In a message dated 5/24/2001 11:54:07 AM US Mountain Standard Time, "Hope
Peter" <hope_peter@bah.com>writes:
> I have made some. They are designed to replace the standard sills. On the
> 88 the mount to the bulkhead outrigger and the outrigger with the tub
> mounts. How similar is your chassis to a standard 109 pickup?
The truck is in pieces for painting this weekend, so I won't be able to
compare it to a civilian three door regular frame until next week. It does
have the two under seat tanks (and their respective outriggers) and the sawed
off ambulance body outriggers. The sills are useless, they're already long
gone in favor of some sliders.
Several suggestions on buying them have been made, and are appreciated. Due
to the eccentricities of the ambulance heritage and the Land Rover
manufacturing curiosities I probably will be better off having them custom
fabricated. I was going to do this in conjunction with some fuel tank
shields similar to those from Kifaru. In Arizona, rocks love Land Rovers and
Land Rovers love rocks, so a little extra insurance would be in order.
I thought the suggestion for the slider / conveyor / roller / tank tread was
... er, creative. If you go that far, why not just add a few JATOs on each
side and turn it into a Harrier Jump Rover? Talk about your ground
clearance! That would be in keeping with the military heritage. The fact
that it was once an ambulance may come in handy here too.
;-)
Let's see, paint job, TI Console parabolics installation, then I get to try
out the ACR head with a Rochester to see how close it comes to the ACR / SU
combo ... I've got a busy weekend in store.
Bob Sharp
Tucson, AZ
The slumbering herd on the Rover Ranch:
52 Series I 80"
53 Series I 80"
60 Series II 88"
63 Series IIa 88"
71 Series IIa 109"
96 Discovery Series I
"Why is it that every project you complete on a Land Rover results in
knowledge and skills you hope you never need to use again?"
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