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    My disability modified Discovery 2

    Howdy folks I know a lot of you here know my story and that of my cars unique features, but thought making a thread showing it in all its glory, could be both Educational and interesting. So much of the world doesn't understand disability and driving. Lord knows I get a lot of abuse parking my landie in disability parks as folks think that we only drive vans, or can only be driven in vans My disability modified Discovery 2 or not drive at all, god forbid we reverse My disability modified Discovery 2 gosh I've had it all.
    I've had this car 11 years in January. Its been a wild ride and I was not going to give it up due to disability. I am a full time wheelchair user. (You'll never hear me say "wheelchair bound" I hate that term and wish media would stop using it. We are wheelchair freed, they are chariots of freedom and a positive thing in life)
    Its amazing the assistive technology available to allow those to drive through so many different disabilities. But this is what's in this humble Landrover.
    (Will be video links here to show them)
    The old girl has, an electric tailgate My disability modified Discovery 2My disability modified Discovery 2 easily the best feature.
    Fadiel E-Radial hand controls which can also be found in Ferrari (yes there are wheelchair folks driving supercars- any car can be a disability car)
    Bruno Curbsider Hoist. The Braun of this operation that lifts the heffalump that is Franklin, my off road powerchair My disability modified Discovery 2
    This I took yesterday from within the car on how the powerchair is unloaded
    Magic Mobility Extreme X8 unloading - YouTube

    Leonie Tagan (@leonietagan)’s videos with original sound - Leonie Tagan | TikTok an external view of the above.
    Loading the powerchair
    TikTok - Make Your Day

    How I get my wheelchair in and out
    TikTok - Make Your Day

    Hand controls in action. I have this type as o do not have much function with the right hand. There are so many different types available.
    TikTok - Make Your Day
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCBBqC/

    Tailgate operation seen here.
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCDgtX/

    Living our best life thanks to this equipment
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCS8wG/
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCMWAq/
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCj9yq/
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCSWEn/

    My car also featured in Landrover Monthly June last year
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCf6qb/

    There's also the downside of being abused parking in disability parks
    https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLoCR9XL/

    It is a process to drive with these things. There's assessments to find the right driving aids, driving lessons with them, test to pass to then be set free on the world with them.

    If you have read through and even watched some of my videos, Thankyou My disability modified Discovery 2 My beloved Disco is very unique and currently only car I can physically and legally drive in my world





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    These links all take you to specific videos, and are viewable even without a tiktok account or anything

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    A great photo with the wheel lift. I admire your resilience and perseverance.
    D2a Td5 Manual, Chawton White. aka "Daisy"
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    Freelander 2 2011, manual, the daughter calls it Perri
    Before I had a Land Rover I did not have any torque wrenches. Now I have three.
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    Thankyou that wheel lift is my favourite photo of my car. It was taken at Loveday, last January. I'd only had my licence back for 1 month with the hand controls and went camping and 4x4ing with a group of wonderful ladies.
    It was amazing to actually enjoy my car and do those things
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    A great photo with the wheel lift. I admire your resilience and perseverance.

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    By the looks of the lifted wheel photo, it seems you need one of these (if you haven't seen it already)! Zac designed it for his then girlfriend Cambry, and they have quite a few videos out there of the development from the prototype onwards. The only problem is the damn price! Fundraiser anyone...

    The Rig
    – Not A Wheelchair


    This is 'Not a Wheelchair' - Introducing The Rig - YouTube
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    Surely there is some Insta or TikTok savvy user known to some one who could set up a Go Fund Me or similar. $US8K is close to AU$12,500, plus shipping.
    D2a Td5 Manual, Chawton White. aka "Daisy"
    Build date 11th Oct 2003
    Freelander 2 2011, manual, the daughter calls it Perri
    Before I had a Land Rover I did not have any torque wrenches. Now I have three.
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    If it came to it, the two battery option is definitely the one to go for. Also, I seem to recall off one of their early videos that they were thinking about selling plans to build your own Rig with locally sourced parts. Haven't been on thier page for a while so don't know if that ever came to fruition.
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    I love that not a wheelchair thing. Have followed them for a long time, from when he was even first with his lady. It's a crazy machine. Definitely would be battery one is best as it's hard going on bodies using arms to get about so need as much power as possible. My disability modified Discovery 2*🦽My disability modified Discovery 2

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