ScratchyDom
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I don't, as a rule, like folk giving names to cars. 'specially me! But when I was thinking of getting this Landy I revisited the LZ and saw a post about Scratchy lanes and it's kinda stuck in my head. So I've finally got a motor wiv a name...
Anyhow, since my wee foray into the world on Landying and greenlanes a couple of years ago (which included an introduction to LZ when replacing the head gasket in my newly acquired 300TDi Disco and the subsequent laning) I've been dying to get my nails dirty and tyres muddy again.
I'd been toying with the idea of getting a hybrid (RR chassis and series top side) for a while but hadn't found anything to suit.
And then decided that a 110 pickup would be a better idea, coils all round, not too fecked about with and enough space to be a wee bit useful for work (I've got use of my employers '04 110 rag top, but am really worried about messing it up and canna take it laning).
The day I had this realisation I spotted this on feabay...
Nine hundred nicker for a 110 pickup,got to be worth a punt. So I phoned him up sharpish before anyone else could get in (the bids were up to £500) and said I'd 'av it.
Drove over, 130 miles in three and a bit hours with my mate in the Audi estate. And it was as I expected - a bit of a grot box. But I had my usual rose tinted car viewing specs on and thought it was a bute, despite the battery sitting on a bit of ply, oil frickin' everywhere (it's a Landy after all), not a straight panel on 'im (character) and enough rubbish in it to fill a wheelie bin (apparently it'd had a tidy out already...)
So, with a wee bit of apprehension set out for the long drive home. All went well (ish - had to keep the window open cos of the exhaust fumes and it got a wee bit chilly, thank feck I had my woolly hat) until it started to get dark and I could only get the sidelights on. Then I remembered the old Landy mantra - if it don't work hit it, and if that don't work hit it harder. So I gave the switch a good belting and they came on. We got back home in four hours, not so bad...
Well now ee's back home, I've replaced my rose tinted specs with ****e brown ones, taken some photos and second opinions. I'm going to get this tub on the lanes (hoping for the plain on the 24th) but there's a wee bit of work to do...
So I fought I'd open this to the floor. Here's the piccies, what needs doing (and no, you can feck off, it's nae going in the bin). 5 points for what I've spotted, 5 for remedies, 10 for anything new or new remedies and 50 for any good points (that beat the £1.94 in loose change I found behind the drivers seat, in the mud 'n rust).
Here's the piccies...
Actually, struggled to get 'em all on here so they're on my bolg fing... Here...
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Anyhow, since my wee foray into the world on Landying and greenlanes a couple of years ago (which included an introduction to LZ when replacing the head gasket in my newly acquired 300TDi Disco and the subsequent laning) I've been dying to get my nails dirty and tyres muddy again.
I'd been toying with the idea of getting a hybrid (RR chassis and series top side) for a while but hadn't found anything to suit.
And then decided that a 110 pickup would be a better idea, coils all round, not too fecked about with and enough space to be a wee bit useful for work (I've got use of my employers '04 110 rag top, but am really worried about messing it up and canna take it laning).
The day I had this realisation I spotted this on feabay...
Nine hundred nicker for a 110 pickup,got to be worth a punt. So I phoned him up sharpish before anyone else could get in (the bids were up to £500) and said I'd 'av it.
Drove over, 130 miles in three and a bit hours with my mate in the Audi estate. And it was as I expected - a bit of a grot box. But I had my usual rose tinted car viewing specs on and thought it was a bute, despite the battery sitting on a bit of ply, oil frickin' everywhere (it's a Landy after all), not a straight panel on 'im (character) and enough rubbish in it to fill a wheelie bin (apparently it'd had a tidy out already...)
So, with a wee bit of apprehension set out for the long drive home. All went well (ish - had to keep the window open cos of the exhaust fumes and it got a wee bit chilly, thank feck I had my woolly hat) until it started to get dark and I could only get the sidelights on. Then I remembered the old Landy mantra - if it don't work hit it, and if that don't work hit it harder. So I gave the switch a good belting and they came on. We got back home in four hours, not so bad...
Well now ee's back home, I've replaced my rose tinted specs with ****e brown ones, taken some photos and second opinions. I'm going to get this tub on the lanes (hoping for the plain on the 24th) but there's a wee bit of work to do...
So I fought I'd open this to the floor. Here's the piccies, what needs doing (and no, you can feck off, it's nae going in the bin). 5 points for what I've spotted, 5 for remedies, 10 for anything new or new remedies and 50 for any good points (that beat the £1.94 in loose change I found behind the drivers seat, in the mud 'n rust).
Here's the piccies...
Actually, struggled to get 'em all on here so they're on my bolg fing... Here...
Sratchy Dominic's Blog