Hotchkiss jeep

[kev]

Thought it was time to put some photos up I've got my hands on a HOTCHKISS JEEP now that my mindys are all gone,
it's a genuine lhd model, I've changed the axels and refurbished the callipers off my old grey jeep so its got a rear locker with Dana 44s,the engine that I'm hoping to fit will be a rover v8 efi I bought and old discovery last year for the engine the reason , never happy with the carb pain in the butt off road, so far the flywheel has been made from scratch with starter ring and conversion plate all made to my spec to fit a rover v8 bellhousing to a mindy gearbox then I had to have a clutch friction plate made from scratch this was not cheap the spine was wire eroded and then a one off 260 clutch plate was made, I could have gone for the t90 but it's a three speed and I wanted four also it's hard to find a box small enough to fit in the jeep the springs were altered by Jones springs to give around 5" of lift and fitted new poly bushes from U S A and new shocks larm 4x4 supplied the shocks after some talks and lots of measures but they fit ,
Next things to do will be the new engine mounts

[kev]

Well its been a long time thought I would put some photos up of mine and Pauls progress engine now runs
some of my photos have been altered just because its cost us, money and time to have all the parts made
one of the photos shows the garage the day we lost the roof to high winds

[kev]

Well its on the road now

[kev]

rear

[Phil.]

Wow...outstanding piece of work. Nice one Kev.

[kev]

Thanks Phil

[cheiftain]

Real Engineering Kev, Nice one.

[kev]

Thanks Keith

[TopCat]

lovely Jeep you have there!

[kev]

Thanks