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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971   
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Hopefully the link below will work.
It's a report from the Insuture of Agricultural Engineering who had a pair of Series 1s, one LHD and one RHD for testing. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4...sp=sharing They measured things like drawbar pull, performance when muckspreading, hill climbing with loads, effectiveness at ploughing, use as a car... etc. then had one of them stripped down to check for wear. It's got some quotes I rather like in it: "The Land-Rover is draughty... Note - The manufacturers state that... steps have been taken to draught-proof later models" - hmm! It goes on: "During winter it was found that snow and water were drifting through the hinge gap between the bonnet and the scuttle on to the electrical equipment immediately below" - that sounds very much like a Defender feature to me! "It was noted that no hooks are provided for roping loads carried in the Land-Rover" - they never fixed that properly either. Anyway. I think it's probably a fairly rare document, but then some things are rare for good reason! |
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21st Jan 2016 9:51pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6611 
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Excellent, interesting read, thanks for sharing
  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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21st Jan 2016 11:56pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443  
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Those reports took me back to my dad telling me about the style of testing back in the day. In the reports there was mention of testing with a muck spreader but that had to be curtailed as the rear diff gave out. They had also tested what would happen if there was too much load on the belt pulley, they found out the limit by going untill the belt pulley assembly broke!
My dad worked at Packington Hall and remembered seeing some of the LR testing, the testing included driving members of the press through the lake to demonstrate the wading capabilities, all went well untill one of the drivers "forgot" where the submerged sand tracking had been laid resulting in a dunking! Dad's employer was involved with testing another BMC product on the estate, Nuffield tractors, his fravourite trick to get a replacement was to turn sharply with an implement in the ground which would snap the lower link arms off where they attached to the rear axle, a weak spot that took a long time to rectify. |
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22nd Jan 2016 12:21am |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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""The use of light alloys and the heavy galvanising of the steel components of the body and chassis had prevented any rust or corrosion.""
That quality feature luckily was also fully preserved during the 68 years of subsequent production. 
Great historic document. 
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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22nd Jan 2016 4:18am |
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