afvnut75 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Hi the oppitunity of buying a fox has recently been waved under my nose and i have a few questions how do the foxs compare to the ferret in driving, reliability, and ease of maintainance ? And there have been alot of people on occasion in hearing distance at shows who dont like foxes are they prone to rolling over and do they eat gearboxes ? and what is the fuel consuption as compared to the ferret, and is the jaguar j60 a fragile engine compared to b60 and is it preselect gearbox as well ? if i have upset current fox owners i do apologise i have never seen a fox run let alone been inside one its a vehicle that i know nothing about but they do interest me greatly so i dont know whether i have my head full of negitive rumours and jaundiced opinions or are they fact ? I would be very grateful for any info about these vehicles from a potential buying point of view also what do i look out for when viewing and test driving a fox ? many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Great bit of kit, parts very thin on the ground.. have a read of the past threads http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/search.php?searchid=328776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasSomT. Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Re fuel consumtion: I remember doing a rough comparison on excercise in the TA unit I was in in the 70s-early 80s, and seem to recall the Ferret doing about 4mpg and the Fox doing 14mpg. That was a typical (for us, anyway!) half hour flat-out blast, then 2 - 3 hrs hanging about with the engines idling, or the Fox running the BV for a brew/meal. Don't forget they both had 2 radio sets drawing current all the time. In 'Civvie' use, on 'sensible journeys' (!) with no radio sets, no prolonged idling, both vehicles would manage far better than the figures I gave. Hope this helps Chas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 i was told its not really a carb on a ferret just a big funnel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 This one on milweb looks interesting http://www.milweb.net/webverts/49504/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 This one on milweb looks interestinghttp://www.milweb.net/webverts/49504/ Fictional registration number, it's been for sale for a while, and it's cheap.... I wonder what's up with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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