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Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: Hinchy1964
Date: October 18, 2012, 6:25 am
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Hi all,
Let me start this narrative by explaining that the contents of
it is not going to 'Wow' anyone, show amazing pictures of
never-before seen Series LR's or indeed teach any respectible LR
owner new tricks or tips but is purely a story of a how an
impulsive idea doesnt always turn out to be an unsuccesful one
and is achievable without jigs, welders, well kited out work
benches and a wealth of knowledge of the dark side and the inner
workings of Series LR's
Some of you might remember me from an old post a while ago about
a bob-tailed 109 which, after deliberation, I purchased.
HTML http://ollr.createaforum.com/ebay/weird-tub-on-this-109/msg4212/#msg4212
It all started when a kind old lady rear-ended my Renault Clio
run-around and wrote it off. Well, who would want to drive one
anyway (except me)? and so began my hunt for a replacement
vehicle which would absorb similar incidents in the future
without the resulting damage.
Of course that was what I told her indoors (my better half and
she who will be referred to from now on as "the almighty"
wagfinger) but with the ulterior motive of hatching a very
cunning plan to get me back into a proper motor, aka a Land
Rover.
I have had several Land Rovers in the past starting when I left
school at 15 to work on a hill farm in Northumberland and was
given a Series 3 hard top as my daily drive. I suppose looking
back it was my company vehicle, the equivalent of a modern day
sales reps Mondeo. In the pursuing years I owned another Series
3, an early 90 and a Freelander (arghhh) so I suppose I have
always been drawn to them.
My dilemma was that I needed a daily drive for a 45 mile round
trip to work and back with hills, B roads and motorway,
something semi-comfortable if that’s possible in a leaf sprung
LR, something economical (ish), and something reliable, easy to
maintain and that didn’t involve me having to invest in a Mig
welder or enrolling on a panel beating course and something I
could take on a short cut via a local green lane or two when
"the almighty" sends me to the butchers for some pork and leak
sausages. rofl
Above all the main criteria was to maintain the old school LR
looks, the agricultural feel and the charm associated with a
Series. There is something about not driving in mainstream
traffic bumper to bumper in the middle lane that appeals to me,
it sort of takes me out of the rat race and into my own world,
it is just the road and me and the numerous pot holes of West
Yorkshire (god bless Kirklees Council, I think I read somewhere
they were voted as having the worsed kept roads in the UK).
So rather than create one huge blog of what I bought, why and
whether my cunning plan worked, I have split it into chapters of
buying this.....
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and why I am now driving around in this......
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Tune in next week sportsfans for Chapter 2 - The Purchase - why
I bought it, what I had planned and whether the cunning plan
would work
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Re: Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: 1960SeriesII
Date: October 18, 2012, 6:50 am
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That looks very nice, good that you dropped the second bumper.
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Re: Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: Dengieboy
Date: October 19, 2012, 12:03 pm
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Yep its looking good :thumbs: like to see a truck cab but not
sure on the spare wheel cover :-?
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Re: Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: mistericeman
Date: October 19, 2012, 4:01 pm
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I actually like(d) the double front bumper ....not sure 'bout
the fuel filler arrangement though ...Tidy looking bus though
:smilewide:
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Re: Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: Hinchy1964
Date: October 20, 2012, 12:45 pm
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I agree on the wheel cover 100% but its hiding a brand new Avon
Rangemaster at the moment which is why I stuck it on to stop
someone in need of a new one from helping themselves. It is
padlocked on underneath and I will take it off once the wheels
have been rotated a few times for definate. It looks so much
better without it though you are right.
I went a local agricultural show many years ago I witnessed a
fuming farmer who had come back to a wheeless Defender and to
top it off they had even jacked up his Ifor Williams trailer too
and taken those. He was absolutely fizzing. I bet he wished he
hadnt stopped in the beer tent so long now.
Fuel filler? well not much I can do about that really, it was
like then when I bought it and whoever did the bob-tail stuck a
SWB tank under the drivers seat, only place it could go I
suppose. Oh well, it works, is leak proof, sheltered from the
weather and does not stick out too much.
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Re: Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: Dengieboy
Date: October 20, 2012, 2:13 pm
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> I actually like(d) the double front bumper ...
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:gay: :haha:
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Re: Hinchy's Bob-Tailed 109 Chapter 1 - A cunning Plan is Formed
DIR By: spudgun
Date: October 20, 2012, 3:32 pm
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I always thaught that bobtailed 109s looked well proportioned
after seeing one in the flesh many years ago.
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