Thread: Perentie Land Rover Buyers Guide

I had no trouble with registering mine. It weighed in at 4t with a GVM of 5.6t.
It breezed through the registration process. Even got custom plates.

The hardest thing I found was getting to drive the thing as so many others wanted a go.
Chops, Gav, etc.

You don't need any modification plate. What have you modified?

Originally Posted by Explorer

. That's 1.68t for the front axle and 2.88t for the back two. This means I will need a light truck engineers modification compliance plate to be fitted by an approved engineer.
Has anyone else gone through the same issues I have been facing in NSW.......?

Someone is telling you porkies. The weights above fall well within the design criteria for the 6x6 and it is ADR complianced at these weights.

These ambulances if sold in NSW already come with a blue slip without any modifications. So what's the issue? Just go to the RTA with a blue slip in hand and it is all painless.
Pete

Originally Posted by Explorer

Grays had one ambulance 6x6 up for auction in Victoria and I was lucky enough to win it. When I flew down from Sydney to pick it up, on inspection there was no jack, no garden tools, no log books, no blue slip, no operation manual for the winch and surprisingly enough no compliance plate or compliance certificate to go with the vehicle. I was handed over a pink copy of the receipt and was shown where the vehicle was. Started first go, checked all the fluids, filled both tanks and drove straight back to Sydney. What a great piece of machinery to drive, very load and hot and kept searching for the 5th gear, but what a magnificent piece of machinery. Don't regret it one bit. Great buy

They have character

You would be 100% right PeteFox if I had purchased the ambo from NSW. I purchased it from Victoria and when I picked it up there was no blue slip or any slip for that matter. When I drove it to NSW, I had to go through the pain of registering it without any documentation whatsoever, except for the Grays receipt. I then drove the ambo to my local diesel mechanic to get a blue slip and because it was something he had never seen in his career he asked if it could stay overnight so that he could do some research. The next day he pointed out that the actual vehicle compliance plate had been removed and that it is needed before I could get any blue slip process happening. Being very green I called up Land Rover and asked them for a replacement and the response was that they dont do replacements period. I then started net research when I stumbled over this great forum. One member spoke about the great work that KLR Automotive does to these Perentie's so I called them. Got onto Brad and Matt and they were great, and knew exactly what was required and who to speak to. Within moments they had organised for me to collect from AFM my compliance certificate. Spoke to Colin from AFM and asked if I could get a blue slip and he said it was fine, just drive it in but could only issue a blue slip for a 2 seat vehicle. Being an ambo with 2 rows of 4 seats and a supervisors seat in the ambo cabin, I really wanted the vehicle to be registered as an 11 seater. Colin explained that I needed an engineers plate and that there is no way around it. Colin put me onto an absolute gentleman by the name of Mick Dudley from ASRC Engineering (0414586027) and he came out and had a look at this beast. He was amazed, but knew exactly what was needed as he was in contact with one of the engineers that worked on building these units in Moorebank. Mick then checked that all the seat belts were up to standard, the retaining bolts of the sashes were class 8 high tensiles, a head rest was installed for the supervisors seat and some padding was wrapped around the framing of the top fold-down beds as well as some other minor repairs, mods and installs. A week later he came out with the engineers documentations and an engineer plate for a light truck to seat 11. The vehicle was described as a light truck bus due to its tare weight being 4.56t. It was explained to me that they allow approx 75kg per person + luggage of approx. 8kg making it approx 83kg per person and for 11 people it was an extra 900 odd kg's. (If this is incorrect or I have missunderstood it, can someone please shed some light on this)
At this stage of time, I am now ready to see Colin at AFM to get a blue slip for an 11 seater ambo which has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. If all goes well then its down hill from there and the path to registration should be easy from there. Hoping to get a set of personalised plates for it as well...... hopefully!!
I suspect that my problems stemmed from the fact that I purchased the vehicle from VIC, OH well........... I did want an ex-military ambo

Thanks for that explanation. You're right, it did need a modification plate.
Your problems, however, stemmed from the fact you wanted it registered as a 11 seater and not a 2 seater.
All the Perentie 6x6's are classified as a light truck as their GVM is 5.6t. Some have had their Perentie 6x6's engineered to a lower GVM so they can register them as a off road passenger vehicle.

