Amphibi boy

here is the picture of the tdi in the defender, its a disco tdi, (easier to get hold of) its further along now, i mounted all the radiator, intercooler and front end today, got to fit the wing radio box's and antenna's next. im not restoring it, just doing the conversion for the owner, the resto and painting is for him. it looks a little rough, but its solid. if it was mine i would have torn it apart and rebuilt it fully. cheers shaun

Paul, Have you seen the larc for sale on milweb, that would be a good project for you! Shaun

Your addicted! I would love more toy's, but not sure the missus would let me get too many, ( although her hobby, horses, costs just about as much) but i have a couple more in mind! Cheers Shaun

Excellent work as usual adrian. A question about the original "cast" ones, would they be strong enough in aluminium? As it would be easier to cast for the "home d.i.y'er" or would they be too soft? :nut: And its always good to see your posts, the work you do is great. :-D Cheers Shaun

How's progress with stolly? Or now your 2 new toys have arrived, has your main input gone on them! Cheers Shaun

Paul, I will ask my friend, but i think its piro that he uses, im not sure. I dont know if he has a manual for it. I see one at withams a few months back, perhaps they have some spares, who knows! (but dont forget if you tow it, disconect the driveshafts, or crack, they will break) they were only connected to move the gun around. You could always try the artillery museum for info. Cheers Shaun

Hi dan, I have this conversion underway At the moment in my garage for a friend. The 110 is 12v, like said before, just check the bulbs, if there is no obvious second battery, or even the "this vehicle is 12/24v" decal on the rear crossmember. As said previously, If you have a 200 tdi then its easy, dont use the auto box, unless you really hanker after an auto. Use the original g.box, assuming its a 200 tdi, take off the flexplate, ( where the flywheel should be, as its an auto) take off the flywheel casing, at rear of engine. Use the casing and flywheel from the defender engine, makes life so easy, Hopefully you kept ancilleries from the tdi donor. Fuel connection (banjo) on pump is different. Change the engine loom from the defender to the tdi Then dont forget you will need to change the radiator, for a tdi rad and intercooler, unless you go non turbo with the tdi, but this, although reliable, is then not that much more power over the 2.5 t.diesel. Use the engine mounts from the original engine onto the tdi You should do a build up thread and post some pictures, i didnt think about it until i was part way through the conversion. Hope this helps Cheers Shaun

Hey paul, They are a nice piece of kit, and very impressive when firing. My friend has one, live firing, but obviously he does'nt fire live rounds! Just big bangs. I have a picture kicking about somewhere of a stolly towing a big gun, and if memory serves me correct, its a fh70. I will try to hunt it out. Cheers Shaun

I remember seeing some in museums when i was younger, took many photos. I will have a look for them, see what there reg numbers are, it may also jog my memory from what museums they came from. I know one was in lincolnshire, it was a big shed, like it was in someones back garden, but had a nice collection of vehicles. Shaun

Thats probably because you were taking pictures of the sheep after drinking the whisky!

So paul, Are you happy with her, and hope there was no bad supprises for you as you didnt view before. Looking forward to piccy's Shaun

Hi dennis, Great work you are doing in your quest to restore all of the old landies in oz! A question for you, why did the australian army always cut the wings angular shape? :nut: Was it just for clearance? Keep up the good work Shaun

i thought at first, it could be a version of the "coot" atv but all the ones i've seen are fully enclosed. have you had a good rummage around to see if there are any makers plates? shaun

have you got any complete decent ones for sale up there? shaun

ive seen a picture in one of the books showing a stolly braking hard, and the back coming up! :-D will look through my books see if i can find it.

so here they are. (sorry there a bit big, dont know how to reduce them) but as you can see its a dutch, (diesel) L.WT. if i was to do it, i would put it to the looks of a uk spec

Thats a good idea andy, Its always good to look at things From a different view, and when its your own project and not a customers you can take extra time to do mod's like that. But once you have pumped grease into it, wipe off the excess, or the overspill will ruin your nice clean engine bay. Cheers Shaun (i will try and put up a picture here on weekend for you to see the lightweight i have been offered)

Hope you all the best, Cheers Shaun

Hope its nothing too serious matey, Shaun

Whats a stolly worth in scrap? I presume it wont be top dollar as it will be classed as mixed scrap, what with all the rubber, glass etc If your boss was to say, if someone gives him the scrap value, and they take it away, they can buy it. At least someone could buy it for spares/repair, it just seems a shame to see them scrapped. :cry: I would do it, but the cost involved in bringing it back to belgium wouldnt make it viable. Cheers Shaun

Hi, Your doing some nice work, i think the parts/prices are helpfull also. Im thinking about a dutch lightweight as another project, but its alot worse than your first picture, lots of missing parts, its free, but probably better to buy a complete one. Keep up the work, and pictures coming.! Cheers Shaun

Did you get her sorted paul? Although now you have missed playing in the snow! ( it seems to do nothing but pee it down over here at moment) Few weeks ago down in my village was few feet of water in the flooding, would only just about come to top of wheels on the stolly! But i was tempted! :-D Shaun

Good work Robin, Its always nice to sort out any problems and have a good clean once engine and box are out, once its in there is no chance. So have you swam her yet? They are great bits of kit, we used them a good few years ago sand bagging, in uk, when they had some bad floods. A farmwr cut a passageway through a mudbank as it made his journey quicker, but when the rain came and all the water built up it went through this gap and flooded the nearby land and village! :mad: It would be the next vehicle on my wish list! :-D Shaun

Hey paul, I would think its real, looks period. Chambers 101, do you have a lighter photo? Cant see much, but i think your near water, by the looks of the sign post! Cheers Shaun

Nice wheely! He must have been motoring accross there! Great picture, thanks Shaun