Pic of Puma 6x6 and others

[juddy]

for sale this week, well in the mother land.

[Phoenix]

That 6x6 is a coiler, how interesting!!!

Great pics, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

[Blknight.aus]

and it looks non load sharing....

oh look ford makes landrover take another step backwards....

[juddy]

On the subject of 6x6 Land Rovers, i spotted one on the way home from work yesterday, 6x6 in county red, no rear body work, was heading Brisbane way...

[Psimpson7]

What makes you think the 6x6 is a Puma?

[juddy]

What makes???? you mean who did the conversion???

[juddy]

Long long wheel base 130...

[juddy]

What makes me thinks its a Puma, I know so thats how....... and the person who built it told me that.

[Psimpson7]

Ah cool, I just wondered as none of the others were Pumas.

interesting conversion pics.

cheers

[juddy]

I know its the first one they have done on a Puma, the other pics, just thought they would be of interest.

[isuzubob]

That 6x6 is a coiler, how interesting!!!

Land Rover in the UK had factory-converted 6x6s available from late 1985, even though a prototype was shown at the One Ten's launch in 1983. A development of the Sandringham 6 Series III V8-based model, these later coil-sprung 6x6s never had the payload capability nor the off-road ability of the Australian designed 6x6s with their unique rubber-bushed load sharing rocker beam.

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7039/img1376v.jpg

The rear suspension is so good that John Stretton, LR's Director of Global, Corporate & Direct Sales is quoted as saying in reference to LR promoting their latest version of a high payload mil vehicle using this set up

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/6203/puma6x6e.jpg

"Comparative trials against other 6x6s with coil springs show that the Australian rocking-beam leaf-spring system gives far superior off-road performance."

Rob W

[Phoenix]

The one in the last pic is an australian built one, originally I'm led to believe ;)

Juddy, are those conversions Foley ones?

[juddy]

Yes there Foyey ones...

[camel_landy]

Juddy, are those conversions Foley ones?

I was just about to ask the same question as that last pic, showing the back end of the 6x6, looked as though it was taken in Foley's yard.

M