be as well.

Okie dokie ...

Thanks for all the responses ...

I'm looking for reasonably priced new S III doors now :p