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| PDH Member Since: 03 Dec 2009 Location: Shropshire Posts: 179   
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Where did you get the Sankey from Glyn? its next on my list so i can build a camping trailer and wondering the best place to get a decent one. assuming you have some good contacts   Puma 2.2 90 Stationwagon |
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5th Feb 2010 1:25pm |
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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513 
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I got mine on Ebay. Just look around for a good one - there are usually a couple that come up. There are companies that advertise them as well. Make sure you know what you're getting though. Mk 1 was a narrow body (designed for series). Mk 2 was a wide track with a drop tailgate and drum brakes and Mk 3 had some improvements to the jockey wheel and disc brakes. Apparently there's a Mk 4 (designed for the Wolf) but I've not seen any details on it. You want either a Mk2 or preferably a Mk3. Chassis are normally pretty good (if it's a later version it will obviously be newer) but the tubs rust quite badly. Then just remember to change all the bulbs for 12v, change the plug from a military 12 pin to a civi 7 pin and get a NATO hitch to pull it. I paid around £400 all in for my Mk3 + tonneau + NATO + duckboards. It's in very good shape. One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS + New Defender 110 First Edition |
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5th Feb 2010 2:42pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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As Mick Hucknall once sang Money's Too Tight To Mention!
Despite this my other half shelled out the princely sum of £2:80 and bought me a Defender2.net sticker. Bling bling;- 
Good or what? Want one for the front now!  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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7th Feb 2010 5:06pm |
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| Glynparry25 Member Since: 16 Feb 2009 Location: Miserable Midlands Posts: 3015  
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It took me over 6 months to find me mine. It is a Narrow track that had been completely stripped, and then re-built like new with a lockable top and sprayed in a close match to Gallway green. I found it in the back of a Landy mag and paid £350. A basic scabby sanky will set you back abut £300-400, and then you will need to strip and re-build and paint it on top of that. All I need to do now is moddify the lid (tidy it up/ chequer plate) and get the same whees as my 110 on it.
How she looks now- picture the seller sent me As above the Narrow track is a little smaller than the 2 and 3 and has no tailgate (doesn't bother me as I have never used a tailgate on a sankey over the past 12 years). The Mk4 doesn't exist. They have bought a Penman 1 ton trailer in to replace the sankeys. Glyn Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  |
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7th Feb 2010 5:36pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Looks a very clean and tidy example! There are several sat on pallets in the vicinity of where I work but they're in a very sorry state! Just out of curiosity does anybody know what the load weight capacity of a Sanky is? If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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7th Feb 2010 5:59pm |
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| fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626 
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K9 Now she looks great.. Yes yes one on the front would level things up....Its a long slow processed getting the other half to agree with all the extra bits of kit we want....Sorry should have said need i've realized you have to say need not want to accomplish you goal NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY |
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7th Feb 2010 7:11pm |
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| willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789 
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Take her along to a meet, make sure one of the lads with a fully kitted out Land Rover is there with his wife. Casually say how good her husbands Land rover looks within earshot of your wife........let nature take it's course.
Wives don't like not having something other wives have, Bingo problem sorted Original Member Pie n Pea Club.
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7th Feb 2010 7:27pm |
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| fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626
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Cheers Willy see how many times i can drop that one in on the 21st
NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY |
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7th Feb 2010 7:31pm |
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| jools Member Since: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 47 
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Went for a tour round Devon..... First to the beech...
then treated "Landie" for a cruise accross the Dart
Ferry seemed a little lob sided with us at the front!!
Jools 2003 90 XS SW Support Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - www.buy.at/dc4x4 |
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6th Mar 2010 9:15pm |
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| adafish Member Since: 30 Mar 2009 Location: atherstone Posts: 1385 
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we climb 2 hug tree trunks( using sand tracks ), blocking the access to the wife's fields, and then used BETTY to pull the chain harrows around the 4acre field... Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
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6th Mar 2010 10:09pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Today I fitted new Bearmach KBX Wingtop Vents - blingety bling! One minor beef - Bearmach supplied all stainless screws (14 of them) to fit them! Result I thought, 'forward thinking' or what? Bummer is with chequerplate fitted the bl00dy fixings aren't long enough!
Quick trip to Crescent motorcycles just up the road for some stainless screws - No joy! 
Good old B & Q for some 5x40mm stainless cross heads - Result!
Before anyone asks (I wondered!) the second vent is 'to improve engine compartment cooling!' For someone with a mild case of OCD it balances up the look of the vehicle and they are sold in pairs only!
If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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7th Mar 2010 4:29pm |
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| fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626
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Looking good K9 nice and clean too
NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY |
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7th Mar 2010 5:07pm |
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| Knot Yet Member Since: 01 Mar 2010 Location: West Sussex Posts: 197  
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Very clean - are the vents only for bling or are they serving a more important purpose? - just making a list of all the addifications I would like
 Defender 110 Puma Utility XS |
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7th Mar 2010 5:17pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Supposedly improves heater efficiency and engine compartment cooling! Mind you when we had the snow I had quite a bit go down the air inlet when I cleaned it off! Should prevent that a little should the weather get that bad again. Mind you I'm happy with the improved look on it's own, anything else is just a bonus!
 If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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7th Mar 2010 7:08pm |
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