Reply With QuoteI hope they've got a healthy stock of axles.
Wizard
SupporterSorry if this story has already made the rounds, but I just saw it and thought it worth posting:
The Land Rover sports car that's more powerful than a Ferrari | Mail Online
Ordinarily I am not that keen on departing too far from the original "Land Roveriness" with bizarre modifications...... But in this case I am won over by three words:
Land, Rover, Merlin.
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I hope they've got a healthy stock of axles.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Hmmmm. Yes it's ok, but you'd still have the TD5 tractor owners swearing that theirs are faster
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Hey, I'll have you know I got to 100 in 23 seconds tonight, even have video proofOriginally Posted by sheerluck
Hmmmm. Yes it's ok, but you'd still have the TD5 tractor owners swearing that theirs are faster
It's an old article.
I think they tried to do it but it didn't work out, ended up having a Rover V8 in it and they just made the nose longer for ****s and giggles.
That was the last I'd heard of it, but I still want it
The Phantom - Oslo Blue 2001 Td5 SE.
Half dead but will live again!
Nina - Chawton White 2003 Td5 S
Slowly being improved
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Bet the handling with 7:50/16 bar treads would be a little dodgy
23 seconds? Jeez, any longer and you'd have been better off using a calendar than a stopwatch.Hey, I'll have you know I got to 100 in 23 seconds tonight, even have video proof
Wizard
SupporterWell that's a bit disappointing. Not really much of a result then...I think they tried to do it but it didn't work out, ended up having a Rover V8 in it and they just made the nose longer for ****s and giggles.
That was the last I'd heard of it, but I still want it
I still hope to see a Merlin-engined Landy one day, combining power, practicality, a good turning circle and the capability to perform long range bombing sorties over Germany without fighter escort.
Whoa! Has no-one told you that the Germans are friendly these days?
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SubscriberAnd lay a perfectly good oil slick , Bob
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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SubscriberI like the official Land Rover statement;
A spokeswoman for Land Rover said: ‘We have had no involvement in this project.
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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