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Mucking Fagic |
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Good clean fun! |
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Time limitations mean
there is only one page with our most recent exploits but hopefully this will
be expanded in the near future. If you want to know know more please contact
me via the LRO message
board name : Saltwater_Cowboy |
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How it all started : I bought a
cheap Range Rover to launch my Master Craft ski boat, not bad for £365 I
thought. Turned out to be rotten as a pear. After lots of welding the
starter went and I couldn't be arsed to change it. |
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Saw this lovely SIIa with
tax and MOT on ebay and managed to do a swap, what a result! |
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It did not stay standard for long
as we soon added a nice desert cam paint job, Phat eight spokes with diamond
back 7.50 tyres, snorkel made from drain pipe and a little cunning, LWB
axles with 11 inch brakes, salisbury rear axle (cunningly adapted to fit)
FWH plus various other things like stereo, temp gauge etc. |
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Off road its great, on road well
lets just say its interesting! Its certainly better now we have replaced the
bus steering wheel with a nice little moutney but the combination of poor
brakes and off road tyres keeps you on the ball at speed. |
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Our off road buddy Matt B is
always with us on our adventures and his little SJ410 always impresses
people cos he gets stuck less than us, but hey my lunch box weighs more than
his entire vehicle! |
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Talking of getting stuck here we
are in a hole at Bures on a LROC driving day. This one was my fault. I
stalled the engine and could net get it restarted. It took a guy in a
defender with front and rear winches to get us out! |
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Ahh that's more like it, forward
motion and a nice splash! |
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Thats how not to do it! |
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Glad that's not mine! |
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Us walking home after we
knackered the engine! The crankshaft oil seal split losing a vast amount of
oil. Rather than give up a days off roading we continued until the engine
died. Thats hardcore for you! |
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More to come so keep 'em
peeled.... Jay, Gary and Kris. |
Last update 12/12/2002 |