Pete's 90 in 4WD Action

[MacFamily]

Nice work Pete about time they had another Defender in the mag..:D

Sorry about the pic as I cannot fit the mag in my scanner fully so had to do a page at a time and join together..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1314.jpg..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1315.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1316.jpg

[Psimpson7]

cool. Thanks for the pic....:)

have to go out and buy it now!

[Chucaro]

Nice rig :cool:

[djhampson]

Nice work Pete!~!

[stevo68]

ONYA PETE :D, we've had a rangie and a fender from the club...must be time for a Disco :D

Regards

Stevo

[MacFamily]

cool. Thanks for the pic....:)

have to go out and buy it now!


They should give you a copy for free :D..

May not be out yet Pete, cause I have a subscription which you usually get a week or two before its forsale at Newsagents.

Also there is a black Td5 defender on the DVD.I went to the main menu to see if your's was on the Dvd Pete but no go.

Are they going to put your 90 on a DVD?

[EchiDna]

ok stupid question - how is a british vehicle any different to a japanese "import"? since when did Toyot@ (or anyone else) build a 4x4 in Australia?

am I expecting too much of the journalstic talents in Express publications?

[B92 8NW]

ok stupid question - how is a british vehicle any different to a japanese "import"? since when did Toyot@ (or anyone else) build a 4x4 in Australia?

am I expecting too much of the journalstic talents in Express publications?

Because I think it was a personal import by Pete.

[Psimpson7]

Because I think it was a personal import by Pete.

spot on

[Psimpson7]

They should give you a copy for free :D..

May not be out yet Pete, cause I have a subscription which you usually get a week or two before its forsale at Newsagents.

Also there is a black Td5 defender on the DVD.I went to the main menu to see if your's was on the Dvd Pete but no go.

Are they going to put your 90 on a DVD?

No not on the DVD.

will keep an eye out for when it appears. Not sure about the pics. there were some better locations than that I think

Rgds
Pete

[extreme]

congratulations getting into the mag.:twobeers::clap2:

[taff]

nice work butt. did you buy or make your cage. reason i ask is i've just ordered the metal ready for the cage on my 90 and was after a bit of info on where it ties in

[Psimpson7]

Hi Taff,

It was a combination of both reallly. I bought a Protection and Performance external/Internal cage, but it ddint fit exactly what I wanted. It also didnt come with any mounts (dont ask!)

I ended up getting hold of some CDS cage tubing and making the two extra roof bars (the top ones) and all the associated plates and so on, along with the corresponding turetts on the hoop for them to bolt too.

I also put a second diagnol on the main hoop as it only had 1.

I then made all of the mounts, with the exception of the 2 inside the front wings which I bought off the shelf.

It really was possibly the most time consuming job I have ever done.

The rear mounts, both under the hoop and in the back corners are immensley complicated. The rear most ones, tie into my rear body, x-member end sliders too.

I can try and get some pics if you like?

Rgds
Pete

[taff]

pete, if you could that'd be great. the front hoop will be the same as the on we made on the county so i won't need anything form there. i'm more interested in where your rear hoop attaches. i don't think i'm going to put any diagonals on that hoop as i'm going to put a 3rd on the back.

thanks jason


Hi Taff,

It was a combination of both reallly. I bought a Protection and Performance external/Internal cage, but it ddint fit exactly what I wanted. It also didnt come with any mounts (dont ask!)

I ended up getting hold of some CDS cage tubing and making the two extra roof bars (the top ones) and all the associated plates and so on, along with the corresponding turetts on the hoop for them to bolt too.

I also put a second diagnol on the main hoop as it only had 1.

I then made all of the mounts, with the exception of the 2 inside the front wings which I bought off the shelf.

It really was possibly the most time consuming job I have ever done.

The rear mounts, both under the hoop and in the back corners are immensley complicated. The rear most ones, tie into my rear body, x-member end sliders too.

I can try and get some pics if you like?

Rgds
Pete

[Psimpson7]

Hi Jason,

Here you go:

Main hoop mount:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/389.jpg

From the front (ish) you can also see here the handy bolt locating bracket just behind it!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/390.jpg

From the rear (ish)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1277.jpg

You can see that we basically made a tapered block out of 6mm plate that fits tightly between the floor and the top of the cross member. The driver side was harder on the TD5 due to the fuel filter. i did get it all to fit but there was a fiar bit of work involved.

The main hoop, seen here is then bolted into tapped holes in the mount ( I am just thinking we may have used 8mm plate for the top face of the mounts)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1278.jpg

here's the turrets I made to allow the second pair of roof bars to fit. Made from cds again. You can also just about see the slot we had to cut in the roof rib to allow the side bar turret fit.... I also drilled through the face to get to the now hidden nuts and bolts)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/1432.jpg

Here the corresponding roof bar

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/04/112.jpg

The rear diagonal mounts

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/388.jpg

Again made from CDS and 6mm plate. All bolted in to the cross member to and face and tied into the rear body protector.

This is the rear diagnol mount inside the car

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1279.jpg

Before anyone says anything, some of these pics were taken when it was being made, hence no paint.

[Fusion]

She's a nice rig mate . Cool pic of it on an angle but some bozo is standing in front of it :p:D;):wasntme: .

[Jock The Rock]

Well done mate

I only ever once got my Landy in a magazine, the LRO one and the photo would have made a 50c piece look big :(

BTW what tyres are they? Insa Turbo Special Tracks or are they the Simexs?

Thanks

[Psimpson7]

Thanks Mick.... I know! He wouldn't get out of the way!!:p

[Psimpson7]

Jock,

They are Silverstone Extreme Trekkers. 35x11.5x15

Cheers
Pete

[Jock The Rock]

Jock,

They are Silverstone Extreme Trekkers. 35x11.5x15

Cheers
Pete

I always liked the look of them :)

One day ....... :(

Thanks mate

[long stroke]

I always liked the look of them :)

One day ....... :(

Thanks mate

x2 love them and yes one day:D
I've seen them working, it's great to watch them:cool:

TIM.

[Jock The Rock]

x2 love them and yes one day:D
I've seen them working, it's great to watch them:cool:

TIM.


Yeh I read a lot of LRO and LRM, 9 out of 10 comp spec 90s have them :)

Might have to upgrade the suspension then throw a set of 35's on the Sunnies I have lying around :twisted:

Talking many many years into the future ;)

[taff]

thanks pete, looks like a top notch pro job - some ideas for me to think about there (and a couple of headaches by the looks of it)

jason