Stage 1

Printable View

31-07-2017, 07:00 PM
Dr. Watson

1 Attachment(s)

Stage 1

Attachment 73048
31-07-2017, 07:05 PM
Rushy

Oh wow. In 1976 I drove from Alice Springs to Perth in one of those. Long wheel base Landrover I mean.
31-07-2017, 07:54 PM
Dr. Watson

1 Attachment(s)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rushy

Oh wow. In 1976 I drove from Alice Springs to Perth in one of those. Long wheel base Landrover I mean.

Haha - this one was quite nice to drive - after I managed to repair the heater fan - loose plug.

Warm after that ... even going over the pass..
Attachment 73053
31-07-2017, 08:00 PM
Shearer

Stage 2. Spend shit loads keeping it running.
31-07-2017, 08:13 PM
longrange308

Plus down hill when you get to the top :thumbsup:
31-07-2017, 09:31 PM
Dr. Watson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shearer

Stage 2. Spend shit loads keeping it running.

haha- well said.

Although it has been my experience that any 40 year old truck will need $ spent.

Over the last 20 years Iv owned

6 hiluxs
8 70 series cruisers
2 40 series
5 suzukis
9 landrovers

All for various periods of time

Iv spent the most on the cruisers then hiluxs then land rovers then suzukis ...

Go figure.
31-07-2017, 09:34 PM
Guypie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

haha- well said.

Although it has been my experience that any 40 year old truck will need $ spent.

Over the last 20 years Iv owned

6 hiluxs
8 70 series cruisers
2 40 series
5 suzukis
9 landrovers

All for various periods of time

Iv spent the most on the cruisers then hiluxs then land rovers then suzukis ...

Go figure.

Good to hear!

...I just bought a suzuki...
31-07-2017, 09:41 PM
Shearer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

haha- well said.

Although it has been my experience that any 40 year old truck will need $ spent.

Over the last 20 years Iv owned

6 hiluxs
8 70 series cruisers
2 40 series
5 suzukis
9 landrovers

All for various periods of time

Iv spent the most on the cruisers then hiluxs then land rovers then suzukis ...

Go figure.

Wow. That"s 30 vehicles in 20 years. That's one every 8 months on average!
You could hardly have had them long enough for anything to go wrong.
31-07-2017, 09:50 PM
P38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shearer

Wow. That"s 30 vehicles in 20 years. That's one every 8 months on average!
You could hardly have had them long enough for anything to go wrong.

Or he's bloody hard on his gear a fucks it every 8 months ;)

Cheers
Pete
31-07-2017, 10:09 PM
Dr. Watson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shearer

Wow. That"s 30 vehicles in 20 years. That's one every 8 months on average!
You could hardly have had them long enough for anything to go wrong.

Haha ... who said I owned them one at a time?
31-07-2017, 10:11 PM
gadgetman

Quote:

Originally Posted by P38

Or he's bloody hard on his gear a fucks it every 8 months ;)

Cheers
Pete

Well you can't really say that about the Landies, ... they come that way from the design board.
31-07-2017, 10:51 PM
Shearer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Haha ... who said I owned them one at a time?

You can only drive them one at a time though.
31-07-2017, 10:53 PM
veitnamcam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Haha ... who said I owned them one at a time?

Yea but you can only drive one at a time.

My best ever 4wd both in ability and running cost LN106 hilux,supercharged,custom front end 33''s 4.8s tight lsds front and rear....nothing out of the ordinary now but groundbreaking shit back in the day.
Worst vehicle ever in running costs 80series cruiser....and I had an XB Fairmont I put a 460cu carbed worked v8 in that and it was far cheaper :TT TT:

Those old landys arnt too bad standard....just gutless and thirsty, A holden 186 or 202 improves both but then they break axles.

I recon one would go well with say a twin turboed 500+cube Keith Black alloy block in a mild state of tune for low down grunt and 1500ish hp and some heavy Ford running gear.
31-07-2017, 11:11 PM
gadgetman

Quote:

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea but you can only drive one at a time.

My best ever 4wd both in ability and running cost LN106 hilux,supercharged,custom front end 33''s 4.8s tight lsds front and rear....nothing out of the ordinary now but groundbreaking shit back in the day.
Worst vehicle ever in running costs 80series cruiser....and I had an XB Fairmont I put a 460cu carbed worked v8 in that and it was far cheaper :TT TT:

Those old landys arnt too bad standard....just gutless and thirsty, A holden 186 or 202 improves both but then they break axles.

I recon one would go well with say a twin turboed 500+cube Keith Black alloy block in a mild state of tune for low down grunt and 1500ish hp and some heavy Ford running gear.

I think my twins best landie was the one with a 186 and an Eaton diff in the rear.
01-08-2017, 08:53 AM
Mathias

Nice truck Doc. My brother just drove a series 3 shorty from Wanaka to Christchurch in the weekend, it was -4 at Tekapo and she just purred along the whole trip. He inherited it from our uncle, deal was it had to stay in the family and I'm on the list to own her later on.
01-08-2017, 09:57 AM
Dr. Watson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias

Nice truck Doc. My brother just drove a series 3 shorty from Wanaka to Christchurch in the weekend, it was -4 at Tekapo and she just purred along the whole trip. He inherited it from our uncle, deal was it had to stay in the family and I'm on the list to own her later on.

Yeah I missed out on that trip by the looks of the photos.
05-08-2017, 10:18 AM
Chilli_Dog

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Attachment 73048

I would quite like one of these one day, it would turn into another project though... engine swap with the 4.5l V8 in my RRC and parabolic springs would probably do the trick.
These are full time 4wd with an LT95 arent they?
06-08-2017, 07:32 AM
Dr. Watson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chilli_Dog

I would quite like one of these one day, it would turn into another project though... engine swap with the 4.5l V8 in my RRC and parabolic springs would probably do the trick.
These are full time 4wd with an LT95 arent they?

Yeah they are full time and then toggle levers for low range and CDL.

They are going up in price something crazy... as is every old Land Rover for some reason...

The whole thing is nuts - ten years ago you could not give away a series or early Rangie now a tidy original example sells for 10k plus with the latter more like 20!!

Still odd ball, poorly made, half thought out old trucks so far as I can tell... to want to buy one you just have to love them - which I do - there is no real value
06-08-2017, 09:13 AM
hotbarrels

Had a stage 1 for a number of years. Set it up as a camper with a double bed in the back. Ran very well on LPG. Wife and I did some magic trips in that prior to the kids arriving.
06-08-2017, 09:29 AM
Ingrid 51

I traded my Hilux double cab on last years Suzuki. 'Zukerman' goes everywhere I want it to, esp with A/T's. Surprised a Prado-driving mate.
06-08-2017, 11:03 AM
possum_shooter

Going by the title I was expecting to see something with a stage 1 ecu upgrade. Guess that's not an option in the rover
06-08-2017, 01:00 PM
Mathias

Army disposed of a few of these at auction about 4-5 years ago from memory. My mate bought an ex signals unit and a matching single axle trailer to boot. He just put them away in storage after giving the running gear a good going over. Lindsay at Christchurch Motorcycles bought 4 from memory, probably still has some of those stored up as he trades in all sorts of stuff, including Mil Mi-34S Helicopters.