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Not being very knowledgable about Rangies, can yu folks post some pics of the arse end of the different Rangies. In particular the Classic; but it would be nice to have a pic of a P38 and an L322 for comparison.
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What you have to remember, in particular about the Classic, is that most of the tailgate will be fashioned from Isopan. 
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What you have to remember, in particular about the Classic, is that most of the tailgate will be fashioned from Isopan.
It would have helped if Land Rover used steel to make the tailgate instead of using pre-formed rust as a starting point.
The joys of knackered tailgate that catches stick on.
So we going to argue the best classic a 2 door on carbs or a 3.9 efi on air
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The joys of knackered tailgate that catches stick on.
So we going to argue the best classic a 2 door on carbs or a 3.9 efi on air
Neither! Don't like classics much, I had a 89 Vogue SE EFi (two years old when I bought it) I never got on with it, it was far less reliable than my P38 and didn't pull the old heart strings at all - I love the P38! Horses for courses as they say!
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Only thing i can remember about Classics, worked on a lot when they first appeared. Is that it was like driving a fooking rowing boat. Changed loads of transfer boxes under warranty. The early ones had bearings made from Brie cheese.
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Yep wallowed about like a yacht in a storm.
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Am I correct in saying that the P38 & L322 are wider?
Can't fit em on my Disco?
Can't fit em on my Disco?
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Yes dangerous things to drive with any gusto. That is why police forces around the country were banned from using them for high speed pursuit. They rolled over for fun. Hence the P38 was designed with air suspension that sat down over 50 mph to help prevent this and make the car safer. It's amazing how many people don't realise that.
And the early transfer boxes had thinner gears and are not compatible with cross drilled gears suffix B LT230. I remember oil mod to reduce output shaft wear on gearbox.
I also used to fit spring upgrades as standard were ****, monroe dampers and it transformed them towing etc
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I suppose early Range Rovers were deigned with farmers (not footballers) in mind so axle articulation was higher up the list of priorities than flat cornering, I must admit to nearly rolling my classic once when getting caught out on a dark country road with four adult passengers onboard taking a short sharp off camber corner faster than I intended - I lifted at least one inside wheel - gulp, luckily nothing was coming the other way and I could steer into the potential roll.
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Don't know Fanny can't remember much, just that transfer boxes got swapped out on a regular basis for new units. And if you drove them with anything like gusto, road tests could become sort of interesting on occasion.
Don't know Fanny can't remember much, just that transfer boxes got swapped out on a regular basis for new units. And if you drove them with anything like gusto, road tests could become sort of interesting on occasion.
We talking 2 door as I'm talking vogue/LSE classic and once had a drive in je engineered classic and it went well, but then I wasn't racing it or country lanes.
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The ones i am on about would be the first ones available. We had a couple of lads who did the new vehicle course for them when they came out. But they were overrun with warranty work so the rest of us had to muck in and help them clear the backlog. Think there was a time when we had a few parked up waiting for parts. Same thing with the early Minis fitted with A40 gearbox internals. Boxes were changes like flowing water. Best was a Dolomite sprint that came off the transporter running rough. Cracked manifold. Took ten weeks for them to release one from production to replace it. Then there was the Triumph 2500 PI crank thrust bearings that used to wear the block and spin. Official repair from the factory was drill 1/8 hole in block web and fit a filed square self tapper to stop them spinning. You couldn't make it up.
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The ones i am on about would be the first ones available. We had a couple of lads who did the new vehicle course for them when they came out. But they were overrun with warranty work so the rest of us had to muck in and help them clear the backlog. Think there was a time when we had a few parked up waiting for parts. Same thing with the early Minis fitted with A40 gearbox internals. Boxes were changes like flowing water. Best was a Dolomite sprint that came off the transporter running rough. Cracked manifold. Took ten weeks for them to release one from production to replace it. Then there was the Triumph 2500 PI crank thrust bearings that used to wear the block and spin. Official repair from the factory was drill 1/8 hole in block web and fit a filed square self tapper to stop them spinning. You couldn't make it up.
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Leading to the demise of much of the UK car industry LR have yet to learn.
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I dont get on with photobucket on me phone but heres mine:
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The ones i am on about would be the first ones available. We had a couple of lads who did the new vehicle course for them when they came out. But they were overrun with warranty work so the rest of us had to muck in and help them clear the backlog. Think there was a time when we had a few parked up waiting for parts. Same thing with the early Minis fitted with A40 gearbox internals. Boxes were changes like flowing water. Best was a Dolomite sprint that came off the transporter running rough. Cracked manifold. Took ten weeks for them to release one from production to replace it. Then there was the Triumph 2500 PI crank thrust bearings that used to wear the block and spin. Official repair from the factory was drill 1/8 hole in block web and fit a filed square self tapper to stop them spinning. You couldn't make it up.
Early 2 door then, you at land rover bristol and west show-can sit and have that beer we talked about if you are.
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No not there Fanny, Bristol is a long way from me. Am under orders to get some jobs done round the place this year, so apart from the customary two weeks in Spain can't get anywhere.
