That Land Rover on Top Gear on Sunday

I was watching Top Gear on Sunday and saw a Land Rover that was fully kitted
out with stuff Ray Mears would love, it seemed to be something designed for
expeditions or something, does anyone know if this kind of thing can be
bought of the shelf from Land Rover or are they bespoke, it seems to be
based around the Defender but I don't know much more then that, sorry.

Er isn't the ultimate survivalist land rover called a series 1, 2 or 3 ?
the only serios bomb proof landrover you can fix with bits of string and tin
can, can't get more bespoke than that


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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"Jim" <luckyjim(unowhat2remove)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I was watching Top Gear on Sunday and saw a Land Rover that was fully
kitted
> out with stuff Ray Mears would love, it seemed to be something designed
for
> expeditions or something, does anyone know if this kind of thing can be
> bought of the shelf from Land Rover or are they bespoke, it seems to be
> based around the Defender but I don't know much more then that, sorry.
>
>

Larry wrote:

> Er isn't the ultimate survivalist land rover called a series 1, 2 or 3 ?
> the only serios bomb proof landrover you can fix with bits of string and
> tin can, can't get more bespoke than that
>
>

I'm trying to think of anything on my 200 Disco that's more difficult to fix
than the guts of a Series motor and failing. Likewise with most RRCs prior
to 1989.

Wolf Defenders are pretty much the same.

No reason to stick to a Series as long as the motor you have is entirely
mechanical with no tricky dicky electronics to go wrong.

P.

Smorgo wrote:

> "Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Jim wrote:
>>
> <snip>>
>> It was an off-the-shelf D90 with a fairly complete offroad kit added.
> Figure
>> on it costing around £5k over and above the D90s cost to get this.
>>
>
> 'scoose me, but that was the Lara Croft's 110 Hi-Cap from the first Tomb
> Raider movie (I just double checked on the TiVo). That puppy cost a bit
> more than £5k over-and-above a standard model, I tell you.
>
>


As for kitting it out - just looking at it it looks like a couple of hundred
quid of checkerplate all over the interior, £300 of sand ladder, a chunky
safety cage, £300 of spotlights, £800 of winch, a £60 fire extinguisher and
£1500 of Sony Vaio, £180 of Mantec snorkel, £120 of steering protector,
around £400 of winch bumper and nudge bars - what have I missed?

I suspect a lot of the cost of that motor was LRSVs time.

For some reason it looked like a 90 to me on screen.

P.

>Subject: Re: That Land Rover on Top Gear on Sunday
>From: "Paul S. Brown" [email protected]
>Date: 04/08/2004 19:00 GMT

>As for kitting it out - just looking at it it looks like a couple of hundred
>quid of checkerplate all over the interior, £300 of sand ladder, a chunky
>safety cage, £300 of spotlights, £800 of winch, a £60 fire extinguisher and
>£1500 of Sony Vaio, £180 of Mantec snorkel, £120 of steering protector,
>around £400 of winch bumper and nudge bars - what have I missed?
>
>I suspect a lot of the cost of that motor was LRSVs time.

Sounds like my Blenheim Silver LRSV 90 CSW then )

Steve. Suffolk.
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Well I don't really like the look of Disco's they are not so utilitarian,
even though my series is a station wagon, there is still loads of carrying
space in the back. besides which the spares are cheaper I believe and the
bodywork more amenable to make do and mend without spoiling the overall look
of the thing, what is more you never have to polish it.


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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Larry wrote:
>
> I'm trying to think of anything on my 200 Disco that's more difficult to
fix
> than the guts of a Series motor and failing. Likewise with most RRCs prior
> to 1989.
>
> Wolf Defenders are pretty much the same.
>
> No reason to stick to a Series as long as the motor you have is entirely
> mechanical with no tricky dicky electronics to go wrong.
>
> P.

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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<snip>
> As for kitting it out - just looking at it it looks like a couple of
hundred
> quid of checkerplate all over the interior, £300 of sand ladder, a chunky
> safety cage, £300 of spotlights, £800 of winch, a £60 fire extinguisher
and
> £1500 of Sony Vaio, £180 of Mantec snorkel, £120 of steering protector,
> around £400 of winch bumper and nudge bars - what have I missed?

