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May 27, 2017 16:55:39 GMT
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We'll be in the Lake District, near Ravenglass so we're a bit out of the way. There's indoor Karting at Maryport (about half an hour north) or an outdoor track at Rowrah which is about the same distance away, and also fairly close to the Ennerdale Brewery. The Railway at Ravenglass is interesting if you're into that sort of thing, probably not ideal 'stag do' entertainment, but maybe not so bad if you're all hung over and want something gentle? I also know a friendly farmer up near Egremont who has a quarry which is used for trials by a couple of the local off road clubs, and hoofing pit bikes around by others.
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May 25, 2017 21:11:51 GMT
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The SWB is big enough -in the back- to accommodate 3 collie size dogs with the rear seats tipped, or two small children in comfort and a loaf of bread in the remaining boot space.
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May 23, 2017 19:41:09 GMT
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Seamless...
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I'd be interested to have a read of the build if you had a link to it.
I reckoned the £5k or so it sold for was an absolute bargain.
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Which are now becoming available as the Australian Army are disposing of them...
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I had one fitted with a Perkins Prima for a while. The engine probably did a lot toward making it a better car, and it quite happily munched the miles on road with an average of 45mpg or so.
I didn't feel a huge amount of love for it, but it ticked the boxes of being watertight, having a working heater, and starting every time I went to it.
It was eventually parked up when chassis rot became apparent, specifically with a rear radius arm bracket coming 'loose' and some further investigation revealing more rot in the boot floor, rear arches and front inner wings. I sold it on to a lad who wanted the engine for an MGB.
I used to go trialing etc with a club who had a few lads who ran Vitaras as their vehicle of choice, for.starters because they were cheap, also because they wanted to be different to the Land Rover boys.
They weren't bad in terms of ability, but they were all lifted with big tyres, new suspension arms etc up front with other odds and sods added. I priced up the kit out of idle interest a few years back and found that by the time you'd bought one and spent the money building it to the spec most lads were running you'd have spent similar or more money -plus time- than a cheap 90, which was equally capable as an off road vehicle with only the need to add a set of knobbly tyres for the really muddy stuff.
Probably a different situation now -ten years down the line- but there's my experience of em.
The SJ was a neat and nimble little thing - as is the Jimny which followed- but too small for me to get properly comfortable in them.
Their main advantage as an off roaded was being small and light so it just floated over everything. I always found great amusement in seeing one that had been jacked up, had bigger engines and different gearboxes fitted, even going as far as fitting Land Rover axles to 'improve' them, or looking at it another way, basically removing every advantage they had that made them neat and nimble.
Back to the Vitaras, if you can find one that isn't rotten then why not.
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May 20, 2017 20:07:32 GMT
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The v8 was the plan but the price they are going for now i don't think its worth it. Once this house is sorted ill look at maybe dropping a 1/2jz or 1uz in i think. I'm sick of the rover 6 pot. It sounds well but its too unreliable for my liking. There's was one with a 1uz-fe and autobox on ebay a year or two back, it was a well executed build and looked mint. More recently I've pondered the idea of BMW sixes in an SD1. Having recently fitted an M52B28 into my 110, they've sorta become my new favourite engine, and either one of those, or a 3 litre M57 diesel would make an SD1 a real weapon on the road, and leave it with the legs to be a solid long distance tourer.
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May 17, 2017 21:21:31 GMT
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Up to £500 here, although it is something that can be in a state of flux depending on financial influences.
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Payday tomorrow, I shall procure a copy.
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May 11, 2017 20:12:06 GMT
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Where does one order the sequel?
I don't see signatures on the mobile version.
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May 10, 2017 20:21:01 GMT
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This gets better.
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As with all my projects at the moment, slowly.
Work has been very busy at the moment, so my own workshop has been rather quiet.
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That looks like it's gonna fit pretty well.
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There's some comical irony there. 240 Purists getting upset because someone wishes to fit a Japanese V8 in their car when the factory Volvo V8 is in fact also of Japanese heritage.
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My BMW M52 powered 110 Station Wagon. Daily runner, or at least will be when I've refitted a working gearbox.
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Seems a pretty reasonable and balanced response in the circumstances.
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thats what happens when bmw buy a company and have a fiddle with the designs thankfully they seem to have left the Defender alone mostly. The 5x120 pcd came in with the P38 Range Rover, and whilst powered by BMW engines, and manufactured with the company under BMW ownership it was designed well beforehand, with the decision to use the BMW engine made around 91/92, under the ownership of BAE. Worth a mention I thought.
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They look like early 16 inch L322 Range Rover rims.
A set of adapters like these ones -http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121110530629 -will let you fit them to a 110, although you'll want some sensible size tyres wrapped round them.
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