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    I am an imposter

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by daz76

    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

    Scammell Pioneer Gallery

    in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)

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    This ex tank transporter is interesting i think it was one of the small batch converted by the army for draw bar haulage with concrete blocks mounted where the fifth wheel would have been and from demob had found a new life as a civvy recovery. I cant make out the name on the headboard but the building is owned John Wise agriculture engineers

    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

    LR Lightweight: legroom?

    in British Vehicles

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    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:

    Scammell Cabs

    in British Vehicles

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    There was a difference between early and late cabs. I have an EMER somewhere about replacing windscreens on early contracts.

    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:

    Scammell Cabs

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    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

    20 Inch British Wheels and Tyres

    in British Vehicles

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    Looks very much like Pioneer or explorer.Too me

    If the tyres are the wrong size Daz give me a pm as i'm looking for some 14.00 x 20 bar grips

    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

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