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Can anyone help!!!!!!! is there something wrong with me??????.
Why is it when ever i go to look at a landy i end up buying it, i go with the intention of being strong, liking it but going home having not spent any cash. Now i bought another one :D :D :D Cant wait to pick it up tho.
hello my name is louis and im a land roveraholic
innocent bystander
28-05-2005, 20:34
It's genetic, there is no cure, we are borg, resistance is futile :)
It cant be helped, so the best thing is to talk about it. What have you bought ?
a 110 csw prepped by Brownchurch its got everything on it
Roof tents, winch, under body protection im so excited i cant type nfgoahnoahno :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
ps if you read LRO its in the ads this month you cant miss it :D
innocent bystander
28-05-2005, 20:44
Nice :D
Must admit i haven't got a proper one at the moment, i've got a Freelander - so at least it's got a green oval, but i am saving for a real one.... :rolleyes:
You going to Billing this year ? Come to think of it, is anyone going to Billing ?
i might be now lol
i dont think my missus would like the traveling listening to the tunes on my ipod tho :D
innocent bystander
28-05-2005, 20:51
You ought to. I'm going for most of the week, taking the Freebie and a lavvu so keep an eye out... :D
hmmmmmm another excuse to camp lol
ps its also the white 110 in the brownchurch ad and on there website
innocent bystander
28-05-2005, 20:59
This one ?
http://www.brownchurch.co.uk/images/LR-10-95-110.jpg
http://www.brownchurch.co.uk/2001.html
i think its this one 110 top left
innocent bystander
28-05-2005, 21:07
I feel your joy :D :D :D
bushwacker bob
28-05-2005, 21:09
Nice wheels :D
:D its called green blood :D
If anyone knows how i can post a pic let me know as i have some pics of it
I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, can I have a play?? Very nice bit of kit. I have a S2a swb, and dad has a 110 csw (plus a S2). Might be going up to billing for a day this year, havent camped there for a couple of years now, quiet a few things tend to fall on that weekend. My dream LR was at billing the other year, 101FC kitted out for african safari with kitchen, sleeping area, aircon, etc. Was a work of art. One day will have one.
I am sorry flibb there seems to be no known cure for the illness we have.
but it is good fun tho :D
http://www.jbs4x4club.com/jim_cro.jpg
http://www.jbs4x4club.com/DSC06575.jpeg
Heres a couple of pics of my mate Jim Marsden out in Croatia.
This is my Beastie (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VwAAAKEaWJrGzROayriOiQHQMOEP7 NYC4VkzCwwPphTxRdBxrXDhXxqupQl 6MgwsDUNs6nTwqfxhb6UTyTmeM6Il6 ghHMTVLpbNXUYDfIK3B2ywrzW6OJyr JCs4Ai28L/Old%20pictures%20183.jpg?dc=46 75524296914094241)and again (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VwAEA6IamprGzROayriOiQHQMOEP7 NYCzL6FnpSFfOdTucByRWHiVMPDPIo w0uNDtiGI8TShQYp2vxWgqEmex0PLY jVoixjtgdCuek*0hnJqw4VAv4JUDW8 yAhS8YSbV/Old%20pictures%20184.jpg?dc=46 75524296921750418)
nice truck flibb how much rubber!!!!!!!
nice one martin good lookin rover
Here's my old SIII, sold it last year to buy a canoe.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/landymartin/DSCI0031.jpg
I caught the bug with a SIII 109 ex mod (Till the chassis fell apart on me)
Then a 110
then a 90
and now i seem to have ended up with a 90 CSW and a 110 csw which i dont seem to be able to post a pic of
nice truck flibb how much rubber!!!!!!!
Wish it was my one, Jim does LR up for a living and competes in internatinal 4x4 events. Those wheels/tyres are incredible. The tyres are bolted to the wheels, think its 36 bolts per wheel. Hes about to start building a new wagon so that ones going back to normall.
Simex tyre great off road but absolute nightmare on road. Also wear very quickly.
I put Grizzly Claws on mine for off road events. Having said that at the moment she is moastly off road - I've a hundred and one small jobs to do and no time.
There is no explanation, we just need Land Rovers. Have you checked out forum www.difflock.com ? technical questions is the section for you.
Julian.
Difflock - the only other site I really look at.
The oil from the Peter & Simons shop is the dogs danglies - it really does make a difference.
Nice :D
Must admit i haven't got a proper one at the moment, i've got a Freelander - so at least it's got a green oval, but i am saving for a real one.... :rolleyes:
You going to Billing this year ? Come to think of it, is anyone going to Billing ?
Freelander IS a real landrover, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It may not get up killimanjaro, but put it on snow over ice & watch the defender drivers flounder. Chatting to the guys at Trailmasters, they've observed the easiest LR vehicle in deep sand is....Freelander, because it's easier to dig out. Swings & roundabouts though, in mud I'll have a 90, ta. But.....I drive a disco commercial! One day I'll have enough spare cash to complete the collection, rangey for the driveway & a 110 for giggles.
