PASSED Road Worthy today !!!

[JohnboyLandy]

Yep, even without mudflaps on, but the guy said I need to put them on.

Here's a few pics of what it looks like :
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He was ok with my add-ons too, windscreen washers, reverse lights, sun visors and hazard lights. He wasn't even concerned about the halogen headlights.

Cheers,
John

[bemm52]

Great result are you going to register it as a seven seater

Cheers Paul

[JohnboyLandy]

11 seater Paul, it's a 109" [bigsmile]

Cheers,
John

[oneten]

Wow, looks great. Congrats on getting rego. :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Well Done! that looks bloody great!! :clap2::clap2::clap2:

[BradC]

Here's a few pics of what it looks like :


That's no motor vehicle. That's art on wheels.

Just beautiful.

[Cap]

By the looks of it its more a case of being a surprise if it DIDNT pass inspection. Great work.

[JohnboyLandy]

Thanks for the applause guys, it's been a long 2 1/2 years :-)

Cheers,
John

[Bigbjorn]

Did the inspector give you any heartburn about braking performance? A mate is into a certain 50's -60's pommy make and has restored three of them over the last 10 years or so. One of them was not going to pass the test and he was sent away to improve the braking. Small 4 wheel drums on these. The entire system was eventually replaced and still no pass. He found a guy who worked for his local dealership for many years and had him drive it. First comment was " It's got good brakes". Managed to eventually convince the inspector that 50 y.o. cars with unassisted drum brakes don't stop well and this one was right up to "as new" standard.

Other guys in my car club have had the same problem with other makes of old cars. Young mechanics (under 50) have had little to do with early vehicles and their poor braking performance. I wonder what he would have thought of the 1926 Chev. I owned when aged 16. Two wheel contracting brakes. Almost no braking in wet weather.

[JohnboyLandy]

Hi Bigbjorn, I was concerned about the brakes myself, and I have only bled them myself using normal method, i.e. no power bleeder etc, but I do have a booster so that probably helped.

The brake test consisted of me driving down my short street with the inspector sitting in the passenger seat, and I got it up to as much speed as I dared and hit the brakes. He was satisfied that it stopped ok although I don't think we actually hit 60 klm/hr as we're supposed to for the test. Neither of us were wearing our seatbelts :-)

I think it comes down a lot to the inspector you choose.

Cheers,
John

[Cap]

Neither of us were wearing our seatbelts :-)
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Hmm, I like this tactic... slamming the brakes on with no seatbelts, I recon any inspector would agree brakes are working lol

[Bigbjorn]

Hi

I think it comes down a lot to the inspector you choose.

Cheers,
John



The inspector is supposed to use a brake performance (Tapley) meter. All inspection stations are required to have and use one. Herein lies the problem with old cars and their brakes.

[grey_ghost]

Here in Vic, my RWC guy provides me with a brake test slip of paper as part of the RWC. So far all of my Series vehicles have managed to pass! [emoji1303]

[JohnboyLandy]

Now registered as a "minibus" [bigsmile]

Cheers,
John

[whitehillbilly64]

Good work John.
Another couple of weeks for me, hopefully.
Local Roadworthy testers have used a 'Donner' car for brake test [bigwhistle]

whitehillbilly

[OneOff]

Cracking job!.. Well done Lad!!



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[JDNSW]

Actually, a Series Landrover with brakes in good repair should have no issues meeting the specified braking performance. Without a booster the swb will require higher pedal pressures, but they still stop pretty well. Unloaded, the lwb is even better due to the two leading shoes, but can be a bit weak going backwards.

However, if you are used to driving modern cars and using brakes a lot, you need to be aware of two shortcomings compared to today's brakes.

1. Particularly when at maximum weight and/or towing an unbraked trailer, it is very easy to induce brake fade, especially on long downhill stretches.

2. Driving through water deep enough to get significant water into the drums will stop them working almost entirely until they are dry. After driving through water, drive with the footbrak on lightly until you feel the brakes start to bite.

[Rocket88]

Now registered as a "minibus" [bigsmile]

Cheers,
John

So, does the vehicle ID plate specify the 11 seat capacity? my swb has seating for four in the back, but ID plate says seating capacity is 3.

[JohnboyLandy]

Yep, my plate has 11 on it.

Cheers.
John