Military Light weights

[PHOENIX]

Just a general question on British Army 88 light weights,
1. Do they have exotic spare parts for servicing etc or anymore complication than normal SIII 88s/109s ( I live in Ireland )
2. Would they be suitable for towing a two horses and a box as a back up to a discovery ( ie towing 2.5 tons approx)
3. What are the heaters like in them
4. Are there kits or is it hard to make them hardtops or is this sacrilage!

[Geobloke]

Originally Posted by PHOENIX

Just a general question on British Army 88 light weights,
1. Do they have exotic spare parts for servicing etc or anymore complication than normal SIII 88s/109s ( I live in Ireland )
2. Would they be suitable for towing a two horses and a box as a back up to a discovery ( ie towing 2.5 tons approx)
3. What are the heaters like in them
4. Are there kits or is it hard to make them hardtops or is this sacrilage!

1 - Body panels are very hard to come by, bulkheads esspecially. Engines and gearboxes are the same IIRC.

2 - Providing the chassis is in good order, although with a 2.25 petrol engine it'd be slow going.

3 - Pants! Plus they are soft tops mostly!

4 - Uuuhhhh think that standard series hardtops fit on them although I am not 100% certain. Certainly seen Lwts with hardtops tho!

You might get a better answer if you post a thread on this forum, I know there are alot of lwt owners and officiandos on there!