Newbie Q: Swap pick up cab for other tops? - Land Rovers Only

fool · 06-18-2008, 09:45 AM

Hello, I'm researching different series rovers, seeing what's available for sale out there, etc.

Can you take a pick-up cab off and put on a normal full soft or hard top instead, with relative ease? Which models? (In particular I've seen a few 88" SIII's with pick-up cabs.)

Thanks

zed · 06-18-2008, 10:03 AM

any top will go on any rover of the same length.. add a hoop for the hood..

Not sure about the pick up... Due to the bulkhead most 109s wouldn't have. but with the proper bulkhead.. or whatever the pickup has.. its the same thing.

antichrist · 06-18-2008, 10:05 AM

Yes. Series II, IIa and III tops are fully interchangeable.
The pickup cab (it's called a Regular) requires a more or less flat filler piece on the back of the bulkhead, but they are easy to make if you don't have one, say going from a 3-door to a Regular.

RPGreg2600 · 06-21-2008, 01:17 AM

The filler strip is only needed on an 88. A 109 has more space between the bulkhead and the seat bulkhead.

antichrist · 06-21-2008, 10:08 AM

True, should have been more specific.

fool · 06-23-2008, 08:57 AM

I think I understand, thanks. My guess is I'd be most interested in taking off the pickup cab and putting on a different kind of top, though would try to keep the option of putting it back on maybe.

06-18-2008, 09:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
fool Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Gallery: 0	Newbie Q: Swap pick up cab for other tops? Hello, I'm researching different series rovers, seeing what's available for sale out there, etc. Can you take a pick-up cab off and put on a normal full soft or hard top instead, with relative ease? Which models? (In particular I've seen a few 88" SIII's with pick-up cabs.) Thanks

06-18-2008, 10:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
zed Nut Futzer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oahu Posts: 257 Gallery: 7	any top will go on any rover of the same length.. add a hoop for the hood.. Not sure about the pick up... Due to the bulkhead most 109s wouldn't have. but with the proper bulkhead.. or whatever the pickup has.. its the same thing. __________________ "Its a beautiful thing the destruction of words" “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought crime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” - Orwell: nineteen eighty-four, true for Oceania, true for today.

06-18-2008, 10:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: near Altanta Posts: 524 Gallery: 0	Yes. Series II, IIa and III tops are fully interchangeable. The pickup cab (it's called a Regular) requires a more or less flat filler piece on the back of the bulkhead, but they are easy to make if you don't have one, say going from a 3-door to a Regular. __________________ Tom Rowe Atlanta, GA Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible. 62 88 reg 67 NADA x2 74 Air Portable - The Antichrist (tag 6A666) 95 D1 - R380 95 D90 - R380

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antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: near Altanta Posts: 524 Gallery: 0	True, should have been more specific. __________________ Tom Rowe Atlanta, GA Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible. 62 88 reg 67 NADA x2 74 Air Portable - The Antichrist (tag 6A666) 95 D1 - R380 95 D90 - R380

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06-21-2008, 01:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
RPGreg2600 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 35 Gallery: 0	The filler strip is only needed on an 88. A 109 has more space between the bulkhead and the seat bulkhead.

06-23-2008, 08:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
fool Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Gallery: 0	I think I understand, thanks. My guess is I'd be most interested in taking off the pickup cab and putting on a different kind of top, though would try to keep the option of putting it back on maybe.

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