Re : Arkonik Defender | PH Meets
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Great article about a local business. I follow these guys on Linkedin and had wondered why there didn't seem to be much in the way of UK pics.
I love UJO - looks spot on to me, wheels and all.
So now, when the Lotto numbers come up, after I've been to Crewkerne for my Atoms looks like I best head to Arkonik for my Defender.
I love UJO - looks spot on to me, wheels and all.
So now, when the Lotto numbers come up, after I've been to Crewkerne for my Atoms looks like I best head to Arkonik for my Defender.
Greg the Fish said:
Never understood the love for Defenders.
Had the misfortune of driving one once, well, trying to. Don't know whether it's because I'm tall (yet have seen other tall people drive them) but could barely get my legs under the steering wheel and trying to work the pedals was just hopeless!
You have to think of them in terms of a classic car or truck I reckon, by any modern measure they are garbage. They are a 50s design given a fairly big overhaul in the early 80s, and that's it. That's how I think of mine anyway and I love itHad the misfortune of driving one once, well, trying to. Don't know whether it's because I'm tall (yet have seen other tall people drive them) but could barely get my legs under the steering wheel and trying to work the pedals was just hopeless!
ducnick said:
Lovely.... but if you plan on the lowered look what’s wrong with buying something more modern and road focused, capable or more refined road travel like a brand spanking new ffrr or sport. Surely the charm of a defender is it’s off road credentials including ground clearance. I can’t help thinking there is a very healthy profit margin in old defenders and crate Chevys
Really? I thought they were setting up a charity. Heaven forbid a small business might make some money! Hope you haven't used google today or sent a text on your apple phone, those guys might be making a few quid too...Beards, Land Rovers, six figure price tags... all the "artisan" boxes ticked 
Very impressive that they manage to sell these to the Yanks. On that side of the pond, £100k buys an awful lot of very nice pickup truck... or Raptor... or restored Grand Wagoneer...
I guess there are always people out there who want to stand out from the crowd.
Very impressive that they manage to sell these to the Yanks. On that side of the pond, £100k buys an awful lot of very nice pickup truck... or Raptor... or restored Grand Wagoneer...
I guess there are always people out there who want to stand out from the crowd.
Sandpit Steve said:
Why wouldn’t it be serious? These PH Meets articles are absolutely fantastic, especially for those of us who haven’t previously heard of the company in question. Not only are they hugely informative, but for those featured undoubtedly great publicity.
Oh, and who doesn’t want an LS-swapped Landy Defender?
Me. Sick to the back teeth of one hundred to two hundred and fifty thousand pound Defender’s and the valiant efforts of those condemned to keep them alive and forced into collective consciousness. Oh, and who doesn’t want an LS-swapped Landy Defender?
It’s the true spirit of the Land Rover though. Real Landies are used, abused and modified to fit the task at hand. They were never and should never be factory queens to be kept as they left the factory. That’s not remotely what the product is about. It’s about them living multiple lives and being changed each time to suit.
You can take an old Landu and fit an RV8 or Chevy engine yourself. Everything is available to allow that. People don’t object to that but some do seem to object to the wrong type of person owning their precious brand.
The trouble with that view is that it isn’t ever the view of an enthusiast but an extremist, one of Ian Bones acolytes and it has nothing to do with the cars at all they are just a proxy through which to spout the militant claptrap.
You can take an old Landu and fit an RV8 or Chevy engine yourself. Everything is available to allow that. People don’t object to that but some do seem to object to the wrong type of person owning their precious brand.
The trouble with that view is that it isn’t ever the view of an enthusiast but an extremist, one of Ian Bones acolytes and it has nothing to do with the cars at all they are just a proxy through which to spout the militant claptrap.
gmackay2 said:
If that is the original reg for that 110 then it was a Carlisle registered Landie. As JO and HH used to be Carlisle and Cumbria reg prefixes.
It looks smart I think and a far cry from the basic Defenders my dad had as British Telecom vehicles in the late 80s and into the early 90s.
I think JO is Banbury, my dad had a TY175 with JO and he said it was from Banbury.It looks smart I think and a far cry from the basic Defenders my dad had as British Telecom vehicles in the late 80s and into the early 90s.
Max_Torque said:
ZX10R NIN said:
An LS Defender sounds like fun a recipe for broken axles .
EFA!Personally, having had a Chevy engined Overfinch Inam fitting a rotrex charger to a standard serp RV8 as that gives no extra power while pottering but enough power to overtake when needed. As a set up it puts far less strain on the running gear than having a wall or torque from low rpm.
And besides, it’s just a toy which when it breaks just gets fixed.
ZX10R NIN said:
Max_Torque said:
ZX10R NIN said:
An LS Defender sounds like fun a recipe for broken axles .
EFA!i think the autobox helps massively because everything is kept under tension unlike a manual.
There’s a thread on PH of an ozzy ls3 in a 90 - owner took me out in it when I visited down under in the summer.
Edited by eliot on Friday 24th January 23:31
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