Here's my old girl, a Series 111 LWB Safari, but you didn't need me to tell you that! A wheel/tyre change, a few bit and pieces, and then, some travelling!
My old girl had the Land Rover "bubbling" effect on the doors, as they do! But due to modern technology and some TLC she now looks like new.
Due to some overlanding in the near future, some type of visual protection/security was needed to stop prying eyes. After a lot of thought, well some thought and some wine, tinting was decided on............
After a faultless 4x4 offroading weekend, and after doing all I asked of her, I headed home, only for a head gasket to blow on the way back. :(
Turns out it wasn't a head gasket, the head cracked. Landrovers, don't you just love them!
She's back, and sounding very, very sweet, and stays on the "N" even in heavy traffic. All with a new MOT.
So here's the mains things that have been renewed/changed;
Cylinder head (complete i.e. valves, stems, rods, hot spots etc) - Head/water pump/thermostat gaskets etc - Fan and shroud - Radiator - Temp sender - Glow plugs Thermostat - Rad hoses - Fan belt
and various bit and pieces.
So driving her around gently for a couple hundred miles, and enjoying it.
Many, many thanks to Keith Gott Landrovers (see "links" page) for getting her together again. Special thanks to Darryl, Trevor and Leon.
For travelling, a wheel/tyre change was needed and I was lucky enough to come across 5 General Grabber AT2's, got them fitted on my old OE wheels, otherwise known as wolf rims. These heavy-duty rims give me a bigger offset.
Wanting to keep the middle seats, because they're useful and can fold flat, I'd wanted also to make full use of the rear space.
After removing the rear seats, but keeping the cushions (just in case), I've got a couple of good steel trunks (one showing, and a smaller one which goes in front, allowing access the rear one), these are both lockable and secured to the Landy. (ignore the little plastic carrier, I've got 4 20L jerricans and 2 25L water jerricans, which will be secured in the same area).
Along with a caranex tent, multi-fuel stove, gas stove, cambro coolbox, and many other bits and pieces of camping equipment, some spare parts, recovery/breakdown equipment, Landy manuals/off road books, and a good amount of tools.
Although this is by no means the total amount of equipment I'll be carrying, and they'll be more to buy in the near future, hopefully.................
.............we're both ready to travel, at least around Western Europe to start. :)
Thank you for looking!
My old girl had the Land Rover "bubbling" effect on the doors, as they do! But due to modern technology and some TLC she now looks like new.
Due to some overlanding in the near future, some type of visual protection/security was needed to stop prying eyes. After a lot of thought, well some thought and some wine, tinting was decided on............
After a faultless 4x4 offroading weekend, and after doing all I asked of her, I headed home, only for a head gasket to blow on the way back. :(
Turns out it wasn't a head gasket, the head cracked. Landrovers, don't you just love them!
She's back, and sounding very, very sweet, and stays on the "N" even in heavy traffic. All with a new MOT.
So here's the mains things that have been renewed/changed;
Cylinder head (complete i.e. valves, stems, rods, hot spots etc) - Head/water pump/thermostat gaskets etc - Fan and shroud - Radiator - Temp sender - Glow plugs Thermostat - Rad hoses - Fan belt
and various bit and pieces.
So driving her around gently for a couple hundred miles, and enjoying it.
Many, many thanks to Keith Gott Landrovers (see "links" page) for getting her together again. Special thanks to Darryl, Trevor and Leon.
For travelling, a wheel/tyre change was needed and I was lucky enough to come across 5 General Grabber AT2's, got them fitted on my old OE wheels, otherwise known as wolf rims. These heavy-duty rims give me a bigger offset.
Wanting to keep the middle seats, because they're useful and can fold flat, I'd wanted also to make full use of the rear space.
After removing the rear seats, but keeping the cushions (just in case), I've got a couple of good steel trunks (one showing, and a smaller one which goes in front, allowing access the rear one), these are both lockable and secured to the Landy. (ignore the little plastic carrier, I've got 4 20L jerricans and 2 25L water jerricans, which will be secured in the same area).
Along with a caranex tent, multi-fuel stove, gas stove, cambro coolbox, and many other bits and pieces of camping equipment, some spare parts, recovery/breakdown equipment, Landy manuals/off road books, and a good amount of tools.
Although this is by no means the total amount of equipment I'll be carrying, and they'll be more to buy in the near future, hopefully.................
.............we're both ready to travel, at least around Western Europe to start. :)
Thank you for looking!