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I only recently discovered that not everyone has a digger & a crane!! Ha, ha. At only 12 tons, (I've seen mini-diggers weighing 13 ), its a baby, figuratively speaking & will go onto most slide deck lorries. I omitted to include the word 'hydraulic' as the worlds first 360 degrees. Apologies to...

To my knowledge, the last surviving crane version of the Hymac 580c, the manufacturer of the worlds 1st 360 degree excavator. Its in the last chance salon - off to the scrapyard unless someone comes forward to rescue it. Beautiful 6 cylinder Ford engine, excellent tracks which will fit 580c...

Hmmmnn, very interesting! It would make sense I guess for the 'alloy' bulkhead to have an interior steel bracing as like stainless steel, aluminium work-hardens & looking at what some individuals put on roof racks back then the loading may have risked a pure alloy bulkhead tearing/splitting at...

Ah, mystery solved! The roof panel had been shortened & so it makes sense that the side panels had also. Doh. Thank you. Unless purchased & owned from new, our bolted together steeds can leave later owners somewhat perplexed, case in point! This particular hardtop had spent the last 10 years of...

A good point. I'm in Cornwall. Unlike the galvanized sheet series 1 hardtop produced as you mentioned in the north of England, this was just plain sheet steel with most of the rust spots on the inside from condensation I'm guessing. Yup, heavy. It was certainly a well crafted hardtop & from...

Many years ago, when our SWB 88" ran a pickup cab along with a tilt (3/4) and like ours, others were using their series Landys in their line of work, hardtops to combat the rise in thefts suddenly became a very expensive security upgrade. Over the years we must have scrapped (I know, I know...)...

For me personally, when I wanted to swap my 90's pickup status to a full hardtop, only an externally ribbed roof to complement my Landys 1988 age would do. Fortunately, I managed to source one locally for a good price, mind you, it took so long to remove all the layers of paint I swear it was...

Very informative! Yes, I've heard of needing to tap on the brake to 'wake' up non-lockers but I didn't know about the shorter nosed P38 diffs - in fact know very little about them apart from their pumpkins off-set to the opposite side & have always pondered over the reasons for this break from...

I'm really drawn to your words 'longevity', '37" tyres' & '7 years!' Ta for the input.

Ha, ha, yes, sorry about that. I blame the smartphone! I have some seriously challenging banks & ditches outside of my gate & I once watched a standard Volvo Sugga (they have axle difflocks as standard) walk all over terrain which would have stopped most vehicles including my 101 GS, & that was...

I believe there are a few differences in the chassis/body mountings as a Safari had no central bulkhead & was a walk- through, along with the fuel tank being mounted in the rear instead of underneath the seat. I think? With Landys being the ultimate full sized meccano set its often difficult to...

Its probably been covered before, but I was wondering if anyone was prepared to share their thoughts & experiences of the myriad of axle difflocks now available in 2024 for the standard Landy axles, non-Dana/Salsbury in particular. Costs, longevity, ability to withstand the abuse from large...

As 101's have their swivels welded onto the axle, prob coz bolted versions would just stretch the bolts after the military had put them through their paces, the swivel seals have to be in 2 parts. The joins best sited at 3.00 & 9.00 o clock. A daily driver that actually gets to warm up the...

& a happy new year to you too! Whereabouts are you & what do you drive?

As the old saying goes, nothing like setting fire to something to get some proper heat! Food for thought as with the post above - if you run a diesel of course.

Ha, ha. Yes, you are quite correct & I am guilty of being lazy I guess but I was hoping some 90/110 owners may also have a Rangie lurking nearby as a 2nd vehicle & may have been able to shed some light on the subject. I've had quite a mish-mash of vehicles around me over the years, mostly from...

Thanks everybody. something to think about. Genuine pads will be the 1st thing I'll try. I'm thinking the previous owner who had removed the Turbo D & installed something more exciting probably figured a complete Rangie axle swap versus their aging 90 axles, front callipers & drum braked rear...

I called in on a mate of mine who is building his latest custom/rod (admittedly NOT a Land rover before I get shouted at!) & commented on how clean & tidy the firewall he'd installed was looking. "No heater hoses?" I asked. "Nope." he replied. With the advances in thermal tech these days driven...

Hey, I have more knowledge of Series Landys than the 1988 (some of it!) 90 which is my daily driver, but I'm learning fast. I believe it has been fitted with Rangie classic axles which makes sense as they were more available back when the previous owner was upgrading the vehicle and that swop...

Hey, although not especially remarkable in any way, I've just taken my small trailer down to my local scrapyard with a years worth of 'stuff', then called at a mates garage to clear his 'stuff' + some free logs & its now full again!! However, what IS remarkable, is that your trailers design...