daz76

This has just given me an idea how to trim the top of a high hedge...:cool2:

Welcome anyway. I don't recognise the system you mention for road going vehicles, but there is an Autosteer system for Tractors which enables straightline accuracy. The tractor literally steers itself. Not ideal on a vehicle built for the road...:shake:This is probably a different thing altogether but have you thoroughly checked all pipework for leaks. There may be filters in the system which need a cleanout. Is the cold weather a likely cause? Moisture in the air can freeze in air systems. sorry if I'm stating the obvious. Hopefully someone will be more helpful than me. Hope you get it sorted. Daz

Hanno- I think that if you're looking for an HMV land rover that's as good a place as any to start! Let us know what you get and photos please! :-D

Les- I don't know if this firm existed, but it seems to say Metcalfes Thirsk on the headboard unless anyone else can make it out better? I'm going to Thirsk in a couple of days so I'll ask around. Thanks for posting a great photo. daz

Well there are a few options really, but no land rover has been designed with passenger comfort in mind. I'm the same height as you and possess a racing snake 21 stone figure with size 14 clod hoppers. Long trips can be numbing to the nether regions and weirdly, the ankles.... It's a question of how much you love old landies versus how prepared you are to suffer a little discomfort. Don't even consider an 80" series 1. The 88 and 109's are ok for long distance travel. I agree with Rambo that a smaller steering wheel is a good start. On standard 7.50 tyres there's very little difference in effort to turn the wheel and I ran a series 3 109 diesel on 31/10.50/15's which you just get used to driving like that. You just have to get rolling before turning the wheel. The smaller wheel allows you to fit better, more comfortable(thicker) seats from later land rovers or just about any other car and still get your legs under the wheel. Companies like MUD UK offer diy fit MUD rails to lift the seat base slightly, allowing it to slide further back than standard and/or recline more. This only works if you have a Landy with no bulkhead behind the seats, otherwise chop it out and put a bulkhead removal bar in. BIG increase in comfort and you have more room for the right knee between wheel and door! The station wagon tropical roofs allow less headroom than a standard hard/soft top. Something else to bear in mind is that if you make the driver's seat too high, you continually have to duck to see where you're going under the top of the windscreen frame. Of course it goes without mention that you have to adopt the land rover driving position of elbow out the window to allow you to close the door and sit in front of the steering wheel. None of these mods will please the purists though. I admit to being into old land rovers more than the defenders, but if it's comfort you're after the series landy is not the place to start. :nono:

:tup:: Clive.

Ah. That would make sense Croc. Ta for that. I imagine panel fit would have included some fair amount of play, although probably not as much as the mid 90's Range Rover I've been driving today....:nono:

Welcome to the forum Joe. An interesting website you have there. Nice collection of Land rovers too. Good luck with the Matador. Daz

I am assuming that Scammell in the 50's built their vehicles by hand and this would account for the huge difference in the cab I removed from my Explorer and it's replacement. The frame is an exact fit, but all the smaller items-pipework etc. are subtly different. Each must have been tailor made, as I have a cab frame and bulkhead from one Explorer and a windscreen frame from another and they are not matched at all. The windscreen frame is a good inch shorter than the gap it needs to fill on the replacement cab and we have made up a spacer in the frame to make it deep enough. Can anyone tell me more about the manufacturing as I would like to know if cabs were built by a certain person or team, therefore making them different to those built by other people. I can't find any info on how they were building lorries at the time. Thanks. Daz

Yes and YES! Would love to see photos. :yay:

Here Smiler- I just heard that a Ford Cortina MK2 has wiped the floor with all the competition (Ferrari's and other rarities included) at the national concourse. Bloke's been rebuilding it for 15 yrs. :shocked: Some achievement! Do you do this kind of stuff?

Welcome C.P.. we would love to see some photos if you have the time. :cool2:

Thanks Jules for your offer but I need to go up there anyway so nothing lost. If for some reason there's a problem with these I may well be in touch. Daz

Thanks Les. Haven't seen these before. Thanks for sharing them.

Welcome to the forum. I think you'll like it here. Daz

Sounds like you made the right decision with this one. Not much point having good mechanicals if there's nothing holding it all together. Are you hanging on to the Jeep or keeping on the lookout for something else? Maybe the children thought the Lucozade would help the computer run faster.....:n00b:

Ok Mate. I'm really after the rims as a couple of mine are very bad. I'll let you know when I get them, although the tread looks pretty well worn in the photos. Cheers. Daz

I have made enquiries as a couple of my rims are rusted badly. A long trip to get them, but hey ho, everywhere is a long way from Cornwall. Thanks for the heads up Bodge. :tup:: Daz

Not a great start mate. Hope the job get easier.

Never give up hope of an Explorer etc. Smiler. Mine cost me 1500 but that was over a decade ago. You never know what you'll stumble across. Good luck with the search mate and let us know what you find. Daz

Here you go. Not British admittedly. Some TLC required.....:shake: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/haflinger-austrian-military-vehicle-steyr-puch-engine_W0QQitemZ230398085563QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item35a4cbc9bb

Keep us posted on this if you don't mind Nick. Mine's leaking oil so I know I've got this job looming sometime. (Not a problem with an annual mileage of 2 at the moment!) :drive: Not a job I've tried before. Hope it goes smoothly for you.

Great. Thanks Mike. A splash of paint makes all the difference, doesn' t it? Good luck with the rest of the resoration. Downhill all the way now :coffee:

I've always admired the Pinz and it looks like you're doing a fantastic job on this one. what about the other? will you finish it differently or keep it for spares? Cheers. Daz

Welcome to the forum. I particularly like the look of the 130/Penman 6x6. Very nice!