New toy for the winter

[Justsomebloke]

Here's my new toy a ruff & ready off roader for the Winter. Nice external roll cage, Buckets seats, Full harness & a decent winch.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4926/dsc00018kq2.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00018kq2.jpg)

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8908/dsc00020lg1.th.jpg (http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00020lg1.jpg)

Got this one in on the deal for spares :)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5695/dsc00016jx3.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00016jx3.jpg)

[Goose]

Awesome! You need to repaint it in BD colours. :)

[SidewinderINC]

where do you take a beast like that? (and don't say offroad :p)

[Justsomebloke]

Well there are loads of little places around Hinckley off the back roads & illegally accessing gravel pits & the like. Our main Big day out venue though is a place we call The Desert. It's kind of hard to explain where it is as it is obviously in the middle of fart where. Up near Mansfield though i think :confused:
I'll find out & get a location as it is Awesome for taking absolute Liberty's in or on motor vehicles. You would not believe the size of the place it is around 9 working Pits all in one area, there is also a disused railway line & embankment there & a massive forest type wooded area. Blatant illegal piss taking of course but it is so far out there that the old bill cannot get to you. The only times we see them is leaving sometimes where they just tell you to **** off & don't come back but we have already had our day by then.
It gets that busy up there some times that a big lorry pulls up with a jet wash on the back & sells tokens for it ;D
There is a soft area where a lot of parents bring there kids to scramble or trike which is well safe for a little tumble. The place is Amazing & takes you back to when you was a kid & the World was Massive. Honestly if you aren't careful you get lost. Some of the climbs arr tremendous & proper arse whistling moments are plentiful.
Can't wait to roll the baby with its external cage it'll be ace unless there is water about :D I have a decent Moto x helmet to wear when it gets extreme.
All in all its a fun fun situation :cool:

[SidewinderINC]

Picture will be needed of a day outing! It sounds ace!

[Justsomebloke]

Never mind pics what about vids off my mobile :cool:
That's if the mobile still works after i have been through a river & up & over a mountain size embankment & rolled it down the side :D
Should be cool though as it's snorkelled up, I just have to isolate the electrics with the tupperware tub & silicone boj. If i roll it that should just be a matter of me unhooking my harness getting out then just pushing it back the right way. If i get stuck i have the winch which will pull a lorry let alone my light little jeep.
Something is bound to go wrong though & overcoming the challenges is what it's all about.
*Makes manly Argh argh argh argh noises & looks for Dealer boots* :evil:

[Wossi]

Picture will be needed of a day outing! It sounds ace!

Screw pics, I want a ride in it :D

[SidewinderINC]

Yeah, that'd be ace too - little far away form me though :(

[Justsomebloke]

Screw pics, I want a ride in it :D

Keep an eye out for it if you pass my house as it sticks out like a sore thumb high up on my drive. I've got to fix the other seat down before i can take anyone in it, at the moment it is not secured at all ;D
I have to get the other to my plugging up spot & strip out the rubber matt & rear seat. Then i'll fit the rubber & use the bottom railings of one of those seats to secure the other bucket properly. Then i'll have to sort the seatbelt out. Before all this i have to sort the big hole in the floor that the passenger seat is covering :D This isn't a problem as they have a full chassis so the body actually means ****e structurally. Being on my drive it's only a matter of sticking the extension through my letterbox, getting my toolbox out & getting on & doing it. I have some Doris with a big garden who lets me take libertys so I'll stick the other one round there spanner it to bits & then get my mate Jim to take the scrap to the yard with his recovery truck.
All in all a major project but it's the sort of thing i do in my sleep & enjoy whilst doing it. :cool:

[leowyatt]

Looks great malc, I'd love a softop wrangler jeep

[Justsomebloke]

I've just sorted Insurance online for 18 quid a month
The Beast is on the road from Midnight Fully legal :evil:
I hope the heavens open overnight & things get messy.

[Jonny69]

Mate you never cease to fascinate me with your toybox! The external cage, it's wicked ;D

[Justsomebloke]

Up early this morning spannering. I changed the rear light cluster over & got my rear lights working legally. A complete Bodge even if i say so myself :D
Cut & chopped the wires & used gaffer tape to stick the clusters in the bumper :p Fully working & fully waterproof. Driving it on the road can only be described as like driving a tractor it's great fun, Everybody gets well out the way when i come round a corner that's for sure.
Towed the other one back to my plot up place & have sorted out access to my mates yard & All his welding gear :cool:
Next week is full on Jeep mission week so that she's ready for the next downpour & off road session. If i wasn't so busy helping a mate out this morning amongst my own missions i would have gone off road today. I do really need to give it the once over properly before hand though i s'pose.

[Feek]

I bet you're waiting for thick snow so you can drag Mr. Sales Rep in his Mondeo out of the drifts and charge him a tenner for it :)

(I would be!)

[Wossi]

I bet you're waiting for thick snow so you can drag Mr. Sales Rep in his Mondeo out of the drifts and charge him a tenner for it :)

(I would be!)

Toyota Avensis actually ;D If I do get stuck malc, you're the first person I'm contacting ;)

[Kell_ee001]

Awesome! You need to repaint it in BD colours. :)

Great idea! ;D

Hope you have lots of fun in that thing Malc... just try not to do yourself any serious injury :p

[Justsomebloke]

Bonus this morning as i went out on the yard thinking i may have to sling the other gearbox in as my gearstick had gone all floppy (Oooo missus)
Turned out to be a collar on the base of the stick was knackered. I swapped it out for my spare gearstick & it is tighter than a penguins arse now :cool:
Note to self though, Don't hang on to the gearstick whilst off roading ;)
I've done plenty off little jobs this week & am happy it's ready for the next off road session.
Hopefully I'll remember to take my proper camera this time & get some decent shots.



First thing in the morning though i am going to look at an Austin A40 my mate won on Fleabay today. He has the option to back away if he don't like it on sight & it's only down the road at Coventry. Looks great in the pics & still looks pretty straight & standard, even in the classic light blue still. No tax no seatbelts it will be Superb fun pottering around in that.
I'll get some pics in the morning & let you know whether he gets it or not.

[Justsomebloke]

Spent 80 minutes driving to the Desert in Mansfield today only to get turned away by the old bill. They were cool & explained that it's the chavs on bikes that's the problem & once they are sorted they won't deny access to Road Legal motors & sensible people.
Ended up going all the way back to Ellistown/Ibstock. So i spent 3 hours driving to get to a site 15 mins from my house :p
O well thems the breaks on an Adventure a :)

Another two Landys beaten by the Zook
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Some Flex for you.
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Took a while & the winch to get Craig's 90 out of here.
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Stuck but edging out.
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[lostkat]

Sounds like you were very close to us today matey :)

[Justsomebloke]

More Adventures for the Hinckley Off road Firm.

Going Swimming.
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You can see in this pic that the power of the water is pushing the Zook over.
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Are you sure

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Zooks Float
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[killerkebab]

Screw pics, I want a ride in it :DScrew a ride, I wanna drive! :p

[Jonny69]

What came about of the A40 in the end?

[Justsomebloke]

Nowt mate. We went & give it a look over but it wasn't as original as Jim had hoped. Looked pretty straight to me but you could see where it had been painted here & there. It was raining as well so it looked at its best. Jim pulled out but personally i would have bought it as it looked lovely. I didn't get any pics of it which is a bit poor for me.