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Weld or replace?

Recently bought a 1989 90TD who's chassis has seen better days. It requires fairly substantial welding (about 5 evenings worth) which a friend said he would do for £200, but after this I will still have a 15 yo patched up chassis, which will be fine, but another friend says he can get a galvanised chassis for around £600 (all above board), and stripping the 90 down and rebuilding isn't a problem. Is it worth shelling out an additional £400 (plus the rebuild time) or would you stick with the welding??? The rest of the vehicle if pretty smart and the engine is a peach.

Angus Norfolk'n'Good

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Angus McDangle
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Twas Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:55:31 +0100 when "Angus McDangle" put finger to keyboard producing:

personally, I'd do the replacement chassis, consider the bulkhead too.

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

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Mr.Nice.

It'll be over a thousand by the time you get the parts onto the new chassis

- you will need an astonishing amount of new nuts and bolts, probably a new exhaust+fittings, new bushes, brake lines - it all adds up, whereas the chassis welding is pretty much all the cost - not much hidden extra. If the stripping and rebuilding isn't really a problem, even taking into account all the hidden costs then go for it - your vehicle will be worth much more as well when/if you come to sell it.

Regards

William MacLeod

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William MacLeod

Angus McDangle vaguely muttered something like ...

Providing you can afford double (at least) what the chassis costs for all those niggly bits that break when being undone and have the time etc, then a new chassis makes a lot of sense .. it shouldn't need anything doing to it for .. ooohh ..... ages at least ... ;)

It's likely to add value to the vehicle too, if you need to sell it.

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Paul - xxx

William MacLeod wrote in news:FbO1d.1070$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe1-win.ntli.net:

But winter is coming and you do have a nice dry warm shed to do it in, don't you?

Derry (Who doesn't have a shed answering the above description and knows it!)

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Derry Argue

WELD. Yours Gmacz

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Gmacz

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