As promised in the new members section, here's my rather odd idea of turning an old and fairly knackered Discovery, with a 200tdi 2.5 litre diesel engine into a trike.....as far as I'm aware this hasn't been attempted before....mainly because it's a pretty ridiculous thing to try to achieve.
Here is a picture of the discovery before I started...
As you can see it was in an amazing condition....or not
So I dragged it into my small Barn and ripped the body off of it...here's a pic of the wonderful chassis (frame)
As you can see it's in need of a fair bit of work to even make the chassis usable.
The idea is to use the full rear axle and suspension setup, along with the original engine, gearbox and transfer box, all sitting in their original places on the chassis.
The front axle has been removed, and I will be attempting to build a leading link front end that includes one of the original front wheels/ hubs/ brakes from the Disco as well....this could prove tricky....I also intend to use as many other original Land Rover parts in some form or another, to build this beast up.
As it stands at the moment this trike is going to be just over 6 feet wide at the back, 15' 6" long and 4' high to the top of the engine....
Further details will be added later as I have some weird ideas for the controls etc that I'll need to sort out as I go....
I'll keep this thread updated, and, if you don't object to a bit of swearing and cussing, you can watch the entire build so far on my Youtube channel
Here is a picture of the discovery before I started...
As you can see it was in an amazing condition....or not
So I dragged it into my small Barn and ripped the body off of it...here's a pic of the wonderful chassis (frame)
As you can see it's in need of a fair bit of work to even make the chassis usable.
The idea is to use the full rear axle and suspension setup, along with the original engine, gearbox and transfer box, all sitting in their original places on the chassis.
The front axle has been removed, and I will be attempting to build a leading link front end that includes one of the original front wheels/ hubs/ brakes from the Disco as well....this could prove tricky....I also intend to use as many other original Land Rover parts in some form or another, to build this beast up.
As it stands at the moment this trike is going to be just over 6 feet wide at the back, 15' 6" long and 4' high to the top of the engine....
Further details will be added later as I have some weird ideas for the controls etc that I'll need to sort out as I go....
I'll keep this thread updated, and, if you don't object to a bit of swearing and cussing, you can watch the entire build so far on my Youtube channel