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the founder of the company I worked for was putting rover v8,s into series one,s long before landrover even thought of the concept, went on to enter the paris-dakar as an independent with a chevy motored 110, I told him to ditch the LR gearbox for a yank one,,, didn't listen, box literally melted the plastic bearing carriers somewhere in the desert! fitted a spare box in an attempt to finish, same thing happened. game over. I put a buick v8 in an old army lightweight that was officially clocked at 124.5 mph, it destroyed gearboxes and axles on a weekly basis. I sold it and bought a chevy blaser, only thing that broke in the 4 years I had it was the left hand headlamp when a branch hit it. I agree landrover have definitely lost it a while ago. And I think your grandfather and I would have gotten along famously. respect.

I thought it was purely because the Defender was never going to pass modern safety standards, ncap tests etc.

In stock and ready to go! Will chip 30cm hardwood or 55cm softwood, upwards of 100 hp at the shaft needed.

I did the factory tour of the old Defender line too - the other issue was how labour intensive it was to build compared to the modern range.

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When I looked round the Solihull factory, they admitted, their words not mine 'why make a £40k car for farmers when you can make a £100k car for city boys'

I salute you for your bravery sir! That was down hill, with the wind behind you though right? Mine would probably only reach that if it was parked on the eurostar.

Spoke to one of the old managers at Macduff shipyards up here, they used Larch or Spruce for propping up.

My Vitara was fine at seventy or eighty. They are bigger than a Jimny though. God bless small cars all round though. My 998cc Peugeot 107 hit the limiter at 92 in third. I'm looking at a 550cc or 660cc kei truck for my next vehicle. For the sex appeal over practicality you understand.

I firmly believe landrovers lost its way , most of them are crap, missed the design brief and now are geared up for twats in cities , esp the new defender that looks like a freelander . So my link to landrover was personal , grandfather worked on proto types of vehicles, specialist conversions, design flaws, and alone on his name ,job in body in white I could get a job anywhere. But I can remember alot of issues with v8 diesels and v6 diesels , the engine couldnt take strain along with other issues and he was liaising with gmc at the time . My grandfather died in 99, but I knew about the freelander before it was out, the storm engine, v6/v8 engines , the discovery proto types , sv vehicles. Range rovers etc, and a whole list of other stuff that I can't remember at the age of 42. I do believe he'd be turning in his grave at what has happend to landrover and there direction now

Oh come on, I gout our jimny upto 90mph, but it needs a slab in the back and to anticipate the bounces

Joe is right unfortunately

His weight is.

No mate, my son is though. He went freelance before Christmas after being on the books for 4 years…got him a couple bits to help him on his way. good to read you mate 👍

Good to read you, Rupe! Amazed you're still climbing. I know a few people who have mounted the swivel direct to their bridge to run a more compact setup. It would mean replacing the swivel every couple of LOLERs if that's your thing.

I've got an 02 jimny. Yes they are scary at motorway speeds, and motorway speeds being 55mph in a jimny! But the older type develop 'death wobble' which your other mate likely had (mine has) if fixed makes a massive difference. The OP originally asked about a lower tax runaround alternative to the pickup he already had. The jimny is great, cheap local runaround, incredibly reliable, cheap parts, fun to drive and amazing offload. I havn't tried more than 750kg unbraked towing. Its fine for small stump grinders etc. If OP wants a luxury vehicle to regularly tow 3.5t then don't go for the jimny, but be prepared to pay a lot more tax. Everyone's requirements are different.

Sorbus has stock I think? I think you have to remove the rope from the bottom part, but not necessarily all of the links, and that will give enough space to remove the swivel. Not possible with rope fully in there. I'll take a pic tomorrow.

Looks not too bad just needs a bit of practise. In a video it looked nearly quick as a carabiner. I wouldnt like the extra length of a ring, carabiner and the swivel. Quite tempted, but no where has stock.

The RRP has more of a flat plate that pushes against the rope doesn't it? Similar idea though, the more weight the more pressure.

It looked as if that solid bar was a bit like the lower half of RRP? I am getting more tempted to take the plunge.

All those items could have been found in my house when I was growing up. In fact most of those items would be in every member of my families house.

Are you climbing again then Steve?

For those who haven't got to see one in the flesh yet, the difference from the ZZ is the solid bar that pushes against the rope below the flexing zig zag section. I guess this is what allows it to work in different set ups. The more weight applied the more pressure it puts on the rope. The ZZ doesn't do that. You can see it just above the red body of the device. That part will wear eventually though I'm sure