What is this?

[jtrnw]

I ran across this picture the other day and its been burning me up not knowing what it is that's attached to the front bumper.
Anybody know?

 

[JackW]

It looks like a hydraulic capstan winch...

 

[proper4wd]

Hydraulic reservoir for what looks like a hydro steering ram on the front steering gear.

Cuthbertson?

 

[GR8ADV]

ARB Flux Capacitor

 

[GaAlpinaowner]

Looks like some kind of oil cooler or spare oil tank....

 

[jtrnw]

I knew I'd seen it somewhere, it is on many of the pictures of Cuthbertson land rovers. The idea of it being involved in the steering makes good sense, I just don't know why the pump handle (if thats what it is).

 

[LR Max]

Hydraulic reservoir for what looks like a hydro steering ram on the front steering gear.

Cuthbertson?

That is what I'm going with. Hydro reservoir for steering.

 

[jerdog53]

Its a snow cone machine.......

 

[DaveNay]

Prototype Dalek?

 

[EricTyrrell]

Looks like a hydraulic pump with forward, neutral, reverse handle on top. What is it powering though?

 

[proper4wd]

It's mounted on one of these:

Powering one of these:

 

[DaveNay]

It's mounted on one of these:

Powering one of these:

From these pictures, I would say it is simply a reservoir for the hydraulic steering. Since the Cuthberson conversion appears to be pretty much a series of prototypes, it was probably scavenged from whatever source they had. I don't think that is a handle, it is simply a filler neck on the reservoir.

This one appears to be similar, but with a more familiar shape of a rectangular reservoir.

 

[Vaga]

Judging by the pics I would say it's a crab/cramp switch kept outside the cab for obvious safety reasons.

 

[REDrum]

I had one of those, but the wheels fell off....