6x6 LR ute spotted in Esperance

[nealo]

Thought some people might like to have a look at this
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/925.jpg

6x6 landie I spotted next door to work today.
Appears to be on a full custom chassis, free wheeling hubs on the rear diff and 2 tailshafts coming from up underneath somewhere.

Has anyone seen this vehicle before??

[Ausfree]

Did you hang around to meet the driver???:)

[isuzurover]

Thought some people might like to have a look at this
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/925.jpg

6x6 landie I spotted next door to work today.
Appears to be on a full custom chassis, free wheeling hubs on the rear diff and 2 tailshafts coming from up underneath somewhere.

Has anyone seen this vehicle before??

It looks like a factory civilian 6x6, with the addition of FWH.

Have a look here:
Land Rover 6x6 (http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Perentie/6x6b.html)

[nealo]

It looks like a factory civilian 6x6, with the addition of FWH.

Have a look here:
Land Rover 6x6 (http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Perentie/6x6b.html)

Thats it ..spot on..fully fabricated chassis...that is waht really stood out

I might ask the boys at Bluescope if they remember who the driver was

[Hay Ewe]

When I was lad growing up in the UK, nearby was the South East Electricy Board Depot and they had LOTS of 6 wheelers, most but not all from memory had cherry pickers on them and running V8's.

Wasnt in to Landys so much then but now I think they would make a GREAT long ranger touring (LRDP :angel: ) vehicle - with the modification of newer diesel engine...

Any way, just posting because I am a bit jelous

[JDNSW]

There were a relatively small number of these sold (during the same time period as the Perentie project, second half of the eighties), mainly to mining companies etc, who mostly ran them into the ground within a few years. There now seem to very few around - and the owners do not seem anxious to part with them. While the load carrying capability is much greater (both space and weight) than other Landrovers, they are also a lot bigger, and the relatively low top speed would be a drawback for touring - they have 4.7 diffs unless I am mistaken. All were supplied with 4BD1T turbocharged 3.9 diesels. They are an Australia only model.

John

[Lotz-A-Landies]

It looks like a factory civilian 6x6, with the addition of FWH.

Have a look here:
Land Rover 6x6 (http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Perentie/6x6b.html)
When I was lad growing up in the UK, nearby was the South East Electricy Board Depot and they had LOTS of 6 wheelers, most but not all from memory had cherry pickers on them and running V8's. ...It has leaf spring on the rear so likely one of the JRA Moorebank factory 6X6.

The UK Southern Electricity 6X6 Defender were coil sprung, Reynolds Boughton/Land Rover Special Vehicles construction. (I have one)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/876.jpg

Some earlier models:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/03/1093.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/877.jpg

[CraigE]

Nealo, It could possibly be a guy I used to know from Kalgoorlie Paul Vaughan, he had one of these sitting in his back yard for some time. Maybe he has finally got it on the road or sold it to someone that has.

[LieutenantRover]

Paul shifted to Townsville some time ago and his is a dual cab, one chassis number from mine.

[LieutenantRover]

Had this in Esperance last night, home this morning. Drives well 7kplitre on the way down and 9+ on the way back. Trailers an early one going by the ARN