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gilarion

Member Since: 05 Dec 2013
Location: Wales
Posts: 5110

2007 Defender 90 Other CSW Trident Green

Foley1966 wrote:
. A New Marslands chassis @ £2000 + vat was more than acceptable.

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After Fifteen years had passed that would have been more than acceptable to me. And in my opinion, a Marslands chassis is one of the best around.

Just out of interest why did you not notice the condition of the chassis sooner?

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26th Jul 2018 5:19pm

Pilgrimmick

Member Since: 16 Nov 2015
Location: Highlands
Posts: 582

Gilarion
With regards to the comments about the internet, there is nothing I have said that I would not say in a court of law. Nothing I said was untrue. If anyone thinks that 13 years is an acceptable life span for a new galvanised chassis in normal use then I would be genuinely surprised. I have a 28 year old 130 on a standard chassis that has virtually no corrosion.
As for why I did not notice it earlier, it has rotted from the inside out. Only when it was in the very late stages was it noticeable as a blooming on the seam. I was changing a prop shaft uj and has a spanner in my hand. Gave it a knock and the spanner went through the chassis. Even at this stage it was not obvious how bad the internal corrosion was. 80" 1948
Lightweight V8
Bowler Tomcat
130 Station wagon
90 300tdi
(Santana PS10 pick up)
Range Rover L322 (Ful fat)

27th Jul 2018 7:56am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6605

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

Not sure which bit of my request not to use the forum for this means carry on 25 days later?

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

27th Jul 2018 8:37am

Lancerdoc999

Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: South Wales
Posts: 205

Maybe the chassis wasn’t adequately galvanised and corroded quicker than expected.

28th Jul 2018 1:32am

Kit

Member Since: 12 Feb 2016
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 1110

To bring this thread back on topic: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Defender-chassi...Swv-NWa0DS

Seems like a good price for supply and fit? (3200) 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW
1956 Series 1 Hard-top
1958 Series 1 Soft-top

29th Jul 2018 12:54pm

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