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| Greyman110 Member Since: 29 Sep 2017 Location: London Posts: 327  
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Pressed post before I added picture!
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18th Jul 2020 9:56pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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Crop sprayer of some description? Might be interesting on road with those tyres 😁
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19th Jul 2020 5:28am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17374 
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Very nice, very rare, very original. Wow!
I'm sure I've seen this (or a twin) in LR promotional literature. |
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19th Jul 2020 8:38am |
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| Mash Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: Guernsey Posts: 1674  
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Looks like similar tyres as fitted to some of the lightweights that were bespoke built of the marshy conditions. 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html 110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html 52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html D3 Hse - Fiona Capri 2l S - Anna Think I might have a problem............ |
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19th Jul 2020 11:13am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17374
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If I recall correctly the tyres are Avon Treadlites (not sure of the size though).
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19th Jul 2020 11:15am |
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| Greyman110 Member Since: 29 Sep 2017 Location: London Posts: 327
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It was pretty cool! When I’m back up that way I’ll get some more pictures. Hopefully they will have the sprayer off the back by then.
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19th Jul 2020 11:47am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Possibly 31X15.50-15, similar to some I have.
Reminds me of the Agrover conversion, but these look to predate the one I saw. Dug out some old photos from 1992: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge It was for sale at Merlins, who were then the LR main dealer in Doncaster. using an online inflation calculator got me a current sale price of £18,094. A bargain! Last edited by Supacat on 27th Jan 2022 7:35am. Edited 2 times in total |
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19th Jul 2020 12:26pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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Reminds me a bit of the Cuthbertson conversion for the ForestryCommission that used to reside on the forecourt of Lix Toll Motors up here in Scotland ,its long gone after the business changed hands about 10 years ago. I think one of the magazines did an article about the Lix Toll collection as they had 4 or 5 Cutherbtson converted Series Landies. One of them with tracks can be seen behind this Hydrology conversion.
Click image to enlarge Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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19th Jul 2020 1:02pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Glouscester Saro conversion I think I read. Also known as Bog Frogs. Click image to enlarge
I think the Cuthbertson was the tall tracked vehicle - the other was a Roadless Traction? |
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22nd Jul 2020 10:35am |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2644 
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Indeed, the tracked ones were Cuthbertsons. The 'Forest Rover' was a conversion designed with Roadless Traction in association with the Forestry Commission, though they never used it in any big way.
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22nd Jul 2020 2:58pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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WOW! Those lightweight pictures reminded me of the article in LRO years back... think it was the same vehicles.
They look/ed great! |
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22nd Jul 2020 6:36pm |
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| Sicastle71 Member Since: 21 Aug 2019 Location: West Lancs Posts: 128  
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I remember the lightweights we had one at shoeburyness along with turretless Churchill tanks
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22nd Jul 2020 7:29pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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There was also this one - I think it was in one of the Land Rover books pre-internet and described as a desert conversion for an oil or pipeline survey company:
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23rd Jul 2020 8:34am |
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