They're pretty easy to fix up. You put in earplugs and that's that. No deafening noise from the truck and none from people swearing and honking at you.
Hey Mike - Saw that you had posted this yesterday and was immediately interested. I get such a kick seeing all the different body styles of LR. I think I actually sat in one of these in SA, Tx. It was very different sitting so far forwards. Cool little tank you have there and I can't wait to see you bring her back to life. Post lots of pictures!
Thanks, that's the plan!
I've always been a fan of the old European military fc's. We rebuilt an old volvo c303 for my father years ago. He kicks himself to this day for selling it. They're interesting. There's a lot of wow factor and peoples heads turning. As an enthusiast for odd trucks I just couldn't pass it up
The volvo was the same way. Vacuum front and rear axle lockers, portals, removable everything, fun truck to drive. All the odd looks. Only did 55mph tho.
I know it's a bit of a bump, but got some updates:
So when I got the thing home, we tried to see if we could get her to turn over. Threw a battery in, and she turned over but wasn't getting spark. It had one of those "lumination" ignition systems in it, which I suppose are known for not being hugely reliable. So after about 2 days of chasing wires and getting agrivated, I decided to just get a Buick 215 HEI distributor and be done with it. Threw it it, starts up and runs great!
Next in the list, there are a couple spots on the rear x-member needing fixing. Oh, and seats, I guess those are important too.
Never really did the math to be honest... I know of a few people with the xml's on their 101's, and they seem to do fine. It moves around the yard fine. The tires are only about a 2-3" difference from stock anyway, and still has the stock 5.57 axle gears so I can't foresee them being much of a problem
Lol, it was an old jeep bumper, I just had no where to put it so I stuck it up there. The iron-mongery on the front will be coming off at some point I think
I'd like to do winter romp if I can get her on the road in time!
May have, I've been poking around quite a bit. I'm terrible with putting a truck to a face though
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