Quote Originally Posted by barbadosGreen View Post

You mention the Overlander chassis - is that the original 4wd conversion done by a fella in Tasmania (Launceston?), or just a 2wd wheels/tyres/clearance mod?


Cheers

Bruce
Either/or. Obviously a full Arthur Hayward style conversion may be costly but a clearance mod and a diff with electric locker and some chunky tyres would probably do the job. I'm assuming that 36 years on you may not be as willing to do some of those things you had to in order to get out of muddy rutted areas so a few helpful mods may make it easier. Electric winches front and rear may be a saving grace as well. Even put in a V8/auto conversion onto the other chassis and take an offroad camper trailer with you. Then when the trips done drop the body back onto the original chassis with the 173/3 on the tree and you've got the original van back.

That would really make people oh and ah if for every photo you had in the album from the 70's, you had another in similar location from now.