Hi Mark/Doug, sorry for the delay as i tend to post when i'm in work.:D
I was looking for a bonnet for my 90 build & saw this one on ebay advertised as an early defender bonnet & the seller was quite close to me so I bought it for £70ish what I really wanted was a TD5 bonnet but a good one was a...
Tie downs..!
What the hell did I tie stuff to for the past 15years...!
got hold of 4 large carrying handles made from mild steel @ £1 each, had them galvanised & then sunk them into the corners of the wheel boxes before getting the tub line-x'd.
regards all
billing...
Oh Lord what a can of worms..!
I too was at billing, lots of nice trucks and lots more that were so wrong it was laughable.
so many have jumped on the overlander theme, without any idea what they are doing
I blame the mags this quater its overlanders last year it was challenge...
Hi Mike, don't know of anyoutfitters in the capitol itself however the landrover owners show is on at billing aquadrome from the 15th - 17th july if you have the time.
its a 1hr train ride from london and a short taxi ride from the town center to great billing.
http://www.lroshow.com/
regards...
Odd ball trucks
Tata pickup why do the tata trucks have huge axle drive members those hubs look just plain crap:
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Iveco Massif :
and pickup:
love this toy,:drool: great interior:
Zook's
sub compact overlander with a wrap job:
leave the tent up and use it as a sail? loadsa...
cool stuff
hi chaps here is some of the cool stuff at the show
wheel porn:
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combined Hi lift rack and bonnet hinge:
bonnet open:
very nice fuel change over tap:
old hat to the jeep guys no doubt but still nicely made:
well made bumper great attention to fit and finish:
this is...
Hi chaps, sorry no pics of the interior of the electrical unit but if you look at the door you can see a smaller door in it, so you can shut the door from the inside then open the smaller door in the main door, lean out and then padlock the main door on the outside and then close the smaller...
allrad campsite
Hi all here are some pics from the campsite:
Hillbilly camper:
one way of dealing with uneaven ground this was parked on quite a slope:
this was huge:
the most photgraphed unit on the campsite, its some kind of electrical storage unit converted to a camper:
the truck on...
Hi guys nice photos, sorry i didn't see you guys at the show though i noticed one of the cooks on the food stand was sporting an overland journal baseball hat.!
if you don't mind me jumping your thread i'll post some pics from the camp site later.
bonne route home
Gren
Bad K.
Yep i'll be there this year,
I'm hoping to blow off work early tommorrow, 1st stop calais then straight run throught on weds.
looking forward giving the 90 its longest single run since i built it 9 months ago..:smiley_drive:
If anyone spots a silver 90 ST with the bonnet up .. please...
Morroco
spotted this one in tangier port in '08 and the KTM's at a hotel at dades.
I'm looking to add an 80's XT500 to my stable as i could not afford one as a teenager and now they are collectables i still cant afford one..!
regards all
I'd go with the disco.
better ride.. .. etc.. you know the rest. & if the auto option proves to be unpopular with wifey an R380 is a cheap option and done and dusted in a morning.
I'd jump at a clean disco at the moment, I've a 300tdi auto in my 90 and love it..
Regards
Gren
the rover along side is a P6 also has the buick/rover 3500 v8 engine and a fore runner of the LT77 gearbox running SU carbs
it was used by the police in the uk as a cheap fast crusier, as been said both the series and the P6 share a common parts bin from rover.
BTW $200 wont get you scrap in...
Hi griff thats a great location you have, wish i was there rather than the UK.
anyway.. i used to run my niva on tyres given to me by the local lada dealer, in the UK they took the russian tyres & steel rims off to fit alloys with a road pattern tyre.
the original tyres were fantastic on wet...
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