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Here's a picture of Fluffy. Picked her up last week - a 1995 Landcruiser FZJ 80 with a straight six petrol engine and autobox. 101k on the clock - just run in.
I've previously had a '98 Landcruiser 90 diesel, a Shogun and lots of Subarus. Never had a car built quite like this though - it's a tank.
Mods will consist of chunkier tyres more suitable for winter - it currently has two ecosavers and two michelin tyres on it - and that's it I'm afraid. Needs some basic maintenance - fix a couple of oil leaks, change the ATF etc, but it seems solid and plods along at 70 quite happily. Dinitrol is here ready for me to get stuck into the chassis - it's been a city car so there is minimal rust underneath - am planning on keeping it that way
I've previously had a '98 Landcruiser 90 diesel, a Shogun and lots of Subarus. Never had a car built quite like this though - it's a tank.
Mods will consist of chunkier tyres more suitable for winter - it currently has two ecosavers and two michelin tyres on it - and that's it I'm afraid. Needs some basic maintenance - fix a couple of oil leaks, change the ATF etc, but it seems solid and plods along at 70 quite happily. Dinitrol is here ready for me to get stuck into the chassis - it's been a city car so there is minimal rust underneath - am planning on keeping it that way
Edited by andy43 on Monday 18th June 09:22
I bought this a couple of weeks ago. I had truly forgotten how basic they are.
I have had several 200 and 300 TDI defenders in the past and subsequently replaced those with a plethora of discoveries over ten years before settling on my current ML
The general components are appalling for a recently produced vehicle. What were Land Rover thinking about !
I have had several 200 and 300 TDI defenders in the past and subsequently replaced those with a plethora of discoveries over ten years before settling on my current ML
The general components are appalling for a recently produced vehicle. What were Land Rover thinking about !
phazed said:
Have you noticed how everything is getting bigger?
It's this new PC monitor Tell you what, I have now cleaned and waxed my 'new' 1995 Landcruiser - I needed stepladders for the bonnet, never mind the roof. Bloody huge.
Those Fords up close in person aren't much bigger than the standard HiLux/Navara stuff but Ford's designers have made them look like US monster trucks in photos - very clever. I really like the look of them.
This thread needs a bump. I found a couple of old photos on my phone of testing the articulation of the Terrano when I first got it.
Terrano articulation 1 by Ben, on Flickr
Terrano articulation 2 by Ben, on Flickr
IFS front end doesn't have much, but the rear does ok for a standard old wagon with pretty good road manners.
Terrano articulation 1 by Ben, on Flickr
Terrano articulation 2 by Ben, on Flickr
IFS front end doesn't have much, but the rear does ok for a standard old wagon with pretty good road manners.
Here's mine; Pedro the Baja Bug :-)
Off road credentials include crossing the Baluchistan desert in Pakistan and driving over the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. That was back in 2009 when I drove from the UK to Singapore. I'm now short-listed for funding to go and drive around South America, including some pretty remote trails I've found through the Amazon rainforest. If anyone would like to support me with a vote for Travel Bug that'd be awesome:
https://motor-vision.co.uk/latest-news/mva-communi...
Pictured here in Cappodoccia, Turkey and Bam, Iran
Off road credentials include crossing the Baluchistan desert in Pakistan and driving over the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. That was back in 2009 when I drove from the UK to Singapore. I'm now short-listed for funding to go and drive around South America, including some pretty remote trails I've found through the Amazon rainforest. If anyone would like to support me with a vote for Travel Bug that'd be awesome:
https://motor-vision.co.uk/latest-news/mva-communi...
Pictured here in Cappodoccia, Turkey and Bam, Iran
Edited by K17LER on Wednesday 5th September 22:34
Edited by K17LER on Wednesday 5th September 23:56
K17LER said:
Here's mine; Pedro the Baja Bug :-)
Off road credentials include crossing the Baluchistan desert in Pakistan and driving over the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. That was back in 2009 when I drove from the UK to Singapore. I'm now short-listed for funding to go and drive around South America, including some pretty remote trails I've found through the Amazon rainforest. If anyone would like to support me with a vote for Travel Bug that'd be awesome:
https://motor-vision.co.uk/latest-news/mva-communi...
Pictured here in Cappodoccia, Turkey and Bam, Iran
Good luck, what awesome adventures. I have a soft spot for Baja Bugs!Off road credentials include crossing the Baluchistan desert in Pakistan and driving over the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. That was back in 2009 when I drove from the UK to Singapore. I'm now short-listed for funding to go and drive around South America, including some pretty remote trails I've found through the Amazon rainforest. If anyone would like to support me with a vote for Travel Bug that'd be awesome:
https://motor-vision.co.uk/latest-news/mva-communi...
Pictured here in Cappodoccia, Turkey and Bam, Iran
Edited by K17LER on Wednesday 5th September 22:34
Edited by K17LER on Wednesday 5th September 23:56
K17LER said:
Here's mine; Pedro the Baja Bug :-)
Off road credentials include crossing the Baluchistan desert in Pakistan and driving over the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. That was back in 2009 when I drove from the UK to Singapore. I'm now short-listed for funding to go and drive around South America, including some pretty remote trails I've found through the Amazon rainforest. If anyone would like to support me with a vote for Travel Bug that'd be awesome:
https://motor-vision.co.uk/latest-news/mva-communi...
Pictured here in Cappodoccia, Turkey and Bam, Iran
Cool! The 2CV I did that trip in (Ok, we only went to Nepal. ) was the same colour.Off road credentials include crossing the Baluchistan desert in Pakistan and driving over the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet. That was back in 2009 when I drove from the UK to Singapore. I'm now short-listed for funding to go and drive around South America, including some pretty remote trails I've found through the Amazon rainforest. If anyone would like to support me with a vote for Travel Bug that'd be awesome:
https://motor-vision.co.uk/latest-news/mva-communi...
Pictured here in Cappodoccia, Turkey and Bam, Iran
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