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LambDrover Part of things Fuelling up the Firebird... Posts: 764	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" LambDrover @blackfire555
	Oct 14, 2014 17:24:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hi All, Just Realised that I never put a build thread up for my favorite Build... I started off with a 1967 Petrol LWB Land Rover Body, and a 200tdi Discovery Chassis and Running Gear. I ended up with a lethal off-road machine which inevitably tried to kill me way before I could take it out on the road... This Is how the story goes... A few years ago I was trailing through my favourite Classifieds site [Preloved- Before It became mainstream] I saw a few poor photos of the Land Rover in a Barn with a very low price tag and arranged to buy it... Here she is Day 1. Took me ten minutes to hot wire it and have it running and driving... In The yard... In the snow... getting work done! Note the red wire hanging down in this one... the live feed to the stop valve... Then after some wiring, seats go in, the handbrake and lights are plumbed up and it becomes drivable... It gets used around the farm for a while ever creeping closer to MoT time... New wheels! This picture also happens to be my favorite, It all when down hill from there... THEN! Disaster struck... Poorly plumbed in brakes+ Cheating girlfriend= Land Rover gets used as a stress toy and wrecked... It was still mechanically alright so I paid a fortune for a set of doors and roof off a 90.. [£50] which turned out to be in very poor condition... After that I lost interest, It's been bodged up and used around the farm for ages and gets worse every day... [Note the toe out in these next pictures] And so here we are... All interest lost, Rear crossmember lost, Heart well and truely crushed. It saddens me to see what It once was... Still got the wrecked cab for a momento... I had to climb out of the seat box-or where the seat boxes should have been when it was rolled...
	65' Morris Minor DERV 91' Mini Daily Hack Evaline 93' Range Rover Classic 3.9 V8 70' Pontiac Firebird Formula 400

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mdh Posted a lot Posts: 3,865	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" mdh @mdh
	Oct 14, 2014 18:08:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sad! What's your plans for it?
	Koos

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Colonelk Posted a lot Posts: 3,740 Club RR Member Number: 83	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" Colonelk @colonelk Club Retro Rides Member 83
	Oct 15, 2014 11:37:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sad times, still looks cool though, all bedraggled and sad. Get on it!
	The Auto Bahn TV

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yorkebar Part of things Posts: 480	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" yorkebar @yorkebar
	Oct 15, 2014 12:17:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Shame that it got damaged like that. But i'm sure you can bring it back to good health!
	1977 Triumph spitfire 1500 - retrorides.proboards.com/thread/158320/1977-triumph-spitfire-suspension-refurb

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dubbelduwwel Part of things Posts: 254	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" dubbelduwwel @dubbelduwwel
	Oct 16, 2014 18:26:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	They are Mecano toys, these old girls, faithful even in hard times. Sure, once you regain mojo, you'll fix it up in no time!
	1986 Mercedes 200 (W124) (Standard and daily) 1976 Peugeot 404 1800 Stickshift (Standard - awaiting complete resto, engine done) 1984 Ford Cortina (P100) LDV - Cab and chassis restored, interior and glass not fitted, brand new 3 liter engine (last 110kw Sierra XR6 engine fitted and married to 5 speed Toyota Gearbox), load body needed.

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glenanderson Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 4,135 Club RR Member Number: 64	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" glenanderson @glenanderson Club Retro Rides Member 64
	Oct 16, 2014 19:18:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	With the Disco chassis and running gear, should that not be wearing the Disco reg?
	My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...

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colnerov Posted a lot Posts: 2,841	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" colnerov @colnerov
	Oct 16, 2014 19:38:08 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hi, yes, it should. Colin


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chairchild Posted a lot Posts: 1,884	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" chairchild @chairchild
	Oct 16, 2014 19:38:15 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 16, 2014 19:18:59 GMT glenanderson said: With the Disco chassis and running gear, should that not be wearing the Disco reg? Yups, it should. It's a Disco, wearing an old frock. Not a Defender with new legs. But... as it appears to be only used on Farmland, it's all academic
	Aug 17, 2012 11:05:42 GMT waveman1500 said: You're like a crazy backyard genius!

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MK2VR6 Posted a lot Mk2 Golf GTi 90 Spec Posts: 3,329	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" MK2VR6 @wafers
	Oct 16, 2014 20:26:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I quite like the post-apocalypse look. Reminds me of the TG Hilux a little. Hard looking old nail, regardless. Like! As for the flapping about the sva/biva/abcdefg or whatever it's called, it looks pretty obvious that it's used on private land. Can't really see that upsetting any nuns.


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colnerov Posted a lot Posts: 2,841	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" colnerov @colnerov
	Oct 16, 2014 20:53:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That,s why it's got a tax disc is it?
	Last Edit: Oct 16, 2014 20:54:32 GMT by colnerov

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LambDrover Part of things Fuelling up the Firebird... Posts: 764	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" LambDrover @blackfire555
	Oct 24, 2014 13:32:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'd just like to point out that it's never been used on the road. Never got far enough to have the SVA MoT like I mentioned above. The tax disc shown in the early pictures is the one that came with it off the Series 2a before it was taken off the road. I was going to have it all done but then it got damaged and I lost interest.
	65' Morris Minor DERV 91' Mini Daily Hack Evaline 93' Range Rover Classic 3.9 V8 70' Pontiac Firebird Formula 400

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LambDrover Part of things Fuelling up the Firebird... Posts: 764	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" LambDrover @blackfire555
	Oct 24, 2014 13:34:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 16, 2014 20:26:13 GMT MK2VR6 said: I quite like the post-apocalypse look. Reminds me of the TG Hilux a little. Hard looking old nail, regardless. Like! As for the flapping about the sva/biva/abcdefg or whatever it's called, it looks pretty obvious that it's used on private land. Can't really see that upsetting any nuns. This Land Rover does actually upset Nuns, the entire lack of any exhaust [except a downpipe] and the fact my farm is next to a nunnery are two completely true facts that just so happen to coincide... Genuinely though. If you are a Nun &/or my neighbour, I really am sorry.....
	65' Morris Minor DERV 91' Mini Daily Hack Evaline 93' Range Rover Classic 3.9 V8 70' Pontiac Firebird Formula 400

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MK2VR6 Posted a lot Mk2 Golf GTi 90 Spec Posts: 3,329	1967' Land Rover Series IIA "The Disfender" MK2VR6 @wafers
	Oct 25, 2014 20:43:24 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 24, 2014 13:34:56 GMT LambDrover said: Oct 16, 2014 20:26:13 GMT MK2VR6 said: I quite like the post-apocalypse look. Reminds me of the TG Hilux a little. Hard looking old nail, regardless. Like! As for the flapping about the sva/biva/abcdefg or whatever it's called, it looks pretty obvious that it's used on private land. Can't really see that upsetting any nuns. This Land Rover does actually upset Nuns, the entire lack of any exhaust [except a downpipe] and the fact my farm is next to a nunnery are two completely true facts that just so happen to coincide... Genuinely though. If you are a Nun &/or my neighbour, I really am sorry..... I'd so be wanting to get ''Nuns Taxi Service' signwritten down the sides and take a photo of it with a couple of your neighbours stood next to it. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think this this HAS to happen!


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