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and yet another build thread for me 8)

well here he is the one and only DAVE!

terrible picture

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will get a decent pic tomorrow if i get back from ultimate dubs before its dark,


for those who arent to clever its a metallic epsom green Land Rover discovery 2 Td5 GS 136 bhp 2.5 tonn beast, slow as hell but aint gonna get written of easily, bar maybe me rolling it down a rock face while off roading

pretty much standard bar the tow bar on the back, and the steps on the sides
pretty basic spec nothing fancy hasnt got the air suspension as when old they have a tendancy to blow the seals and the back end drops, silly expensive to replace or can spend £200 to convert the back to normal springs.. so cutting the middle man out i brought one that came with springs as standard as no point spending more to have air ride i wouldnt use for a lil bit till it breaks haha,


brought it basicly as a daily driver as will be as good if not better on fuel than what im used to, has many space for an entire brass band inside, and will be able to tow a trailor with a track toy on the back :D

soon as I've sorted the glanza out and sold everything ill be getting a trailor and then something cheap is to thrash about with no care in the world B)


in the mean time im gonna get some hefty wheels and tyres for Dave and have a dabble at off roading. nothing major just a few fairly challenging green lanes to liven dave up a bit


wanna get a front mount and exhaust and a map and he should be around 200 ish bhp, ( still weights 2 tonns) but will be a bit better for towing, and better on fuel.


let the hating begin....................

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haha yeah im pretty sure it will be able to pull the odd car haha, cant wait for it to snow again,



theres a few lil faults with it but nothing major. all common things



drivers window is a bit glitchy and lumpy but goes up and down eventualy. both sun roofs have at some point leaked so the old guy before me has put gaffer tape around them..... small bead of silicone around the seal and they will be fine haha so nice and easy fix,



on way home the fuel filter light came on, either a common faulty sensor or becasue it was ran on fumes by the garage and barely got me to the petrol station, it could have dragged some crap to the filter, which isnt a problem as a service kit i ordered y day came today haha before id even picked the car up. so monday night i have some bits to do :thumbsup:


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be fine haha



yeah if some one hits me in this i dont think ill realise,



im thinking integra for a track toy as my dad has one and had that on track a few times recently, gonna get a missile car or two first tho for a few 100 quid and take to a drift day and abuse it then scrap it when its dead


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and any french car

bar an R26R as they are weapons on track out the box

To be fair, my mates clio 172 cup is a bit of a weapon. Interior sucks and he had to have the gearbox overhauled at about 56k. Fun to drive though. I'd still pick a td5 defender/discovery over it though ;)

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Dave!




ordered some lovely beasty off road tyres which were ment to be delivered today, so can get them on before the swap like camp site tomorrow at fast show, and get playing in the mud.... but they rang me y day and they are out of stock :( so on normal tyres tomorrow gutted,




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well after a weekend at fast show that pretty much started out as heavy rain turned into two full days of realy really heavy rain.

the campsite was basicly a swamp and was half way up for shins deep in mud

dave was in his prime pulling people out

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about 10 cars all weekend haha



was loads off sprints accross the fields tho, most of time a group was trying to get accross and half got stuck haha mates just left them so they didnt get stuck and parked on the gravel,



was a good laugh tho


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me chris and a mate decided to go for a run at Alport heights at the weekend, 1034 ft up in the middle of no where! didnt quite make it to the top as i got to a point where no one else had even tried bar one tractor and the snow was deeper than my bonnet so on my normal tyres i didnt stand a chance!

dean got most of the way that i did altho got stuck a few times haha,

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the road we went down :p as you can see from the sign it was fairly deep


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only thing letting dave down was the road tyres, my off road beasts still havent arrived and i fear the snow will of gone before they do :(

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yeah there really capable cars as standard tbh



im not doing a great deal to this tho, snorkel, big boy tyres, steel front and rear bumper and that should be about it, really want a ladder on the back and a roof rack so i can stand on it :) had so many opportunitys to dive into 6/7 ft high snow but couldnt get high enough to jump in cus i didnt wanna damage daves roof


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