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Sept 25, 2016 7:28:22 GMT
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A positive whipper snapper at 31, I think my screen name gives some idea of where my automotive interests lie.
Forward Control Land Rovers are my real passion, and I've had a 101 on the road for a few years in the past (daily driven) whilst the current project pile consists of another 101, and a pair of Series II forward controls.
Outside of Land Rover I have a bit of a yearning for the big old Rover saloons, and appreciation for some of the old Yank barges. Exotic and supercars don't do a great deal for me, but I do like stuff with competition heritage, the original Ford GT, Lancia Stratos and Metro 6R4 all being stuff I'd want in a lottery win garage.
My first car at 17? A bubble shaped Rover 220d. Awesome motor, went like stink couldn't get it below 40mpg, and fairly comfortable for what it was. I ran it for two years before it passed onto my sister, then when she got something else it sort of hung round as a bit of a 'pool car' for the family. Ended up scrapping it as it needed a turbo, sills welding, tyres and an exhaust for an MOT. No space to keep it, no time to sort it myself, and no real justification for spending more than it would have cost to buy a good running one with a 12 month ticket.
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Sept 24, 2016 7:02:14 GMT
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Didn't know that was on... Would probably have had a wander down if I had.
Not sure my 110 would've blended in as well though.
[Edit]Walked past Cafe35 when I was in town earlier, there's few oil stains where there were cars parked. Hehehe.[edit]
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Sept 18, 2016 7:36:19 GMT
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Yes another Cumbrian! Great project, looks like the Lorton valley to me? keep up the good work. I thought I recognised the town in the third video, having just looked again, I used to cut a lot of the larger areas of grass visible between when he's reversed out of the driveway to getting out of the town. Been caught swearing at people in that narrow bit before because there's more than a few locals who seem to think a Transit tipper and a big flatbed trailer don't need 'any' space to maneuver, but I digress... I would also add its been a few months since I was doing that round, and I don't recall seeing the Volvo whilst I was on it.
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Sept 18, 2016 7:26:04 GMT
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Yup, every home should have one, ideally more than one...
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Sept 18, 2016 7:23:22 GMT
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Mine landed yesterday also. I don't plan on doing much today, so I might have a read before the Grand Prix.
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Sept 5, 2016 15:54:10 GMT
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It's always something I've seen as a nice little quirk of a vehicles history.
I once had a chap with an immaculate old Land Rover fire engine who wanted to put an 'age related' number on it.
The truck in question had been a works fire engine for somewhere or other and had been registered as new when it was required to be used on the road going between company sites.
The plate that was on it was the only one that had ever been on the vehicle, and to my mind it was more authentic with that than anything else the DVLA might have issued for it.
Slightly different case if a vehicle has lost its original plate as someone thought it 'desirable' enough to keep, but at the end of the day it's an identifying mark for the officialdom, not something that really bothers me so long as the information that pertains to it is accurate.
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That's worked out proper neat.
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It's my understanding that they're not an MOT issue/requirement, but do come under 'construction & use', so whilst you would pass an MOT without, you could still be had up by a bored policeman who knows the rules.
A quick release set of guards is a possibility, whilst I recall a Jaguar based roadgoing replica of an old Vanwall F1 car getting round the problem by making the guards from old tyres to the smallest possible size which helped them blend in quite well. It was on Top Gear years back.
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Aug 28, 2016 20:07:23 GMT
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I understand the Peugeot 106 heater blower is a good upgrade from the standard fan on a Series III. Got one waiting to go on the Mrs one, which I'll get round to, eventually.
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Sounds about right. The other half's SWB needed a couple of track rod ends and a couple of electrical items sorting for an MOT, however the howl from the front axle on the way home means that it's getting a new front diff aswell.
I think it's part of the reason why we love them?
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I'm not the biggest fan of them, interesting concept in terms of shape, but as some of the photos posted have shown they can be truly horrible when hit with the 'modified' stick, and you can see where the reputation they have comes from.
There are a few that have been posted up that have however been very nicely executed by someone that knows what they're doing, and if they'd all been modded to a similar standard then perhaps we'd all want to drive them?
Personal favourite is the pickup with the flames on the bonnet. It leaves me with ideas of something lifted a bit with a four wheel drive chassis and running gear underneath. Perhaps an old Disco...
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Oooh, a Warwick GT. I once had quite a large part in rebuilding a GT350 that had some racing heritage (and had at some point been converted to a 2 litre with a moss box) onto a new chassis and sorting it to go racing at the Goodwood revival. It was a baby blue car, originally registered as 75 RBH.
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There's also the Judge Dredd Land Rover which was kitted out to showcase Vibe audio equipment.
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A Volvo Sugga lookalike based on a Land Rover Defender 110. Quite a good facsimile, although the Land Rover origins become quite apparent the closer you get to them.
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True. BMW wanted to keep it when Land Rover was sold to Ford, but they managed to wangle it as part of the deal. I've heard a lot of the electronic problems with the later Jag engined ones are largely due to issues trying to make BMW ECU's work with the Jaguar ones.
It could have been the X7, although I think it was a much better Range Rover.
Quite a tangent we're off on here...
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A slight tangent, but I found myself wondering how easily one could introduce an L320 RRS shell onto a P38 chassis. You'd need to sort out your own dashboard to make things work, but with a 3 litre BMW six or similar it would be an interesting end result. The L320 comes with a Diesel BMW also...... The early L322 had the 3 litre M57 as the diesel option, the L320 had the 2.7 litre TDV6.
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A slight tangent, but I found myself wondering how easily one could introduce an L320 RRS shell onto a P38 chassis.
You'd need to sort out your own dashboard to make things work, but with a 3 litre BMW six or similar it would be an interesting end result.
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Ahhh, Mr Quagmire and his P6. This will be a good thread, tis a lovely car I might add.
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Jul 29, 2016 19:36:56 GMT
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I agree the 300 is more than adequate to make a Disco go.......... ........ unless it is an automatic, in which case it is bordering on dangerous!!! Trying to pull out on to a busy roundabout can be a white knuckle experience Had a couple of 300 Autos, I found them quite decent once I'd learned to get the best out of them. They didn't hold a candle to a V8 auto, but were good enough. Maybe I just had a couple of good ones? A chipped M51 in a P38 is pretty decent, whilst the 180bhp and 260lb/ft they put out with an End Tuning chip would make a lighter car go pretty well.
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I agree the 300 is more than adequate to make a Disco go, especially when wound up a bit, but having good had a couple, and been rather spoiled by the Mazda my 110 has had in it the past few years, I find Tdi's rather dull.
A nice six cylinder is the way for me and mine. Smart job with the Disco though.
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