Fronty Owner
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I haven't driven an LJ. A guy at work had a JK for a while. it wasn't bad for passenger room.
J.L. said:I'm a landrover fan also. They are easy to fix/maintain and have lots of room to modify. Recently there was a landrover pickup '76 on sale for $950.00 on Craigslist. It was going to become my next restoration project (to be towed behind my rv/BOV. Unfortunately, the owner sold it within 1 day of posting. Now it is on Craigslist again. The new owner wants $12,000.00 for it. I does not seem like he did anything to it. They are great vehicles.
bellofello said:I kind of think of it the same way as your landrover in a sense, mechanical turbo diesel, no computer or electronics to fail.[/quote
Nice lot of mud you got there, looks like your truck will do ok if the roads fail!
Landys are here in canada in fairly large numbers, but tend to be the older style "series" gasoline ones, with leaf springs, they are low tech in the extreme, and just keep on going, you can find them on kijiji quite often, or if you want to pay double the price look on ebay in the states, the ones like i have the "defender" models, are a little more comfortable, with coils and decent diesel engines,not racing cars cos they are never gonna scare you with sheer speed
but the ride etc is better, they look mostly the same as the series ones, the main change being the flush radiator panel, to account for the gearbox motor changes, and the wheel arch "eyebrows" to cover the wider axles, and the one piece taller windshield, but thats about it to the untrained casual eye.
they are cheap in the UK, a bit like old jeeps are here, but her in canada they seem to fetch much higher prices, but whatever they cost, the truth is they just keep on going, the only steel on them is the frame, and bulkhead, the rest of the body is aluminium, so that helps,
if you get one you will love it or hate it almost immediately! :roll: if you love it your finished, you will never be without one , if you hate it, it will grow on you, and then you're finished cos you will never be without one!! and they tend to breed! i know several landy owners who have 2 or more in various stages of "repair" or "restoration" look on the M O R E forum, maritime org of rover enthusiasts, it will give you an idea! glad you like it cheers, Dave
bellofello said:Out of curiosity, how large is the engine bay on the older leaf spring style gas trucks?
The initial image that came to mind was:
-12valve cummins mechanical turbo diesel (worked a bit of course)
-with 1ton drivetrain (trans/transfer case/axles/etc)
-smallest amount of lift possible to clear larger (37-39"?) tires.
I'd rather trim fenders that do a 6" lift and whack out your center of gravity.
I'm more into a slow crawling torquey little train engine that could, than a modern "comfy" truck when it comes to my end of world bov.
The engine bay on all series and defender models is a huge empty hole, basicly look at the shape of the hood, and thats the size of the engine bay, people have fitted all kinds of motors in them, v8 are no problem, with all kinds of gearbox choices! underneath there is tons of space due to the box chassis, and people have converted leaf to coil airbags etc, , and i once saw active suspension, which was pneumatic pistons like big shocks, which could have auto or manual height and ride stiffness, could even control indepenantly all 4 corners, so if on a side slope on steep hill, you could let down the uphill side, and raise the downhill side so you travelled level! :mrgreen:
no idea if they still make em but more to go wrong i suppose, the landy has good clearance as standard so no real need for lifts, and hi and lo gears 2 and 4x4 shift, and on defenders perm 4x4 and a centre diff lock, as a stock truck goes it is just about perfect, (think jeep guys will disagree hehehe )