overlander said:
Welcome Tyler and congratulations! Sounds like a fun project to me. You should also join D-90.com if you haven't yet, as it is a great source of info for Defender owners.
What kind of seats do you have for your middle row? I have the NAS 60/40 split and would rather have the 3 folding seats, but can't source them locally. Where did you get your donor?
As of now I have the old 1986 or so bench seat for the middle row. I am not sure what I am going to do for seats. I might keep the seat I have and just recover it or I might look for a seat like you have. I actually would love to do what Jesse Ware did to his truck buy putting a fridge in the middle and having two little seats on the outside. I might be able to take the bench seat and cut it up and do that. But that is waaaaaay down the road.
Oh yeah I am on D-90. Been on there for years but just recently got back on when I started this project.
I got the donor 110 of off ebay actually, for a great price in my opinion. It is not perfect but it has pretty much all the major parts I need. Rear tub-needs a bit of restoration, roof, roof sides, frame, rear floor board, and kick panel are pretty good shape Just a few holes to fill here and there. Also the brackets and such needed to attach the tub etc... All the parts I think would be hard to find. The guy who had before me started building some decent sliders for it so that is cool. He also bought OME springs for it and cleaned up the rear salisbury axle pretty good. I will need to convert to disc brakes and install 4:10's and a locker though. The truck was down in Atlanta and worth it for what I paid for it. On that note I have a ton of parts off of it up for sale soon if you are all looking for stuff let me know.
Hey on that note has anyone ever removed the roof ribs off of a an older series roof or 110 or 90 roof? I do not mind the ribs on there but they are going to be in the way of the exo cage. So I am trying to get a feel how to handle that. I can either drill out all the spot welds and fill them, or modify the cage to clear them, or cut the ribs to make clearance. Not sure what is best at this point. Again I have a ton to do before then.
Thanks for the thought on the paint Keith. I tend to feel the same way but just am not sure yet. There is photo of a willow green 110 with a white roof on Big Sky rovers site and I like the look of it, but something is kind of off about it. Not sure what, I just worry that the white roof with a black cage sticks out to much. It looked fine on my 90 so I guess it should look fine on a 110.
Well see.
Later
TYler
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