DeeJay
30th October 2007, 08:46 PM
Well, The beast is home,
Attached pic and details. Now I have to strip it down and start swapping over the good bits from my Landie. Then the garage sale starts !!!
Have a look at what I got. The previous owner spent a bucket on this one.
Land Rover 85 County
All done 65,000 klm since rebuild in 1997- 1999
350 Chev with 4 barrel quadrajet & Edelbrock manifold. Steel crank & gas cam for added torque.
Hi torque starter motor. All hoses are silicon, iridium spark plugs, quality leads etc .Fully
engineered and all tuned Motor was new, not a reconditioned one.
2X VM Rangie air filters thru 2x airflow snorkels (one is not enough air volume) .
Taper roller transfer case conversion with extra capacity Marks adaptors sump.
Gearbox recond.
Maxi axles & flanges front & rear with lockers & rear disc brake conversion, front,rear & centre
diff all converted to electrical actuation from dash.
Both diffs & centre diff fully overhauled.
130 Rear axle housing & strenghtened front housing
130 springs.
120 w Bosch alternator
Holden V8 power steering
Dash Instruments include exhaust, front & rear diff,engine & radiator , gearbox & transfer case
temp guages plus new taco, speedo etc. All Auto Meter competition instruments.
Mallory oil bath Coil
Electronic distributor with points backup by performance ignition.
Diffs, gearbox / transfer case all with breathers into air filter
130 brake booster
Custom radiator & shroud
Engine & power steering oil coolers
Craig Davis cooling fan -manually operated
Stainless steel exhaust system - high temp coated & flange joined
Twin battery setup
Rear & upper storage boxes
Roof vents & overhead spot/ reading lights
Cibie headlights
Bonnet strengthened, vented & sound deadened
Aluminium front wingtip protectors
Seat box lowered for Rangie seats
Defender wheel arches
Aluminium overhead console.
Trafficator/ windscreen wiper stalk reversed - same as Aussie setup.
All mechanical work carried out by Fred Smith at Bayswater. Folder with every manufacturers
brochure/ manual included, plus original service book.
Spare parts.
Water pump
High pressure oil pump (used but heated up the oil, so replaced with std pump)
2 coil springs
6 Air filters
7 oil filters
5 fuel filters
All hoses & Belts
2 x Teflon coated swivel housings & 2 x swivel pins
Points for electronic Dizzy in case it fails.
3/4 of engine gasket kit. Carby gasket kit.
Chevvy & County 110 workshop manuals
Original camshaft & manifold
CB Radio
Bad points..
Slight rollover onto side & partly roof. Needs doors, roof & side panels,windscreen and maybe
tub and snorkels.
Transfer box rear output shaft broken.
Front pass side c/v broken & maxi axle damaged.
Not so bad points.
Shockers & Steering damper removed, ordinary wheels & tyres.
No seats,console, fuel tanks or fuel guages, bullbar,roofrack or wheel carrier.
Pics of the dash & spares given :eek:
Anyone care to give an estimate to the MPG I can expect??
Attached pic and details. Now I have to strip it down and start swapping over the good bits from my Landie. Then the garage sale starts !!!
Have a look at what I got. The previous owner spent a bucket on this one.
Land Rover 85 County
All done 65,000 klm since rebuild in 1997- 1999
350 Chev with 4 barrel quadrajet & Edelbrock manifold. Steel crank & gas cam for added torque.
Hi torque starter motor. All hoses are silicon, iridium spark plugs, quality leads etc .Fully
engineered and all tuned Motor was new, not a reconditioned one.
2X VM Rangie air filters thru 2x airflow snorkels (one is not enough air volume) .
Taper roller transfer case conversion with extra capacity Marks adaptors sump.
Gearbox recond.
Maxi axles & flanges front & rear with lockers & rear disc brake conversion, front,rear & centre
diff all converted to electrical actuation from dash.
Both diffs & centre diff fully overhauled.
130 Rear axle housing & strenghtened front housing
130 springs.
120 w Bosch alternator
Holden V8 power steering
Dash Instruments include exhaust, front & rear diff,engine & radiator , gearbox & transfer case
temp guages plus new taco, speedo etc. All Auto Meter competition instruments.
Mallory oil bath Coil
Electronic distributor with points backup by performance ignition.
Diffs, gearbox / transfer case all with breathers into air filter
130 brake booster
Custom radiator & shroud
Engine & power steering oil coolers
Craig Davis cooling fan -manually operated
Stainless steel exhaust system - high temp coated & flange joined
Twin battery setup
Rear & upper storage boxes
Roof vents & overhead spot/ reading lights
Cibie headlights
Bonnet strengthened, vented & sound deadened
Aluminium front wingtip protectors
Seat box lowered for Rangie seats
Defender wheel arches
Aluminium overhead console.
Trafficator/ windscreen wiper stalk reversed - same as Aussie setup.
All mechanical work carried out by Fred Smith at Bayswater. Folder with every manufacturers
brochure/ manual included, plus original service book.
Spare parts.
Water pump
High pressure oil pump (used but heated up the oil, so replaced with std pump)
2 coil springs
6 Air filters
7 oil filters
5 fuel filters
All hoses & Belts
2 x Teflon coated swivel housings & 2 x swivel pins
Points for electronic Dizzy in case it fails.
3/4 of engine gasket kit. Carby gasket kit.
Chevvy & County 110 workshop manuals
Original camshaft & manifold
CB Radio
Bad points..
Slight rollover onto side & partly roof. Needs doors, roof & side panels,windscreen and maybe
tub and snorkels.
Transfer box rear output shaft broken.
Front pass side c/v broken & maxi axle damaged.
Not so bad points.
Shockers & Steering damper removed, ordinary wheels & tyres.
No seats,console, fuel tanks or fuel guages, bullbar,roofrack or wheel carrier.
Pics of the dash & spares given :eek:
Anyone care to give an estimate to the MPG I can expect??