Thanks for posting up the detail, it will be most helpful to others.

Originally Posted by Explorer

You would be 100% right PeteFox if I had purchased the ambo from NSW. I purchased it from Victoria and when I picked it up there was no blue slip or any slip for that matter. When I drove it to NSW, I had to go through the pain of registering it without any documentation whatsoever, except for the Grays receipt. I then drove the ambo to my local diesel mechanic to get a blue slip and because it was something he had never seen in his career he asked if it could stay overnight so that he could do some research. The next day he pointed out that the actual vehicle compliance plate had been removed and that it is needed before I could get any blue slip process happening. Being very green I called up Land Rover and asked them for a replacement and the response was that they dont do replacements period. I then started net research when I stumbled over this great forum. One member spoke about the great work that KLR Automotive does to these Perentie's so I called them. Got onto Brad and Matt and they were great, and knew exactly what was required and who to speak to. Within moments they had organised for me to collect from AFM my compliance certificate. Spoke to Colin from AFM and asked if I could get a blue slip and he said it was fine, just drive it in but could only issue a blue slip for a 2 seat vehicle. Being an ambo with 2 rows of 4 seats and a supervisors seat in the ambo cabin, I really wanted the vehicle to be registered as an 11 seater. Colin explained that I needed an engineers plate and that there is no way around it. Colin put me onto an absolute gentleman by the name of Mick Dudley from ASRC Engineering (0414586027) and he came out and had a look at this beast. He was amazed, but knew exactly what was needed as he was in contact with one of the engineers that worked on building these units in Moorebank. Mick then checked that all the seat belts were up to standard, the retaining bolts of the sashes were class 8 high tensiles, a head rest was installed for the supervisors seat and some padding was wrapped around the framing of the top fold-down beds as well as some other minor repairs, mods and installs. A week later he came out with the engineers documentations and an engineer plate for a light truck to seat 11. The vehicle was described as a light truck bus due to its tare weight being 4.56t. It was explained to me that they allow approx 75kg per person + luggage of approx. 8kg making it approx 83kg per person and for 11 people it was an extra 900 odd kg's. (If this is incorrect or I have missunderstood it, can someone please shed some light on this)
At this stage of time, I am now ready to see Colin at AFM to get a blue slip for an 11 seater ambo which has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. If all goes well then its down hill from there and the path to registration should be easy from there. Hoping to get a set of personalised plates for it as well...... hopefully!!
I suspect that my problems stemmed from the fact that I purchased the vehicle from VIC, OH well........... I did want an ex-military ambo

Thanks for that, all of the Nsw ones I've seen are regoed as 2 seaters be they 4 or 6 wheels. Only the 4 door commanders got 5 seats, when even some of them had 9 . Other softies had up to 11 seats but only blue slipped for 2 .

I thought it sounded too good to be true having the Ambo Perentie 6x6 registered today. Someone somewhere missed to point out that the exhaust pipe has to extend to the rear of the vehicle so as to not allow the fumes to enter the passenger cabin. So I had to wait half a day to get the exhaust tailpipe custom made, bracketed and extended to the rear of the vehicle at Liverpool Exhaust. The chap that did it was patient and allowed me to have my input in where the pipe passed, and I thought that was excellent customer service.
Interesting fact I learnt today while I was at AFM getting my blue slip, is that the troop carrier 6x6 that has the 8 seats in the back can actually be engineered to allow passengers to travel in the back even with the soft top removed.
Hopefully I can get my blue slip on Monday morning and then my rego finally.

Originally Posted by Explorer

I thought it sounded too good to be true having the Ambo Perentie 6x6 registered today. Someone somewhere missed to point out that the exhaust pipe has to extend to the rear of the vehicle so as to not allow the fumes to enter the passenger cabin.

Ah, yes. That wouldn't have been a problem if you had registered it as a 2 seater.
Well done to get it engineered for the extra seats.