Build your own Series Land Rover

[kevkon]

How many Series owners don't eventually end up building their own one way or another?????

[brucejohn]

How many Series owners don't eventually end up building their own one way or another?????

That's a great question. As I am simply trying to refurbish mine to regular tinker toy driving ability I am itching to start a second one "done right" as seen here by the real 'pros.'

[jac04]

I have come pretty close to building one from scratch. Looks like my total investment will be about $28k including the purchase price of the vehicle:
http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5073

The only major components from the original vehicle are:
- Bulkhead, seat box, radiator support, windscreen frame, body panels & hoop set
- Steering box & column assembly, steering wheel
- Heater
- Dash gauges & switches (although new speedometer)
- Pedal boxes & pedals
- Front axle housing, diff, halfshafts, swivel balls, swivel housings, stub axles, and brake backing plates
- Front & rear hubs (housings only)
- Rear diff
- Rear brake backing plates
- Emergency brake lever mechanism
- Rear propshaft (although new u-joints)
- Front & rear spring plates
- Wiring harness
- Bellhousing & clutch fork
- Flywheel

That sounds like a lot of parts, but it really isn’t.

NEW Major Components:
Chassis
Canvas Top
Windshield glass
ALL weatherstripping
Front bumper & bumperettes
Wheels & tires
Springs, shocks, u-bolts
Brake system (complete from master cylinder to brake drums)
Clutch system hydraulics (complete from master cylinder to slave)
Engine (rebuilt long block)
Distributor & electronic ignition
Carburetor
Alternator
Clutch disc & pressure plate
Transmission & transfer case (rebuilt assembly)
Radiator
Exhaust system
Front propshaft
Wheel bearings & seals
Rear axles shafts & stub axles
Rear axle case
Seats & Seat belts

[gphiver]

I agree! You guys are real pros. It is very helpful seeing all of the project photos.

Vehicles like jac04's are wonderful! Probably a lot farther than I want to go with mine. As soon as I get a vehicle it'll be on here with questions. I may not be spending quite as much time on the forum then? Nah.

I am flying into Hartford, CT this weekend MAYBE I will get a chance to see an older rover running around. I do not see many in the Northern AZ area.

[jac04]

I am flying into Hartford, CT this weekend ...

I'm about 3 miles from the airport. I rarely see any old Rovers driving around. Terrys only a few miles from me in Bloomfield, but for some reason I never see him driving around.

[jb_]

I am flying into Hartford, CT this weekend .

Your Series can fly?

[Jazzop]

I'd wager that most Series Rover owners (for any substantial period of time) end up rebuilding the machine entirely, just not all at once.

Perhaps in a hundred years or so, philosophy students will replace the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment with a Land Rover-based scenario!