Thread: Show us your Deefers !

Finally a decent muddy photo

This is after the weekends escapades down the West coast. It was my first taste of serious tracks. We did Wombat Flats and the Cold river Track

It involved removing and straightening the track track rod twice, many many uses of both lockers, a dent in the front panel , a fair bit of winching, one popped off tyre, lots of severe hill climbs, an issue with the turbo not providing full boost and a bit of rain. Sorry I don't have any other photos of the track itself

The fellas I went with took two Series I landies through. One with modified body work but stock driveline and engine the other standard apart from a Holden engine

This is the track that 4WD Action attempted but ended up severely damaging most of the vehicles on the trip

That's a nice looking truck Jock! How did the series 1's go on the tracks?

Edward

The time has come to add my bit to this thread...

After owning a couple of 1985 County 110 Wagons I decided to get a nice shiny new Stornoway Grey MY10 Deefer, affectionately known as Rocky III. Things were going really well, but then an unfortunate incident occurred where the air intake went under water in an innocent looking puddle that turned out to be much deeper than it seemed it could possibly be. The insurance company decided to write the car off rather than repair it. Apparently this is standard practice for water damage. So they gave me a nice Fuji White MY11 Deefer now known as Rocky IV. I was very happy with the set-up on Rocky III, so I just added the same accessories all over again to Rocky IV. Plus a snorkel.

That's a sad end to the grey one. Hope someone gets to use the salvageable parts from it, otherwise that'd be a terrible waste.

Like your winch bar. Looks very English

RVR110

Did Rock III ever start again?.
Looking at your pic, the water still has to go up a fair way to enter the motor.
How did the electrics under the drivers seat fair. I assuming all bad, but just
interested.
Insurance seem to have a blanket rule if the sills go under water, the car goes out the door.

I am familiar with the process, haven ridden the wave myself.

I see you have added a snorkel.

I almost have done same but no more than a hour or to after fitting my snorkel.

I like the winch bar.

Easo

Originally Posted by I Love My Landy!

That's a nice looking truck Jock! How did the series 1's go on the tracks?

Edward

Thanks mate I had to take the rack and a few things off to lower the height

The Series Is did struggle a bit, but both of the drivers had about 45 years combined experience driving down the West coast. It was mainly a case of plenty of right foot

Originally Posted by newhue

RVR110

Did Rock III ever start again?.
Looking at your pic, the water still has to go up a fair way to enter the motor.
How did the electrics under the drivers seat fair. I assuming all bad, but just
interested.
Insurance seem to have a blanket rule if the sills go under water, the car goes out the door.

I am familiar with the process, haven ridden the wave myself.

Hi Newhue,

I don't know the precise cause of death. When I checked, the air filter was absolutely soaked - the engine could have ingested water but there are other possibilities too. The dealer spent a couple of hours and got the engine going, but advised me not to run it for any period of time and that a complete rebuild was required.

During the time it took to remove the car from the puddle, the compartment under the driver's seat had filled up. It had to be bailed out afterwards. A few days later I had to disconnect the battery as the alarm kept getting triggered.