100 inch defenders

[kingwilliam66]

anyone else got a 100 inch defender??

[Monkeylegend]

kingwilliam66 said:

anyone else got a 100 inch defender??

Sorry but

[camel_landy]

kingwilliam66 said:

anyone else got a 100 inch defender??

Weeeellll.... That could mean several things.

The New Defender 90 is 100" (IIRC 101.8") and although the 'Old' Defender was never produced as a 100", there were prototypes as well as Defender bodies on RRC/D1 chassis.

However, assuming you're talking more about the old-skool stuff, I think 100SRV has a 100" toy.

M

[camel_landy]

Monkeylegend said:

kingwilliam66 said:

anyone else got a 100 inch defender??

Sorry but

....and yes, there's that!!

M

[Monkeylegend]

kingwilliam66 said:

anyone else got a 100 inch defender??

And I am not afraid to use it.

[Lesgrandepotato]

Well a 100” gets you a shunt…

[kingwilliam66]

I have whats known as a 100" defender hybrid which is made from a RR Classic 100" chassis with a defender body mounted on it. There are a couple of us in my local area so thought id reach out to the wider car comunity in the offroad section to see if i could find more.

100" in the LR comunity was often seen as the sweet spot for wheel base as a lot of discos and RRC were bobtailed to maximse of the wheelbase.

[Lodelaner]

Like this?

[kingwilliam66]

Yeah. Mark Evens made one for a "4x4 is born" tv show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvW4k_TKp_Q

[camel_landy]

Lodelaner said:

Like this?

That's Nick Dimbleby in 'TEW'.

M

[camel_landy]

kingwilliam66 said:

100" in the LR comunity was often seen as the sweet spot for wheel base...

I now have a 110 but my original Overland vehicle was a RRC... Yep, 100" is a nice sweet spot.

M

[Stick Legs]

kingwilliam66 said:

Yeah. Mark Evens made one for a "4x4 is born" tv show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvW4k_TKp_Q

Thanks for the link. That was my first thought.

[Stick Legs]

kingwilliam66 said:

Yeah. Mark Evens made one for a "4x4 is born" tv show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvW4k_TKp_Q

Thanks for the link. That was my first thought.

[100SRV]

I've got a 100" Bowler Tomcat, it was in PH carpool ages ago. Looks a bit like a canvas-top Defender if you don't know what you are looking at.



The skeleton of it, 230kg, kerb mass completed is 1400kg

Edited by 100SRV on Sunday 26th February 09:13

[kingwilliam66]

thats a nice bit of kit!

got a 3.5 in it?

[normalbloke]

kingwilliam66 said:

thats a nice bit of kit!

got a 3.5 in it?

Hopefully something that makes some horsepower…

[PhillipM]

I knew the Tomcats had a bit of weight in them from working on friends but I didn't realise the cage was 230kg alone, christ, they put some beef in that!

[PugwasHDJ80]

Nicest 100" i know has a 3 link front and a 4.6v8- and fully locked. Its truly gorgeous!

Although i could go for 100srvs tomcat too to be honest locly looking truck....

[100SRV]

Thank you!
The skeleton is robust, that mass includes all brackets for systems and most of them do at least two jobs so there are as few as possible.

It's a 3.9 from ACR with top hat liners and stage one cylinder heads, it goes very nicely! The custom valved Fox dampers with Tomcat low-rate springs give it an excellent ride and handling. KAM LSD/ e-lockers in both axles with KAM shafts, CVs and fusible stub shafts ensure there is reliable traction.

It's a lovely thing to drive on and off road.

[100SRV]

PhillipM said:

I knew the Tomcats had a bit of weight in them from working on friends but I didn't realise the cage was 230kg alone, christ, they put some beef in that!

Skeleton is cage AND the chassis. Same mass as an Aston Martin Vantage BIW. I know which would survive a roll and be driveable after. :-)