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Expedition Leader
So, as the title suggestys, I'm looking for info on this AWESOME looking 73 Rover I saw a brief shot of in a Petersens 4wd a few years ago (aug 08 "April Fools DayToyota Crawl" )
All I can say about it as of right now is ME LIKEY!!!!!!!! :wings: :wings: :wings: :wings: :wings: :wings:
Apparently it's a Series Rover(has Mid-Late SII/SIII front wings/Lights and is an 88 but who knows what it started out life as eh) with a full Toyota Mini-truck (22RE I'm guessing???) drivetrain. I've searched and searched, but I figured maybe some of our great Roverphiles here on the Portal could point me in the right dirrection for more info??? All I've found is a litteral direct copy of the article I alredy have but no further info or links for the truck. The Blurb reads: "Bill Coombs brought out this clean 73 Land Rover that has been converted to Toyota Mini-truck power-train and driveline parts. In fact the only thing Land Rover on it is the Frame and Body"
With the way things are in the Rover world in respect to documentation and overall enthusiasm, I suspect that SOMEONE has taken a further look into this beautiful rig and I find it hard to belive that there's no build thread or mention of it anywhere else. It's too amazing a truck to have been overlooked (although some purists may see it as a blasphemous combination of Toyota and Rover parts...) I've seen another like it, but I think it's a different truck (and feel free to point me at any others like this truck if you know of them)
I'm really intreagued to read more about this because to me this would make an amazing mariage of a stout and somewhat more powerfull drivetrain with the awesome good looks of a Series Rover... TO me that's a great combo. I've been dreaming lately of a 109 or 110 with jsut such a drivetrain.
So any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers and thanks in advance
Dave :safari-rig:
All I can say about it as of right now is ME LIKEY!!!!!!!! :wings: :wings: :wings: :wings: :wings: :wings:
Apparently it's a Series Rover(has Mid-Late SII/SIII front wings/Lights and is an 88 but who knows what it started out life as eh) with a full Toyota Mini-truck (22RE I'm guessing???) drivetrain. I've searched and searched, but I figured maybe some of our great Roverphiles here on the Portal could point me in the right dirrection for more info??? All I've found is a litteral direct copy of the article I alredy have but no further info or links for the truck. The Blurb reads: "Bill Coombs brought out this clean 73 Land Rover that has been converted to Toyota Mini-truck power-train and driveline parts. In fact the only thing Land Rover on it is the Frame and Body"
With the way things are in the Rover world in respect to documentation and overall enthusiasm, I suspect that SOMEONE has taken a further look into this beautiful rig and I find it hard to belive that there's no build thread or mention of it anywhere else. It's too amazing a truck to have been overlooked (although some purists may see it as a blasphemous combination of Toyota and Rover parts...) I've seen another like it, but I think it's a different truck (and feel free to point me at any others like this truck if you know of them)
I'm really intreagued to read more about this because to me this would make an amazing mariage of a stout and somewhat more powerfull drivetrain with the awesome good looks of a Series Rover... TO me that's a great combo. I've been dreaming lately of a 109 or 110 with jsut such a drivetrain.
So any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers and thanks in advance
Dave :safari-rig:
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