100 inch defenders

100 inch defenders

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kingwilliam66

Original Poster:

11 posts

13 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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anyone else got a 100 inch defender??

Monkeylegend

26,227 posts

230 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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kingwilliam66 said:
anyone else got a 100 inch defender??
Sorry but rofl

camel_landy

4,863 posts

182 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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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. biggrin

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camel_landy

4,863 posts

182 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Monkeylegend said:
kingwilliam66 said:
anyone else got a 100 inch defender??
Sorry but rofl
....and yes, there's that!! hehe

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Monkeylegend

26,227 posts

230 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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kingwilliam66 said:
anyone else got a 100 inch defender??
And I am not afraid to use it.

Lesgrandepotato

371 posts

98 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Well a 100” gets you a shunt…

kingwilliam66

Original Poster:

11 posts

13 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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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

55 posts

169 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Like this?


kingwilliam66

Original Poster:

11 posts

13 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Yeah. Mark Evens made one for a "4x4 is born" tv show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvW4k_TKp_Q

camel_landy

4,863 posts

182 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Lodelaner said:
Like this?

That's Nick Dimbleby in 'TEW'. smile

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camel_landy

4,863 posts

182 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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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. smile

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Stick Legs

4,825 posts

164 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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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

4,825 posts

164 months

Thursday 23rd February 2023
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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

2,126 posts

241 months

Sunday 26th February 2023
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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

Original Poster:

11 posts

13 months

Tuesday 28th February 2023
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thats a nice bit of kit!

got a 3.5 in it?

normalbloke

7,403 posts

218 months

Tuesday 28th February 2023
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kingwilliam66 said:
thats a nice bit of kit!

got a 3.5 in it?
Hopefully something that makes some horsepower…

PhillipM

6,515 posts

188 months

Tuesday 28th February 2023
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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

7,522 posts

220 months

Wednesday 1st March 2023
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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 smile locly looking truck....

100SRV

2,126 posts

241 months

Thursday 2nd March 2023
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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

2,126 posts

241 months

Thursday 2nd March 2023
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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. :-)