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  1. 25th July 2004, 05:11 PM #1
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    Rolls Royce Lightweight?

    I would appreciate the advice of anyone with knowledge of this type of vehicle; I recently aquired a Lightweight, but it has a 2 litre Rolls Royce engine, with a gearbox allowing you to go as fast in reverse as you can forward (perilous!!!). This reminds me of the old Austin Champ.

    However, it was a genuine military spec, (ie, it has not been modified since release), and it was used as a deep penetration recce vehicle by the Royal Marines. It served in the 1st Gulf War, and was “winterised” for Norwegian operations, although it never served in Norway, (at least, until I bought it in UK).

    Can anyone shed any light on this Rolls Royce modification? At present, I am tempted to replace the engine & gearbox with standard Series III running gear for simplicity of servicing and spare parts – there aren’t many Land Rovers here in Central Norway, but even fewer Rolls Royces!

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    Don Park,

    email: donpark2412@hotmail.com

    Trondheim.


    I posted the above for Don as I found it in our news section.
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  2. 26th July 2004, 09:31 AM #2
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    I thought it was froun you BB [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

    Sounds a bit like the early series 1 units with a RR engines in them instaled by the british army. Perhaps a copy of this in the REMLR section and an e-mail to carzee is in order :wink:
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  3. 26th July 2004, 06:24 PM #3
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    I have a LRO mag with a bit of info on that particular setup, if i can find it I will scan it and send it to you
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  4. 26th July 2004, 06:48 PM #4
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    Do these fit the description

    http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Mil/Lan...dRover/B40.html

    http://www.lrm.co.uk/archive/history/1949/1949.html

    Hmm may have missed the boat here dont think they were using series 1s during the first gulf war [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]


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