Thread: Anyone looking for a few more ponies? Here's a transplant donor with a difference...

Originally Posted by POD

I'm thinking I might get out the angle grinder and the soldering iron and give the 130 a little extra motivation...

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Keep it British (never mind the VW connection); already has a 4wd drivetrain; might take a little tweaking to get it sorted in a Defender. how about a Bell Aurens Longnose replica?

Pod,
I'm not sure a Bell Aurens Longnose 130 dual cab would look quite right🤔, but the original didn't do it for me either.
That said I'm looking forward to how it turns out👍

Tony

I saw a completely not-wrecked one in a dealer's a couple of years ago and he was telling me that after they got it in they went to get it serviced - and the official Bentley dealer quoted them $10k for a standard service.

Originally Posted by POD

I'm thinking I might get out the angle grinder and the soldering iron and give the 130 a little extra motivation...

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Keep it British (never mind the VW connection); already has a 4wd drivetrain; might take a little tweaking to get it sorted in a Defender. how about a Bell Aurens Longnose replica?

No issues there, should bolt straight in! I'd probably steer clear of the D-squad sniffer dogs for a while though...

Last time I had reason to check was about 5 years ago and back then for Continentals it was £250 per tyre for the Bentley Flying Spur. Makes the £90 per tyre for the Range Rover seem reasonable

Originally Posted by 3toes

Last time I had reason to check was about 5 years ago and back then for Continentals it was £250 per tyre for the Bentley Flying Spur. Makes the £90 per tyre for the Range Rover seem reasonable

I've just put 4 new 255/85 R16 on the 130 and 2 new 285/30ZR20 on the Jag. Not far off equivalent to about £250 per tyre in both cases. Hate to think what the Bentley tyres would cost in Oz now.