jamesinc I've got a 245GLE I'm setting up for racing. It originally had 7 seats, however the rear bench and dickie seats are all missing, so I'd like to re-certify it as a 2-seater with basically the same setup as a 245L. I can't find convincing information online on what's needed for this. I've found some RMS examples that say you need to re-compliance the vehicle if the new seat count would change its carrying class, but as far as I can see, 7->2 doesn't do that. Anyone have any info on who I need to talk to?
Slowbrick I think you have three options here: 1. Find someone who will pass it as a 2 seater. This someone may not be completely above board. 2. Leave all the seats in at rego time and remove them when you go to the track. 3. Get it engineered. The 245L we have is still complianced as a 2 seater van but has had seats in it from what I can see most of its life. So for this reason I go with option 1. If I was unable to do option 1 I would remove all but the front seats and go with option 2.
Brehon47 In the early 80s you could buy an estate that was setup as a van. Can't remember if they were 5 door but the estate trim & seats was supplied separately - no doubt some bought the necessary from a wrecker. Saved a motza. Tiny
jamesinc @Nelpd96 PM sent @Brehon47 yes, the 245L is what you're thinking of. The back looked like this, but you could remove the divider and install rear seats, as a few people on here have done.
Spac jamesinc;7296 wroteI've got a 245GLE I'm setting up for racing. When you think about it, this really is quite a ridiculous sentence. I applaud your distaste for logic. Oh, yeah: Ryan got it right(!?! - I'm more surprised than anyone).
jamesinc Spac;116481 wroteWhen you think about it, this really is quite a ridiculous sentence. I applaud your distaste for logic. There's no distaste for logic here, I'm new to any kind of motorsport, so the most important thing to me is that the car works and that the suspension is useable.
Spac A 245GLE is literally the worst 24x to begin with for motorsport purposes. Nothing insurmountable or catastrophic, of course - but at a minimum it is more work and will still give an inferior handling outcome than a 244. Getting out there and doing it is infinitely more important than labouring over the relative merits of a 244GL vs a 245GLE, which is why I applaud. But as you currently own numerous 244s, choosing the 245 does appear to be giving logic the middle finger. It is quite OK to say "I choose wagon for the lols".
jamesinc I do like the wagon because wagon, but its origin story is that I was looking to swap the 360 for a 240**, and Mike had the 245GLE in his yard which he offered. He didn't want the 360 so I gave it to a group of dudes who came up from Melbourne. None of my 244s are good candidates. The '77 DL is my baby, the '81 GL is Nina's (and her daily), and the '91 I only picked up a couple weeks ago, months after starting work on the wagon. If I'd picked it up as I was ditching the 360 I might have used it. The wagon also has this perfect combination of being beat up enough that I won't feel too bad if I put it sideways into a barrier or something. **360 would have been cool, but it was going to cost us quite a lot to make it useable, and parts are thin on the ground
Klaptrap24 I daily my 240 wagon with only the front two seats, but I keep the back seats in the backyard and chucked them in for rego/whenever I needed to take more than two people. I got quoted ridiculous prices to get the car re-engineered as a 2 seater, so I decided not to go down that route.
