gibpeewee
22-07-2007, 07:45 PM
hello everyone, just joined the forum so a little bit about me
moved to perth from the uk at the beginning of the year and looking to buy an old range rover , i had five of them in the uk .
a 1984 2 door, ex suadi arabia and no rust!
a 1985 ex police 2 door, total rust bucket
2 1985 4 doors and a 1986 4 door
the last 3 all donated parts to make a 4 door bobtail, 14 inch cut out the rear overhang,2 inch body lift 3.5 efi v8 4 speed auto box.great fun to make but had to sell it when i moved here
i got used to landrovers after spending nearly 24 years as a mechanic in the british army including some great times working as service crew for the army rally team. we had a team of six normally aspirated diesel 90`s dog slow up hills but would do over 160kmh down hill with a commited driver!
the team now use landrover tul`s ( short wheelbase wolfs) with 300tdi engines. we trialed the first one on the rally reykavic in iceland in 2004.we entered it in the open jeep class and despite running a standard tdi engine against much more powerfull machines it won the class.
enough for now , see ya
moved to perth from the uk at the beginning of the year and looking to buy an old range rover , i had five of them in the uk .
a 1984 2 door, ex suadi arabia and no rust!
a 1985 ex police 2 door, total rust bucket
2 1985 4 doors and a 1986 4 door
the last 3 all donated parts to make a 4 door bobtail, 14 inch cut out the rear overhang,2 inch body lift 3.5 efi v8 4 speed auto box.great fun to make but had to sell it when i moved here
i got used to landrovers after spending nearly 24 years as a mechanic in the british army including some great times working as service crew for the army rally team. we had a team of six normally aspirated diesel 90`s dog slow up hills but would do over 160kmh down hill with a commited driver!
the team now use landrover tul`s ( short wheelbase wolfs) with 300tdi engines. we trialed the first one on the rally reykavic in iceland in 2004.we entered it in the open jeep class and despite running a standard tdi engine against much more powerfull machines it won the class.
enough for now , see ya