body on frame

I had to mock it up once I got the frame straight. I popped the upper window frames out of the doors and just sat everything in place. I think I'll run this as an open vehicle when I get it running. It looks like a Land Rover!!!

This entire time, I've been thinking about what engine to put in this. I've been looking at older Mercedes diesels and for a while I thought I was settled on a 240D 4 cylinder or a OM617 turbo diesel. As it turns out my neighbor has a 240D engine he said I could probably have.  While I'm thinking through this, the guy that I bought this from puts an original Land Rover petrol engine up for sale. I do a little research and these can be rebuilt pretty easily. Supposedly the cams never wear out regardless of mileage. I may have to look into this. He also has the transmission up for sale as he doesn't want the non synchro trans in his Series. AND now I'm wonder, how bad could it be to double clutch all the time. We'll have to see about this...

I'm just thinking it's a whole lot easier to keep something bone stock than it is to start modifying something... and that's experience talking there. Projects can drag on forever when you're reinventing the wheel. I've already see how fast O can move on something when I'm dealing with stock stuff. I remember Eric and I finding this out when we rebuilt of singlecab VWs vs working on the VW hotrod beetles (as you can see my beetle sitting here next to the Land Rover). So embarrassing...