Hand-built aluminium dashboard £???
Replace original diesel engine with 4L V8 with auto box £???
5x BFG Mud terrains on (black 8 spokes IIRC): £750?
Seats (Recaro's?) £???
Low-range crawler gears (apparently) £???

>
> I suspect a lot of the cost of that motor was LRSVs time.
>

Probably.
The total cost was $175,000 each (there were two). So, roughly £100,000 in
real money.


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Down the local hardwares for the plate and a pair of tinsnips

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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Smorgo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hand-built aluminium dashboard £???

Jim wrote:

> I was watching Top Gear on Sunday and saw a Land Rover that was fully
> kitted out with stuff Ray Mears would love, it seemed to be something
> designed for expeditions or something, does anyone know if this kind of
> thing can be bought of the shelf from Land Rover or are they bespoke, it
> seems to be based around the Defender but I don't know much more then
> that, sorry.

It was an off-the-shelf D90 with a fairly complete offroad kit added. Figure
on it costing around £5k over and above the D90s cost to get this.

Items I spotted were:

Winch
Winch Bumper
Larger tyres
Expedition roofrack
Lotsa Lights
Waffleboards on the roofrack
Hi Lift
Tree wires
Towing Bridle fixed to the bumper
Some form of hook on the bumper (couldn't see)
Some ariel attached - I think it was CB but could have been 2m.

Not a real problem to build given the time - I'd figure on less than a week
to do yourself once the parts arrive.

P.

Being outside of the UK I only know of the Bowler Tomcat been presented in
last season's Top Gear.

If you need further information about those beasts I would suggest you check
about them here
http://www.bowler-offroad.com/

HTH
Take care
Pantelis

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>
> > I was watching Top Gear on Sunday and saw a Land Rover that was fully
> > kitted out with stuff Ray Mears would love, it seemed to be something
> > designed for expeditions or something, does anyone know if this kind of
> > thing can be bought of the shelf from Land Rover or are they bespoke, it
> > seems to be based around the Defender but I don't know much more then
> > that, sorry.
>
> It was an off-the-shelf D90 with a fairly complete offroad kit added.
Figure
> on it costing around £5k over and above the D90s cost to get this.
>
> Items I spotted were:
>
> Winch
> Winch Bumper
> Larger tyres
> Expedition roofrack
> Lotsa Lights
> Waffleboards on the roofrack
> Hi Lift
> Tree wires
> Towing Bridle fixed to the bumper
> Some form of hook on the bumper (couldn't see)
> Some ariel attached - I think it was CB but could have been 2m.
>
> Not a real problem to build given the time - I'd figure on less than a
week
> to do yourself once the parts arrive.
>
> P.

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>
<snip>>
> It was an off-the-shelf D90 with a fairly complete offroad kit added.
Figure
> on it costing around £5k over and above the D90s cost to get this.
>

'scoose me, but that was the Lara Croft's 110 Hi-Cap from the first Tomb
Raider movie (I just double checked on the TiVo). That puppy cost a bit more
than £5k over-and-above a standard model, I tell you.


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Hello: '01 VFR 800 FI, '86 V8 110
Goodbye: '01 NT650V
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Oh that one, yes I have seen it.

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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"Smorgo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> 'scoose me, but that was the Lara Croft's 110 Hi-Cap from the first Tomb
> Raider movie (I just double checked on the TiVo). That puppy cost a bit
more
> than £5k over-and-above a standard model, I tell you.
>
>
> --
> Smorgo (Steve Morgan)
> Hello: '01 VFR 800 FI, '86 V8 110
> Goodbye: '01 NT650V
> E-Mail address is spam-trapped. Use my first name at wormpurple dot com
>
>

Steve wrote:

> How road legal are straight-thru's?
>

My guess would be perfectly as long as they complied with noise and
emissions regs

P.

How road legal are straight-thru's?

Steve

"Neil Brownlee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Replace with 3.5V8 with straight thru pipes actually ;-)
>
> --
> Neil
>
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