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Jerry Crawford (Jcrawford)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 04:49 pm: | 
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This may be more of a philosophical issue than a real question, but does anyone think the Disco will be as forever rebuildable as the old Series models have turned out to be? How has modern manufacturing and high tech made the Disco so "unitized" the old bolt together character of the Series impossible to continue? Are we driving the ultimate throw away vehicles? |
Kyle
| | Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:54 pm: |
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Even though you dont see it much the Disco is alot like its brethren in the bolt together sense. Under the skins it doesnt break down in the same fashion but its nothing a spot weld drill and a mig cant take care of.. 
Kyle |
Ron
| | Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 09:35 pm: |
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There is about 5 times as much stuff in a disco as a series, thats the main difference.
Ron |
Jerry Crawford (Jcrawford)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 10:57 pm: |
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Which brings up an interesting discussion possibility: If there are five times as much "stuff" what can/could we completly eliminate from the Disco and still have a trail worthy 4WD street legal ride? I can do without the whole interior trim package including the back seats. |
Curtis N (Curtis)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 02:02 am: |
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Jerry,
The Disco - either 1 or 2 will be as rebuildable in time as any of the Series Rovers are now. When that time comes the Series will be harder to rebuild due to lack of good parts availability, but the Disco will be easier due to good parts in wrecking yards.
It seems that you are really asking if you should get a Series Rover and that is an entirely different issue.
Curtis |
TPH
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 06:34 am: |
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I agree with Curtis's thread. However the economic issues of rebuilding a disco will also dictate who can afford it. In the U.K. you can grab a frame and go at it. Do you think that will happen here? I think not. I wonder how many Disco's are being just scraped for metal like many other cars? A Series will always have that certain historical value that a Disco just won't receive.
In another thread Jerry mentioned the fact that there is 5 times the "stuff" in a Disco and how we could do without much of it. I have often thought of a stripped RR or Disco and how pleasant it would be to have the basic gauges, seats ect. Hose it down and you are ready to go. Certainly better with kids for sure! Have a good week all.. |
Jerry Crawford (Jcrawford)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 07:38 am: |
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Curtis: already own a D-I and am pretty happy with it - except for a dressed out Mercedes 240D I fell into years ago the Disco is most luxurious vehicle I've ever owned. However, I also recall an 88" Series IIa I rooted around in the Darien in for some years and wish I still owned it.
TPH: A few years ago there was a fellow in Lebanon Maine who had a bone yard of mostly old Series - and a few of those ratty looking French convertables you see running around in old Bogart film noir. Anyway, for a long time he mixed and matched stuff and had a great time with his toy yard. I wonder how much trouble it would be to get on an auction list somewhere and try to recover a few Disco wrecks and try to rehab one into an ultimate Disco. Legal implications would be a real pisser trying to get one registered after being declared salvage by an insurance company.
Although, I did just that twice on mortorcycles I wrecked. Bought them back after and rebuilt them. |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 08:29 am: |
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The Series will be easier to keep running for longer, because most of the parts on it are more generic... seals, gaskets, distributors, carburetors, plugs, etc. The Disco is the same way in a lot of ways, but as said, there's so much more to a Disco, ie, more to have to bother chasing down and fixing. It's all of those Disco-specific things that will get harder to locate, whereas anything that is Series-specific, you can probably make yourself.
If you took a Disco and stripped out all of the "extra stuff", though, you would essentially end up with what people have been doing for years, have a coiler hybrid.... take a RRC, toss the body and install a Series on top....
IMHO, FWIW....
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