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  1. 2nd July 2011, 05:37 PM #1
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    Aussie coachbuilt racing Land Rover

    Hi,

    New here: just wanted to ask if anyone can point me toward a special modifier of Land Rover that was (still is?) active in Australia in the 90s. They took Defenders and stripped em down, added a supercharged V8 and took them racing. They were soft tops and had circular doors (not kidding).

    Wheels magazine (Paul Cockburn it was) did a test of them once. He described the acceleration like falling off a building.

    That's all I can remember.


    Cheers.

    marto
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  2. 2nd July 2011, 06:13 PM #2
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    Are you sure you aren't referring to Bush Rangies made by John E Davis Motorworks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marto View Post
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    Wheels magazine (Paul Cockburn it was) did a test of them once. He described the acceleration like falling off a building.

    That's all I can remember.


    Cheers.

    marto
    I used to live up the road a few km from Paul and family, he has a nice E Type in BRG with side exiting exhaust, Simmons rims and rather large rubber.

    (not that that really helps you question )
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  4. 2nd July 2011, 09:16 PM #4
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    Similar to the Bowler Defender Racers but made in Oz?
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  5. 5th July 2011, 03:56 PM #5
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    That looks like it - except the doors.

    Hey, thanks for the real quick answer. Was going out of my brain (never throw out your old car magazines). That looks pretty much spot on - maybe the circular fabric doors were only for the prototype that Wheels tested and the one I saw just happened to be that same one.

    One more detail I've since remembered: there was a manual boost controller for the supercharger. It was just a control at the end of a length of a loose cable handing from the dash, there was a dial with a + and a - and that's it.

    Thanks heaps.

    Marto
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  6. 5th July 2011, 04:39 PM #6
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    Not this green iteration of the concept was it?
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