Four minute D2 frame swap

[LtFuzz]

 

[Dendy Jarrett]

Amazing video. And while I love the D2, you and I both have had our fair share of heartache with D2 ownership, so it begs: "unless you had this done for you (as it the case in the credits) wouldn't it just be cheaper to replace the truck than to replace the frame?"

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[Rovertrader]

I've never made a decision that had financial sense involving Land Rovers. If I had all the money I've ever spent on Land Rovers I would have enough to fix my Land Rovers... maybe.

but not if reframing a D-II!!!

 

[A.J.M]

There was a contributer to LRM magazine who bought a D2 with similar chassis rot. ( getting VERY common here in the UK now! )

He got the first glavanised one from Richards Chassis and did a write up of what's involved. They changed the chassis over a long working weekend.
Richard's chassis is pretty common for supplying defender chassis to owners who want to rebuild them on something new.

If you like the truck and want to keep it, i can see why you would consider doing it. It's not a cheap option though.

 

[swkingston]

That was awesome!

 

[LR Max]

If you had a REALLY good truck that was in REALLY good shape...except for the frame, and you didn't want to go south to get a new one, then this might be a reasonable solution.

However there are tons of decent D2s around here.

 

[LtFuzz]

I thought it was strange that it appeared no other significant work was done to the truck. Not even a cleaning.

 

[zelatore]

Wow, so you can do that in 4 minutes? What's your hourly rate then?

 

[DividingCreek]

Wow, so you can do that in 4 minutes? What's your hourly rate then?

Video is 4 mins. If you read the credits it appears it took 2 techs 48 hours to do the job. I'm reading that as 96 man hours.

 

[Howski]

Labor alone could buy 3 nice D2's