Thread: For all you perentie lovers

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Ah! Someone with a book (or a tape measure?). I note the 6x6 has the front axle about ten inches further back than the standard 110 - I wonder if the civilian 110 6x6s do - my guess is they are probably the same wheelbase as the military ones.

John

John,

some extra pics may help.

http://www.aulro.com/app/showgallery.php?cat=574

Most of these were taken in the mid 80's when we were testing for new vehicles we also looked at the To**ta Bungarra for those that can remember it.



but stuck with the land rover product.

Martyn

Should be on its way to Kalgoorlie on Wednesday ready for Goldfields tripping.

All the 6x6's are wider than it 4x4 brother, it has the same weight measurements for local RTA rules so with the pod (with no internals fitted) on the back, 1/2 tank of fuel in 1 tank, driver, and pack gave the weight 40kgs under legal limit. It got the Turbo 4BD1 eng, power steering, but everything else is the same. They lacked power and died on hills they playied withe the exhaust (3' pipe from the manifold) to get them "going" abit. The front diff was surpose to have a neg 1 deg camber to reduse the king pin bushes ect wearing premature, they didn't, so they look from the front like a V8 Supercar. So this civy L/R would be well over legal limit. The 4x4 versions had the rear cut to allow for spare under body they had to remove the rear sway bar so the handling was compramised and they suffered alot of roll overs in the early years.

http://www.foleyspecialistvehicles.co.uk/index2.htm


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Originally Posted by weiry

All the 6x6's are wider than it 4x4 brother (snip) The 4x4 versions had the rear cut to allow for spare under body they had to remove the rear sway bar so the handling was compramised and they suffered alot of roll overs in the early years.

The civilian 6x6 was the same width as other 110s, it was not widened like the Perentie 6x6. It would have been hard to remove the rear sway bar on the 110 - it was never fitted to the majority of 110s, but was always an option except on County specification wagons. I suspect the rollovers may have had more to do with the increased performance (and better ride) compared to the Series 3.
John

G'day All, I was always under the impression that the body on a 6x6 Military Land Rover were made by Jacab (Tamworth NSW) they also specialised in making Ambulance bodies for all types of applications cheers Dennis
PS saw a convoy of trucks and trailers yesterday, the unusaul thing I noted was that a trailer had a ARN and it was on a white background with black numerals reminicent of Sth Oz plates from the 50/60's?? anyone enlighten me with this change of style to the ARN.

Originally Posted by weiry

They lacked power and died on hills .......

Certainly did. The 110's put out 66 kW and 245 Nm for a total mass of 2300 kg. The 6x6's put out 90 kW and 314 Nm for a total unladen mass of 4650 kg ...

Hi LeiutenantRover
Did you buy Trevors 6x6????
Well worth the $$$$ he was chasing.My boy wont be happy he has been hasseling me for ages to buy it.
Goodluck with it and give us a post and pics on how it goes.
Andrew