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actually I thought it over... I used to drive an LDV400 camper with all the stuff inside. Pots, socks, books, you name it. That had a 2.5 non turbo engine (car was 1990) and I did not mind its nonexistent dynamics... I have no idea of it's weight, (hi-top LWB, double wheels at the back. :P...

Hello, I'm on the project to get a LR in the future. (on a budget :D ) I see a lot of them sold with the 2.25 diesel. Would it make any sense to try to figure the acceleration/usability by comparing the weight/hp ratio to my present commuter which is a wholly different ballpark? (swift 1.0...

:) Well, I thought that MOT is generally more serious in UK than here. :) (bribing is very common and not giving a flying f**k too. I got a technical test here on my car, two months later my left wheel fell out when braked to halt at a redlight... The part holding the swingarm was rotten like...

I guess you will need a good friend or a pair of good hands with the welding torch. :) Would love to see it fixed up though as I'm a camper man too. When I bougth a motorcycle off ebay without papers I had a numberplate on it. With that I got the V5 from DVLA for 25 pounds. Really...

It might be a very green question, but what do you weld with? I have a simple 90A arc welder which I presume is good to shovel together a fence or gate. Would that be inadequate for welding jobs on the chassis? On more question. I'm planning to buy a landy soon and take it abroad. what...

Good, list, I'll keep that in mind. about the tinworm. How difficult is to work on Landys? I mean from a welder point of view. Labour in Poland is pretty cheap, and since the bad weather and salting of the roads they eat the cars literally, there are a lot of welders capable of doing...

Hi, the idea is to go to UK and buy one, preferably with tax and MOT so I can drive it home. (If it will manage. :D ) Registering in Poland. I had to sell a brilliant donor for a camper when I met with the problem of registering RHD. GRRR It has to be converted to LHD. Fortunately the...

Hi, As I said in the newbie topic I'm considering getting a series. One of our big problem here (overseas) is parts availability. What usually goes wrong on a land rover, and which modell-engine-gerabox I should be looking after? As I see it: I'd like the old 2.25 petrol (preferably the 5...

Dear All, Please throw me a couple of ideas about engines, pro and contra. I'm planning to get an old Series I-II-III, maybe a defender, for hobbycar, and holidays. Generally I will use it on normal roads, so fuel economy would be more important than power and torque. (I'm also very...

Hi. Thanks for the info. did you mean the generator belt and cyl-head gasket? I thought the 2286 cc petrol has cam chain... I saw on gumtree a LWB truck with solid chasse but no MOT due to lights/electrics. That could be a day work for me. The car was for 500 pounds. :) If I'd still be...

Hehe, I get that a lot. :D An idea for RHD-LHD conversion: As I can see on some pictures, the steering is quite simple: http://www.series123.com/USAhomepages/index58/index.html It could be fixed, by cutting out a proper mounting place for the relay in the left side of the frame, welding...

Hello All, I'm Zoltan. Currently living in Poland, lived a few years in UK and somehow developed a love for old, massive rolling irons. I used to ride (and still am) old motorcykles. (rode a 1982 Jawa from Hungary to England, the chaps in Bishops Station garage were really amazed... :D )...