J.J.B. wrote:a couple of old Range Rover classics ('88 & '90), both V8s that were 3.5 and 3.9 respectively.
I'm especially keen on those five-door models during the mid-to-late eighties, before RRs became so well appointed and cosseting, not to mention prohibitively complex too.
I've learnt something about the removal of the body on the Disco 3 now. It sounds like a very impressive design characteristic. It must have cost a lot to build that capability into the design of the product. I can't help but think that this capability of the earlier Series-type Land Rovers was the motivation behind the feature in the latest vehicles.
Thanks for the offer of the workshop manuals. Perhaps they are those which are listed on LandRoverResource com, in which case I need not trouble you to upload for me. Thanks indeed anyway.
That's real off road stuff. Not many modern flash SUV's would manage that
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richard wrote:That's real off road stuff. Not many modern flash SUV's would manage that
Well, both the cars in that video appear to have modified suspension, and offroad tyres. And both of them were struggling in places, although some of it was the drivers fault. Anybody serious about offroading would not have that ruddy great towbar as on the blue Range Rover for a start!
There are not too many modern SUV`s that are more "flash" than a series 3 or 4 Discovery and Range Rover Sport. Anyone of them stock standard would have traversed all of that without several attempts, and the wheel spinning that occured with both of the cars shown. The modern system of traction control and variable height air suspension would ensure that all of them sailed over it regardless of the drivers shortcomings.
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There are not too many modern SUV`s that are more "flash" than a series 3 or 4 Discovery and Range Rover Sport. Anyone of them stock standard would have traversed all of that without several attempts, and the wheel spinning that occured with both of the cars shown. The modern system of traction control and variable height air suspension would ensure that all of them sailed over it regardless of the drivers shortcomings.
That's true to an extent but I used to do stuff like that with a Land Rover club in the UK and we used to find that when we went to quarries, the guys with all the fancy expensive vehicles wouldn't turn up because they were too scared of scratching the paint.
Actually the lads who had the most fun had a couple of derelict non-road legal series III SWB Land Rovers with cut away wheel arches, dump truck tires and exhaust systems going straight up through the bonnet.
We had a guy with an early Range Rover who had turned it into a shortened pickup by cutting the back end of the roof off and moving the tailgate forward which got rid of the overhang at the back and made it very capable.
