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I remember a local contractor who were regular customers of Landrover purchased a brace of early 110 pickups. One of them was a part time 4x4. Interestingly, whilst visiting 'Landrover' at the time they (brothers) got to see the now abandoned 'Iceberg' V8 engine project & saw it RUNNING! An...

Oohh, an early boingy! Is it part time 4x4 as I recall this was offered as an option.

Well found! I'm guessing the ex-Jenson Interceptor engine is either a 6.9 or 7.2 Ltr, as I'm pretty sure the Interceptor was not offered with any of the 'smaller' Chrysler engines. Thinking back to the day when this work was carried out, such as door locks, it would have seemed very advanced! A...

I have the old style 2 x piece doors that a few years ago cost me just £75.00 each (door bottoms) from the now sadly defunct Bearmach company - brand new doors! ( no capping's though) I'm not keen on the windy-window doors with their inherent rust issues & equally unimpressed with the new prices...

Verrry informative! Ta. Your post reminded me of the old Landrover ads that used to appear in mags etc before the world went into PC mode;- 'We've got the biggest nuts!' I suppose there is just one question left to ask. Is anyone out there running split rims on their Landys or are todays...

How enlightening! Ta for that. The differing stud/nut sizes between series 1's & 2's must then mean there are at least 2 types of split rims out there I'm guessing? At the time I never thought to check mine - not looked at them for a few years now & they are among my Landybits collection! As a...

I can't find the thread now, but I recently read of someone mentioning 6.50 tyres & it reminded me of a set of split-rims I rescued a long time ago that were fitted with very badly cracked 6.50's. I had them shot blasted & painted for a now abandoned Landy project. So, I'm curious as to how many...

101 PTO's were also intended to drive the wheels on either 'Scottorn' (?) or Ruberry-owens powered trailers making the unit a 6x6. I'm unsure though of how acceptable it would be to run power through it backwards. Yup, place the transfer lever in neutral & all gears are still available from the PTO.

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...