Member Since: 11 Feb 2010
Location: boston
Posts: 78
I built my disco 3
Wandering if anyone has had the headache ive had to get their disco on the road? I bought a rolled disco 3 gs which had done 6000 miles and found a replacement shell online. It was a HSE auto, which made fitting it to a manual GS a little challenging. Dont get me wrong, changing the gear stick and adding an extra pedal wasn't hard atall, but the compatability of all the electrics was another story! Having built up my interior taking the best from both, just how i wanted it, locating a stereo and sat nav, all seemed pretty rosey! Once completed in my workshop it was off to the main dealer for the body change, something that they could do without costing the earth. Feeling like a bit of an idiot rolling up with a smashed disco on a trailer, with looks id never seen before, i soon attracted some attention! Then it was back for the new, pretty looking shell, and the 'big plan'. The guys at my local dealship can only be described as legends. I thought they would have turned their nose up and politely show me the door, but they seemed as keen as i was (probably to see it fail but willing to try!) Body went on, body came off, a lot of head scracting but together we did it. I couldnt have done it without Al, my personal mechanic, poor sod! Im pleased I did it this way as ive learned nearly all there is to know about building a disco. Nothing scares me anymore, it can 'bing' all it likes but i know ive got a good dealership behind me. It is great to see there are still some 'real' mechanics still exist in the car word, the industry seemed to have gone abit 'computer says no'! Anyone had similar a introduction to the disco 3? Coming from owning a 1 and 2, the 3 is incredible, Landrover should be proud of this one!
Thanks for reading, Bushy
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 5781
tell yer what, lookin foward to some pics like the rest of us... the before's and afters
22nd Nov 2010 11:27 pm
farmerbush
Member Since: 11 Feb 2010
Location: boston
Posts: 78
Wish id took lots of pics, but it didnt seem relevent amongst all the chaos! ive gots pics of the truck when i bought it, and one of the finished shell, and ofcourse i can take some of my finished baby! Got hundreds of spare parts too Now to learn how to post pics!
22nd Nov 2010 11:29 pm
farmerbush
Member Since: 11 Feb 2010
Location: boston
Posts: 78
Any ideas on how to post pics?[/img]
22nd Nov 2010 11:35 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72796
Shhhhhhhh, don't say you've got spare parts!! The vultures will be circling looking for a bargain!! Call them quality leftovers!
22nd Nov 2010 11:37 pm
CMG
Member Since: 12 Jul 2010
Location: USA
Posts: 956
Upload them to Photobucket.com, and copy the IMG code!
Congrats, I'm not sure I could take on such a project!17 Discovery 5 HSE Si6, Fuji White on brown | 07 LR3 SE 4.4 Java Black on Alpaca
Club V8/Club OCD
Need to get hold of the misses laptop for the interesting pics, but heres one of my 'quality leftovers'!!
Pleased some people out there show interst in this sort of thing, the people i know really couldnt care less!!!
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 2462
Balls of steel
That is quite an undertaking. I bet that the neighbours think that you are mental Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
23rd Nov 2010 12:03 am
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26705
Need to get hold of the misses laptop for the interesting pics, but heres one of my 'quality leftovers'!!
Pleased some people out there show interst in this sort of thing, the people i know really couldnt care less!!!
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Now to learn how to post pics!
