OscarIndia

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Hello all, just registered and wanted to say hello - although truth be told I've be shamelessly using this forum t find the answers to questions for two months. :eek:

I'm on my first ever Landy. Wanted one for ever but always ran bikes (most recently a GS1200 Adventure - few of you will know me from the UKGSer pages) but now the bike's gone, domestic clearance for the Landy has been achieved.

Wanted a 110 CSW, so obviously I bought a 90 convertible. Er...

Was given to me gratis by an ex-military buddy Joe. He's on the private circuit now, in Afghanistan, and had put his truck into storage down in Kent. That place were paid to store it properly but when they closed and the truck went up to Nene Joe's brother discovered the horrible truth:







Horrible. Mind you, I feel for the former "storers" when Joe comes home on leave before heading off to Kenya/Somalia. A full refund, I suspect, will be forthcoming.

So he very generously gave her to me - he's got loads of money but is never here and just wanted to see her loved and fixed and used as a family fun vehicle again.

She's far from finished, but she's now my daily driver, our second car. on the road, new MOT etc. Has taken two months and about £2400, if you include the wheels and tyres. Lots still to do, and I apologise in advance to the dozens of daft questions I'm going to ask here, but right now she looks like this:





Lots of dark warnings about the wheels/tyres from sensible Land Rover owners over on the bike forum, all of which I ignored on the basis that they look good, obviously (and actually with a few rod adjustments they're fine - no contact - although proper off-road with full actuation will probably reveal different. ;)

Bulkhead has been welded rather than replaced coz the plan is to drop either a V8 or a 300TDi in there, which'll mean a new one anyway (and a new gearbox) - although both the 2.5 unit and the L=series box are actually solid as rocks.

So, that's me and the truck. This place looks great, and I can tell you already it's a mine of info for a new owner like me, so thanks for all that and look forward to talking bollocks with many of you.
 
she looks great! what size are the wheels and tyres then?

Thanks. Bit different to the wreck we found. Thank God she'd been left on gravel rather than grass - that probably saved the chasis.
They're only 16s, but they're 8" jobs with 265/75 Cooper STTs on. Was previously on Trak Edges (so you can tell how long it had been sitting!) - all five were legal for tread, just, but splitting and knackered, so as I needed five tyres I thought I may as well do the wheels too.
 
:welcome2: to the loony zone. Oh yes, its a lovely truck. (To prepare you for the inevitable **** taking, some forum members will rib you for calling the Landy a truck). Remember to post photos when you do the upgrades.:)
 
:welcome2: to the loony zone. Oh yes, its a lovely truck. (To prepare you for the inevitable **** taking, some forum members will rib you for calling the Landy a truck). Remember to post photos when you do the upgrades.:)

Thanks Crashbox. It's a truck. I know it's a truck because I'm a country boy and that's what they're called out here. I'm prepared to defend myself on this... :D
 
Hello all, just registered
I'm on my first ever Landy.
Was given to me gratis by an ex-military buddy Joe. He's on the private circuit now, in Afghanistan, and had put his truck into storage down in Kent.

That's nice - what sort of "truck" does he have ??

Landrovers are (as we know) a car - look at the tax disk :)


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Too slow was I in my reply... But it's a "car", it was designed as a car, sold as a car, advertised as a car "that will go anywhere", it's taxed as a car, insured as a car, treated as a car by London Congestion, by B'Ham toll roads and by the Ministry of Transport.

And we don't want that to change ...

But if you want to refer to yours as a 'Truck' you go ahead sunshine, i've got a bit more respect for mine.
If you feel that you your low Socioeconomic Status gives you the right to use single syllable five letter words then carry on.

Didn't you miss "Kilo" off your name ??
 
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That's nice - what sort of "truck" does he have ??

Landrovers are (as we know) a car - look at the tax disk :)


//Amendment//
Too slow was I in my reply... But it's a "car", it was designed as a car, sold as a car, advertised as a car "that will go anywhere", it's taxed as a car, insured as a car, treated as a car by London Congestion, by B'Ham toll roads and by the Ministry of Transport.

And we don't want that to change ...

But if you want to refer to yours as a 'Truck' you go ahead sunshine, i've got a bit more respect for mine.
If you feel that you your low Socioeconomic Status gives you the right to use single syllable five letter words then carry on.

Didn't you miss "Kilo" off your name ??

Excellent. I didn't know this place also had fake comedy characters. Top stuff.
 

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