Drove the 88" IIa to the train station today

"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
08/03/2015 at 10:33 • Filed to: Land Rover

Got to say, those Disco Axles are awesome. Got up to 70 mph with out needing to engage the over drive, and I didn’t feel like I was going to die lol.

DISCUSSION (13)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/03/2015 at 10:42

Clearance being what it is with the fenders, though, we’re looking at using Disco/Rangey pumpkins on our 109 and using late III axle shafts and/or Series spiders in the Rangey carriers. Shouldn’t be unstable with the longer wheelbase anyway.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/03/2015 at 10:44

Wait, there’s something on the Disco that’s good?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
08/03/2015 at 10:49

Mechanicals are pretty much a copy/paste from the Range Rover Classic for the Disco I. Development costs were pretty much nil, and the mechanicals are reasonably solid with some exceptions as long as you watch the engine like a hawk. It’s the electrics and interior that are shady as all fuck. Disco II, more of the above only worserer and with some new and exciting mechanical diseases.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/03/2015 at 10:51

Ahh, was just automatically thinking Disco II. I always assumed all Discos were Disco IIs. So are the first gen ones not too bad, or just not too bad relative to some other Land Rovers?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
08/03/2015 at 10:53

First gen ones are just a cheap short wheelbase Range Rover Classic with a shoddy “modern” body/interior. Not far beyond normal LR levels of fail.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/03/2015 at 10:57

Highly recomend it, although my dad built a jig so converting Disco Axles to fit under Series trucks are a pretty easy job.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/03/2015 at 11:01

I didn’t realize what a case of Mishmasherson’s Disease the IIa had apart from the Disco axles. Mid-year in-front-of-breakfast valance, II or non-NAS front fender ends, Late IIa sill panels, outer fenders, wipers, and dash vents, etc. Auxiliary fuel tank!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/03/2015 at 11:03

Basically, we’re sticking with the narrow track width housings and using late III parts to make it happen. Shouldn’t even need any welding, just the right mix of parts. As to brakes, we haven’t really decided yet - I think there are parts available for converting the Rangey brakes as one option.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/03/2015 at 11:12

Yeah, it’s a bit of a mut which adds to the character and why we love it so much. I have a hunch it was orginially a Bug Eye that the old hippie we bought it from converted back to center headlights.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/03/2015 at 11:18

That was my guess as well. It’s the answer to “WTF”with the fewest parts needing swapped, and the fender fronts being a different shade than the tops and sides and having been pop-riveted on the visible edge speaks to them being a part that got swapped and not the outers/etc. Where’d he get non-NAS fender fronts, though?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/03/2015 at 11:24

My guess is from England back in the 80’s when he didn’t have to worry about DOT regulations anymore.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
08/03/2015 at 11:37

They’re full floating axles and way stronger than the orginial ones. You’d have to try really hard to twist a half shaft on this light a truck. It’s only 2900 lbs which is almost 1700 lbs lighter than a Disco 1 the axles came from.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/03/2015 at 14:45

I’m curious, is the bolt pattern on the Series III axle housing the same as the Disco 1 stub axle? Might be a little far in terms of Mishmasherson, HOWEVER fitting disk brakes would be a breaze. I’ve had to hang on the ancors in the Shorty and I was chewing on the stearing wheel.

My guess is no otherwise it would have been done before but just thinking out loud about it.