sleeping in a disco

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Originally Posted by worane

Yes Wrinklearthur, I do all the time. I have owned it since 1977 and all it has needed in one clutch and one set of brakes, both last year. It has done many runs between Brisbane and Tasmania and has spent a good bit of time towing a thirty foot folding house boat around Victoria.
It happens to be a very solid and well designed bit of kit. It is a V8 360 ci running on gas/ petrol. No it does not poo it's self like my Landy does all the time.

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Is this the same as your Jeep ??
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1366792632 ??

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Mind you the Landy is a much nicer thing to pilot.

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Unloaded I would much rather drive the Discovery, but my Defender is what I use with a load up to a ton, anything above that weight I would be looking for a truck, There are still lots of single axle Inter's around here for loads up to eight ton's.

That Jeep model is scarce as hen teeth here, there are lots of Ford F100 and F150's though.
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Yes a 1981 J 20. Mine is fawn and has tray back. Manual 4 speed V 8. 2 ton capacity but now maybe be more like 1 & 3/4 ton.

I had a J20 once, a 6 cyl manual, fawn flat tray ex SA government I believe.

What a fuel guzzling, gutless piece of gorilla snot.Giant cart springs and no turning circle.:mad:

BUT, it was unbreakable, reliable and TOUGH. Dana 44 and Dana 60 diffs, NP transfer case and 4 speed box with crawler 1st gear.

Still hated it though:D

JC

Yes Justinc,
The six cylinder had no power to weight ratio thing going. The V8 is fine.It does eat petrol but was far cheaper than my BMW if I run it on gas which I always do. As for the turning circle , I don't think it is any worse than my Disco.