jakeb44
07-08-2016, 01:52 PM
After owning a Land Rover that lived up north its whole life, my chassis had the typical rust issues. It was so bad (in fact, it's the worst rust I've seen on a D2,) that it was beyond repairable. A galvanized chassis seemed like the smart choice with all the salt around here. It would also save me from doing this again in 5 years. . .
Will Tillery posted on D-Web that he was selling galvanized D2 chassis. He buys rust free trucks from the south, has them acid dipped and then galvanized all for a fraction of a RN frame. Needless to say, my Dad and I drove to Virginia to picked it up.
Without a lift in our shop, we had to do some thinking about how we were going remove the body. Our neighbor is getting construction done and has a lull, (a big forklift used to lift pre-made roof trusses 40' high into a house) which seemed like the easiest, and most entertaining way to get it off. After removing a few nuts and bolts, it was ready to lift off.
Now the two chassis are next to each other and I'm working on moving the parts over.
Here's a link to an album with more photos -
https://goo.gl/photos/r33Gd4SPK6nXcofp8
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Will Tillery posted on D-Web that he was selling galvanized D2 chassis. He buys rust free trucks from the south, has them acid dipped and then galvanized all for a fraction of a RN frame. Needless to say, my Dad and I drove to Virginia to picked it up.
Without a lift in our shop, we had to do some thinking about how we were going remove the body. Our neighbor is getting construction done and has a lull, (a big forklift used to lift pre-made roof trusses 40' high into a house) which seemed like the easiest, and most entertaining way to get it off. After removing a few nuts and bolts, it was ready to lift off.
Now the two chassis are next to each other and I'm working on moving the parts over.
Here's a link to an album with more photos -
https://goo.gl/photos/r33Gd4SPK6nXcofp8
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