Our Project Discovery 4 UTE type Pick up project has begun.
The Idea - A Luxury Utility Vehicle
To convert a Discovery 4 into a crew-cab flat-bed to give more flexibility and more useable load space, whilst keeping it separate from the luxury passenger space. The Disco will be chopped to create a crew-cab and then an aluminium flatbed will be designed and fabricated. The design is largely based on the Austrian UTE design, we will create several different canopies to use on the flat bed which will give immense flexibility depending on what the disco is used for.
Land Rover Discovery 4 - Flat bed, Tray Back, UTE design.
Land Rover Discovery 4 with concept overland/camping canopy installed with Alu Cab roof tent.
The Donor Vehicle
Land Rover Discovery 4
Year - 2015
Model - GS (will be upgraded accordingly)
Colour - White (Will be resprayed in Blue)
Mileage - 170k
Ex MOD Police vehicle that has not been registered in the UK yet. The base vehicle came in with headlight, rear lights, wing mirrors and various other parts missing due to the parts being fitted with blue lights. The Discovery also had a turbo issue.
The Plan
- Original Chassis to be Galvanised - maybe powder-coated in black also
- Original Engine - Full rebuild (runs well as is but will be rebuilt for peace of mind)
- All Running will be brand new old stock - Diffs, Gearbox, Props, Drive Shafts, fuel tank, suspension components etc
- Body Chop to Crew-cab
- Full Respray in Blue
- High end interior
- Uprate the gross weight from 3240kg to 3500kg
- Aluminium flat bed with aluminium canopy options
Keep an eye on this blog for further progress on Project Disco UTE
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