Bobtail Power

[Tonks4x4]

completely off topic but I was so impressed with how my little creation performed I thought I would share it....

The following picture was taken yesterday. I sold the little Fiat truck on the flatbed of the Low Loader and it came to collect it from a field where I had it stored. Unfortunatly with all the wet weather the ground had become soft and it sank up to it's diffs.

So off I went to collect my Range Rover Bobtail little blue thing parked next to the truck. I then proceeded to pull out the whole tractor unit on tickover......

Well chuffed.....

[s2avant]

Loving your work. Looks like you could do with a lift and some bigger tyres though

I'm not a fan of bobtailing for aesthetic reasons but can't deny it improves them no end. I'm going to have to ask for the specs of it as I'm adding Range Rover geek to my repertoire and I do enjoy lists of mods to see which if any I fancy doing to my wreck of a truck.

Ben

[Tonks4x4]

Well list of mods are;

24" Shorter, 1972 chassis (so it's tax exempt), Simca SUMB portal axles, 38" tyres, 3" spring lift, 2" body lift, LPG, 3.9 V8, Auto, Front and rear locking diffs, rear wheel steer, Removed air suspension (too much hastle), Superwinch with bow motor to front, Warn to rear both with plasma rope, jackable sills with oil storage. Internal/External roll cage, On board air compressor, 20litre air receiver to run air tools etc, Bucket seats, oh yeah if you look at the rear bumper that also doubles up fir a twin exit exhaust... I have had it for years and does not really owe me anything. but lost interest in off roading now and fancy racing in the Audi instead...

Second pic is next to AshEngland's S2 so you can see the height of it.

[s2avant]

That's a mighty big spec list considering it owes you nothing. Guess a few of those parts came with a hefty in house discount, much like five figure sum of OE bits my S2 has had. I've not seen one on portals before. I guess with all that lift and the extra axle height it's a bit of a handful on tarmac but a beast in the wet stuff.

I've only had my Range Rover since the summer. It falls apart faster than I can fix it The list of work needed is far longer than the list of mods. I use it as a daily but I've took it laning a few times and can't fault it offroad. Especially with the autobox and viscous centre locker, proper lazy persons offroader

Ben

[Matt_D]

Very impressive spec with difflocks all round and portal axles i would imagine it can go pretty much go anywhere without getting stuck.

I own a land rover 90 myself (currently re-building the isuzu engine from it) the spec is nothing like yours but has 33" tyres, rock sliders, diff guards etc enough for me and my frequent trips to salisbury plain, would love a 110 on portals though!

[bluequattro]

Should this forum change to a Land Rover one?
How many other people have a Land Rover as well as an Audi?
I sold my disco 300tdi 3 weeks ago.
I ve a TD5 Discovery now, cheap as chips, can tow anything and enough room for all the parts I take off at the scrap yard!
Couldnt do that with my B*W 325 I had.

[Tonks4x4]

i know andyp, stevet63, and johnny all had land rover's and audi's at the same time.

[s2avant]

Looks like Landrover is becoming the new dagdag Do you think we'd get away with an offroad discussion section? After all they are already a sort of quattro.

Ben

[Jenks]

Just been down to Somerset to collect an F reg 110 CSW 2.5TD to keep my girlfriends 1956 80" 2.25TD Series 1 company!

[AndyP]

I wish I had enough space and time that I could have kept mine, I miss doing daft stuff like this!!

[quattrodude]

i think its a right laugh with the landys as my mate has 1 but some times i do wounder how the f*** them motors get out of the bottomless holes they get stuck in. suppose its all down to team work as they say.

[Heat Seeking Missile]

Impressive. My uncle used to break Range Rover's and also do trialling up on Salisbury Plain with his son, went to watch them a few times and always enjoyed, I've thought about getting into something like that a few times.

Mark