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lol not great conversion to say the least, the FC101 was built as a 6x6 but it was done with a powered trailer (used a 360 coupling and a prop fed from the gearbox PTO) however the high center of gravity meant on tight turns the trailer tended to push the 101 over rather than round the corner! in ge...

Hi Glen. I doubt I could cope with being stuck in a defender cab for that sort of mileage and as you say the driver's door would need to be removed as i don't want a broken arm by the time we had got halfway round each time!! Sadly been at the wrong end of 130's with chassis problems ( i'm technical...

conventional 4x4 is out as there is neither enough space or carrying capacity, even the biggest land rover the defender 130 doesnt tick all the boxes (engines/gearboes are crap, stretched chassis is weak, and fully loaded they are a pig to drive!).. I should say that I've spent 20+ years working wit...

after a chat with the 'udder half what we are considering is.. a: run 2 syncros but dump a load of the weight. b: run 1 syncro and then buy something 16-18 ton to do the donkey work c: neither, go down the pub and plastered... :lol: so that means more questions.. from a bit of research the syncro 16...

We have looked at the 8.13 but...these come in at over 7.5 ton ... just on that note: In Germany at least, it is no problem to have these registered at (and all the paperwork changed to) 7.49 tons before you buy. (The seller in the ad would do this for you, if requested) Still carries 3 tons, but a...

syncroand101 wrote:With added tail lift - you may have seen this, a good write up.


http://www.overlanders-handbook.com/MAN/index.htm

chris sold this one soon after its first trip, last i heard it was up in the lake disterict being made into a camper.

thanks Boltze, there a few pics of these in various forums so nice to know who did the conversions thank you. The need to carry 5 and a trailer is not going to be the norm more a case of must be able to, the vehicle will probably run with just two people and no trailer most the time (defiantly 90% o...

Thanks guys for the answers so far... Any vehicle we buy would be 100% rebuilt (we build race cars and bikes to FIA/FIM standard so one of these couldn't that hard! plerase dont quote me on that in 12 months time :oops: ) so I'm not that concerned with age. The 900kg is an issue though as buy the ti...

Hi everyone.. newbie first post (hope the questions aren't too stupid!) My partner and I run a business that specializes in developing vehicles for motorsport and have been looking for suitable base to use to make a couple of service trucks. We have considered pretty well everything over 7.5 tones a...