Hippo
Lord Hippo
Only the Freelander 1 and 2. The others will be eaten alive by rust worm.
Tim4x4
Well-Known Member
Only the Freelander 1 and 2. The others will be eaten alive by rust worm.
You know I have come across the worm previously.
When I was an apprentice I was shown a large iron casting and told that the holes (porosity) was down to metal worm and I needed to keep looking at the holes and when they pop up hit them with a hammer.
I dont know who was kidding who, them for saying it was metal worm or me for knowing it is really the Larva of the metal worm that causes the holes.
freelanders rust anorl, as you well knowOnly the Freelander 1 and 2. The others will be eaten alive by rust worm.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
I replaced that bolt with a newun and all is now ok.freelanders rust anorl, as you well know
Tim4x4
Well-Known Member
Hippo what bolt is it will I have to change my one? What sort of time to change and what cost?I replaced that bolt with a newun and all is now ok.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
I scratched one of the wishbone bolts on the roof of a tratter when I drove over it at the Freelander 20th celebration at Gaydon motor museum.
Tim4x4
Well-Known Member
Oh that's OK then, I bet that sealed the sun roof on the tratter. What was the tratter doing at the Freelander 20th celebration anyhow?I scratched one of the wishbone bolts on the roof of a tratter when I drove over it at the Freelander 20th celebration at Gaydon motor museum.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
We burnt a tratter on the camp fire at the end. Sacrifice to the lr gods. Earlier in the day we had a parade of Freelanders with the option to jump a tratter as part of the route.
Tim4x4
Well-Known Member
That sounds fun.
I bet you had to dry it out before it would burn.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Usual rust worm holes int floor allows it to drain out like a colander. The seats are like ole park benches so there's no material on them
Tim4x4
Well-Known Member
What was left after the burn? anything useful? other than the obvious more space to park a Freelander in.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Surprisingly most of the metalwork was still there. The fire din't get that hot. There were several oles int chassis but this may be due to patching it with a Weetabix box.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
One of the many idea's copied from the Freelander development team by the pegasus development team.
GrumpyGel
Well-Known Member
Didn't you listen to Hippo - Freelanders don't have a chassis, they must be rather, erm, floppy! However, the doors do fall off when they get soggy.Freelander's cannot rust. Their chassis are made from recycled egg-boxes, they just go soggy and collapse after a short while.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Our fantastic Freelander's are unibody. Tis a method of constructing a vehicle with the chassis rails built into the monocoupe body work. So we has the best of both worlds.
And the doors dun't fall oft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3akCBYWFds
And the doors dun't fall oft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3akCBYWFds
Tim4x4
Well-Known Member
Don't you get a little bit jealous because if you were in a Defender you would have had the carpets freshened up at the same time no extra cost. Drying them would be a little difficult with no heater but you would soon sort that come the summer.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Nope. I have got a pig but he doesn't cr*p in ma hippo. He's very respectful of it. Tratter pigs cr*p in their tratters to fend oft the smell of the owner.
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
I'll likely be extinct in 50 years.Motorists are a dying breed - they will be extinct in the next 50 years.
