Pat Callinan's new ride.

[CraigE]

Latest issue of 4wd Monthly former editor Pat Callinan has come back across to the Land Rover fold. He has purchased a 130 twin cab tdi. Maybe we will see him on here soon.
:) :)

[Omaroo]

So... he managed to sell the Camel.....

[tombraider]

So... he managed to sell the Camel.....

Yeah, the illegal, wallowing pile of crud that it was :twisted:

Tombraider

[McDisco]

The camel is that ugly petrol 100 series they did up right?

[Omaroo]

Good old Pat did no-one in the 4WD fraternity any favours over this debacle....


The camel is that ugly petrol 100 series they did up right?
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The Daily Telegraph - Friday 10 December 2005

Editor's illegal monster truck
EXCLUSIVE - By HEATH ASTON - Transport Writer
THE editor of Australia's biggest selling 4WD magazine has been driving around Sydney in a modified monster truck that his own publication branded as illegal.
Publisher Pat Callinan has been regularly commuting to work at Silverwater from his Blue Mountains home in a Toyota LandCruiser that he kitted out with raised suspension and over-sized tyres among $27,000 worth of modifications.
The vehicle, dubbed the "camel cruiser", was featured in a front page story in 4WD Monthly in June this year.
The story documented a 72-hour operation to turn an average factory-edition LandCruiser into a desert-eating beast that sits above Toyota's specifications.
But having given the modified vehicle a big thumbs up for its off-road potential, 4WD Monthly's automotive engineer John Varietidimis warned it was unsuitable to be driven on NSW roads.
"As it stands, with the 35-inch tyres and 4-inch lift, the 'Cruiser is a whisker too high to be legal in NSW. The law states that the headlights cannot be more than 1200mm above ground level," he was quoted as telling the magazine.
Callinan then told readers: "So I'll have to investigate the possibility of some 33-inch tyres or lower springs".
Having ridden rough-shod over the law for nearly six months, Mr Callinan admitted yesterday that he had not made a single alteration to the vehicle. He conceded the suspension was still illegal but said the natural "settling" of the springs had probably dropped the height of the vehicle back within appropriate parameters.
Details of the truck raised the ire of the growing lobby against modified 4WD's yesterday.
"Once you start fiddling with raising the cars above what manufacturers specify, you turn them into death machines," Pedestrian Council president Harold Scruby said.
Australasian College of Road Safety president Raphael Grzebieta said raising a vehicle lifted its centre of gravity, making it more susceptible to a roll over in a crash.

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2006/08/165.jpg

[dobbo]

Shame, Shame, Shame on him

Fancy driving a Luiser


Will the prodical son return and will he mod the Landie are the big questions?

[DEFENDERZOOK]

the landy wont need any mods.......other than possibly tyres.....
if it cant make it in standard trim.......the others definitely wont.....

[boggo]

I might have to start buying this mag again

[VladTepes]

Always good to give that &*%*(&*%(* scruby ammunition. Grrrrr.

[Omaroo]

Always good to give that &*%*(&*%(* scruby ammunition. Grrrrr.

Worse still, I pinched these articles and text FROM Scrubby's site.:mad:

[boggo]

Worse still, I pinched these articles and text FROM Scrubby's site.:mad:

Isnt that a sad place:eek:

[barney]

IT'S FUNNY HOW THEY TURN,
contributor Mark Allen has a disco now aswell

[Omaroo]

IT'S FUNNY HOW THEY TURN,
contributor Mark Allen has a disco now aswell

Now we just have to wait for their EX-assistant editor Mike Jacobsen to turn up in a Rover too..... (can't see it happening though - he's a right-royal PITA antagonist).