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Well.. I had to peak your interest just a little.... Wouldn't be fair otherwise!
Hello all!
As many I've been reading up left right and centre on the forum but not signed up. I've been talking with a friend of mine and next month, hopefully middle of Aug he'll be ready to give up his 110 300tdi to me!
I've a long history of tinkering, being 30 now you'd think I actually know something - yet I've got to ask and read up first before I go ahead and discard everything because some XYZ thing is stuck and just donk it with a hammer anyway!
I'm based in Bristol and maybe some of you local will know truck as its been here in Bristol for the last 10 years or so. I'm not however aware if he is a member of any of the forums but I will ask when I see him next.
One thing I have never ever done in my life is gone off road.. Well.. not with 4 wheels and an engine anyway! That being said, I'd like to go have a play so I can scratch the itch but wont be building this defender into an off road monster by any stretch - At best i'll just make sure I double bungee the shopping down.
Some of the 'off road' kit however to me looks the dogs on the trucks, the steering guard for example for sweeping up the occasional O.A.P is on my to make/buy list! Just like that p*ssed off look it gives the truck!
Many moons ago I did a shell up resto on a classic mini - loved every minute of that and consumed a sainsburys (Or insert favourite food shop here) warehouse amount of coffee during its build. Being a member and reading around the forums it's exactly the same here in the sense of they've not got XYZ but at some point you just have to own one... Well here I am!
I am struggling to understand at present the huge price variations between the trucks, time I'm sure will help me understand what makes a 2k 5k and 15k example.
When I've got the truck if there are local meets I'd like to pop along and see what other people are doing with theirs and all the usual fun banter of a meet. I guess the difference here is we won't be tearing up the local dual carriageways or finding the longest tunnels (old Honda days)
Enough blurb for me as that's the coffee over. Look forward to annoying you all soon :-D
Ta,
Mark.
Hello all!
As many I've been reading up left right and centre on the forum but not signed up. I've been talking with a friend of mine and next month, hopefully middle of Aug he'll be ready to give up his 110 300tdi to me!
I've a long history of tinkering, being 30 now you'd think I actually know something - yet I've got to ask and read up first before I go ahead and discard everything because some XYZ thing is stuck and just donk it with a hammer anyway!
I'm based in Bristol and maybe some of you local will know truck as its been here in Bristol for the last 10 years or so. I'm not however aware if he is a member of any of the forums but I will ask when I see him next.
One thing I have never ever done in my life is gone off road.. Well.. not with 4 wheels and an engine anyway! That being said, I'd like to go have a play so I can scratch the itch but wont be building this defender into an off road monster by any stretch - At best i'll just make sure I double bungee the shopping down.
Some of the 'off road' kit however to me looks the dogs on the trucks, the steering guard for example for sweeping up the occasional O.A.P is on my to make/buy list! Just like that p*ssed off look it gives the truck!
Many moons ago I did a shell up resto on a classic mini - loved every minute of that and consumed a sainsburys (Or insert favourite food shop here) warehouse amount of coffee during its build. Being a member and reading around the forums it's exactly the same here in the sense of they've not got XYZ but at some point you just have to own one... Well here I am!
I am struggling to understand at present the huge price variations between the trucks, time I'm sure will help me understand what makes a 2k 5k and 15k example.
When I've got the truck if there are local meets I'd like to pop along and see what other people are doing with theirs and all the usual fun banter of a meet. I guess the difference here is we won't be tearing up the local dual carriageways or finding the longest tunnels (old Honda days)
Enough blurb for me as that's the coffee over. Look forward to annoying you all soon :-D
Ta,
Mark.