Those of you with good memories for quotes may recall that Little Britain character Andy Pipkin declared (at least according to carer Lou Todd) that "Finland has a maudlin quality to it, rendering it unsuitable as a holiday destination".
Not if your holiday includes some driving in one of these Defender bigfoots, built by Land Rover Special vehicles and used as part of LR's Nordic Adventure programme.
Evocative pic'. It looks like that round here at the moment just with three feet less snow. Makes me want to go out and play in the Scooby pick up but the missus has taken it to work...
BTW - does anyone know any technical specs on this Land Rover?
azureelise said:
I drove the 2007 plated car seen here in 2010. On the road it was a truly unruly beast! The tyres are not balanced, so violently shake the "car", after taking a corner the speed that they do this at changes - it certainly made for a fun drive. As did being left hand drive on B Roads, you have no idea where the off side wheels are!! The cost - well I was in formed by Land Rover Experience that it had cost around £75,000 to create, so I was to look after it better than my own children!
Some of the spec I can remember: The HUGE Mickey Thompson tyres Mach 5 rims with bead locks Air diff locks CB radio (two) Power inverters Multiple batteries with split charging 9.5 tonne winch Devon 4x4 front winch bumper Full body protection (above & below) Custom roll cage/roof rack (rack has full chequer plate to act as a viewing platform) 4 150w floods to the front 2 50w floods each side Full sized Spare Wheel - in the boot strapped to the roll cage Lots of switches
BTW - does anyone know any technical specs on this Land Rover?
azureelise said:
I drove the 2007 plated car seen here in 2010. On the road it was a truly unruly beast! The tyres are not balanced, so violently shake the "car", after taking a corner the speed that they do this at changes - it certainly made for a fun drive. As did being left hand drive on B Roads, you have no idea where the off side wheels are!! The cost - well I was in formed by Land Rover Experience that it had cost around £75,000 to create, so I was to look after it better than my own children!
Some of the spec I can remember: The HUGE Mickey Thompson tyres Mach 5 rims with bead locks Air diff locks CB radio (two) Power inverters Multiple batteries with split charging 9.5 tonne winch Devon 4x4 front winch bumper Full body protection (above & below) Custom roll cage/roof rack (rack has full chequer plate to act as a viewing platform) 4 150w floods to the front 2 50w floods each side Full sized Spare Wheel - in the boot strapped to the roll cage Lots of switches
And I will always want another go...
Ta. Would love to know more, as in what axles and mods are they running is any, same with the diffs and what ratio's they are. What sort of lift does the vehicle have, did they do anything to the steering and propshafts?
What size are the tyres, the offset of the rims and if they are running wheel spacers.
Also, who built them? Are the from the Land Rover special vehicles department or are they just modified aftermarket by a 3rd party company?