Do come by the unbeatentracks stand, by the river - we're always in the same place - & say hullo! John Muirden will be there from wednesday, I'll be getting there friday early-mid evening & staying till sunday. John usually cooks a large potjie of an evening (there's usually enough) - but bring your own beer :p
Bushmaster
03-06-2005, 02:04
Found this site a while ago,six numbers thats all I need ,just give me six numbers and it's mine. :D
Geoff
http://www.bowler-offroad.com/
Paganwolf
03-06-2005, 06:21
Ill be at billing,im may camp over this year.... you are perfectly normal if you like landrovers, freelander sport and a 109 ex-raf police wagon here and look at me im normal :rolleyes: LOL(Martin dont say a word :o )
innocent bystander
03-06-2005, 06:44
i'll look out for you edi. anyone else gonna be there?
I'll be there, only for the day though, not sure which one as yet. If I stayed the weekend I'm sure I'd end up spending a fortune on nice new shiney stuff! :)
brucemacdonald
03-06-2005, 10:28
I had a 1974 SIII 88" 2.25 diesel with a van hardtop until last year when the engine died. :( I had to sell her to afford to replace the engine.
It was always fun driving her around. She had dodgy brakes, electrics, a rotting chassis and she handled like a shopping trolley. When I first bought her, the steering wheel was from a Montego as a previous owner had thick legs which would not fit under the genuine LR steering wheel! I soon replaced that. Too noisy for a radio, I usually just sang as I drove along.
I haven't lost the LR bug though. Some day I will buy a nice 110 CSW for family bushcrafty transport. But Discos and Freelanders are good too.
if I had the money it would be a 101 but with the Powertoque 2.8Tdi (rebored 300Tdi) rather than the 3.5 V8.
Either that or if I had serious money it would have to be a Llama, just for the rarity value.
Isn't there only the one Llama in existence, it's somewhere like the Dunsfold collection?
I'd love a 101 too, gas it up and leave the V8 in. There's a guy called Martin Bailey over on usenet who has a 101 ambi converted into a camper with a 4.6L V8 and an auto box. If you've been to Billing you've probably seen it, it's purple so you'd remember if you had! You can find some info here
http://www.101fc.net/grumble/index.htm
It's very nice indeed.
Simon,
innocent bystander
03-06-2005, 17:20
There is one fc i keep seeing around, from the outside it looks like an immaculate ambulance - inside, there is a full pine fitted kitchen. Looks real nice... It's usually on the fc owners club stands, and sometimes at old sodbury.
I used to have a s3 lightweight, with 3.0 v6 ford blueprint engine, that was seriously fast. Had to put a salisbury axle on, as it was eating halfshafts for breakfast...
I miss that....
it was eating halfshafts for breakfast...
I miss that....
Wierd innit. I hated my first Disco when I owned it. Sunroof leaks, smoky engine, fuel economy went through the floor at 45k miles, seemed to be a damage magnet (would fill a page to cover the list of things that happened to that landy), but about 3 days after I traded it in for a new Nissan Patrol I realised I'd made a mistake & a day doesn't go by that I don't wonder if I'd still be running it had I known about the exhaust gas recirculator & mechanical timing belts (same price as a main dealer cam-belt change). I like my current TD5 unit, a lot, but I miss my 300Tdi XS 3 door. It never actually let me down. If the current owner of R852KOJ is a member of these forums, I'd love to know how the beast is doing.
BorderReiver
04-06-2005, 19:49
Wierd innit. I hated my first Disco when I owned it. Sunroof leaks, smoky engine, fuel economy went through the floor at 45k miles, seemed to be a damage magnet (would fill a page to cover the list of things that happened to that landy), but about 3 days after I traded it in for a new Nissan Patrol I realised I'd made a mistake & a day doesn't go by that I don't wonder if I'd still be running it had I known about the exhaust gas recirculator & mechanical timing belts (same price as a main dealer cam-belt change). I like my current TD5 unit, a lot, but I miss my 300Tdi XS 3 door. It never actually let me down. If the current owner of R852KOJ is a member of these forums, I'd love to know how the beast is doing.
I'm filling up............
innocent bystander
04-06-2005, 20:23
I think that every time you have to repair it or replace a part, you leave a little piece of you behind. Normally your fingertips, or blood generally.
After a while the thing owns your soul. It cannot do wrong, even if you lunch the gearbox in the middle of nowhere, cogs strewn across a mile of track, beyond the range of mobile phones. You will forgive it. Mad really...
[QUOTE=innocent bystander]I think that every time you have to repair it or replace a part, you leave a little piece of you behind. Normally your fingertips, or blood generally.QUOTE]
ROTFLMAO !!!!!! :D
I have a 74 SIII that has been **completely** rebuilt from the ground upwards, and used to have a 300TDi Disco, both of which have had more of my blood than the Blood Transfusion Service...
Wouldn't be without the Series though....
Cheers
Peter