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#Post#: 45573--------------------------------------------------
175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) replica
By: DennisM Date: August 12, 2016, 8:17 pm
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A very long time ago whilst restoring 112-587 and with REMLR in
it's infancy on the internet (Registry of Ex-Military Land
Rovers Australia/New Zealand etc the 'Judge' was
visiting as he did mostly on a Saturday or a Sunday afternoon, I
mentioned about the REMLR website, and as the 'Judge' wasn't on
the net
I took him inside and was showing him aspects of it, he was
taken by the auction images from Perth in 1990? , images
supplied by the late 'Bob Dimer'
he said wouldn't it have been great to get hold of one of them,
I told him that the images were at least 10 years old and 23 of
the 26 had been
sold to a pastoral lease and that most likely they would be
trash by now, I was also impressed by them and said to the
'Judge' I will build one
of them when time permits, that sowed the seed and in the back
of my mind those images were going through like a slide show, I
was also
secretly looking for suitable donor vehicle/s to construct one
from.
I just can't remember whether it was late 2003 or early 2004
that the opportunity arose to acquire 2 donor vehicles, my mind
was racing in an
effort to find suitable location for them, where they wouldn't
be interfered with, the 'Judge' offered to babysit this S2A 109
175-319 wreck for me
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as found in the 'garden' @ Modern Mtrs Dungog, as you can see it
was missing some vital parts, these were sourced easily enough,
Murray
moved the wreck up out of the garden to where we could load it
for transport to Morpeth.
The other donor was in much better condition
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I asked could I leave it where it was until I found room for it
somewhere near home, lucky for me the answer was yes it could
stay where it was,
so I came away feeling a lot easier and could get on with the
restoration that was underway at the time i.e. 110-850, then it
was 172-562 before
I could really even start to think about making a start, but
that didn't stop me thinking/planning ahead.
At the time all of this was happening we & REMLR did not know
about anyone who had one, but since 2005/6 REMLR has found 3
owners, some of
them frequent this site, with one owning several of these
machines in varying states of condition.
When the time came in 2006 to make a start I took a trip to
Bandiana as I knew they had one there, I also received help from
Stuart K in WA,
materials were bought and stored, the wreck of 175-319 was
transported to my address by Warwick Lord as he had a tilt tray
@ the time
it poured rain on that day and for several days after making it
difficult to work on, the rain started about 10 minutes after
this image was taken
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when the rain stopped I took stock of what I needed in order to
make this viable, the engine/G/box/bulkhead were R/S**t so they
were disposed
of @ the local tip (dump metal 4 free) the chassis was
reasonably good except for the X member under the flywheel, it
was B.E.R (buggered)
I had a spare front chassis section off the original 109 WKSP, I
had kept that as I had hopes of getting the 2A fire truck from
Toolern Vale in Victoria (600 miles from my home
where I had met with Ian T in 2003, he sorta said he might sell
it/might not sell it, so I asked him to keep me in mind, but
anyway that didn't
eventuate and as I had the need for a X member it was used for
this project, I also used another section of this old chassis
for 113-372 in 2010
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and where it was going, when the surface was cleaned up
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the chassis was checked all over and any faults repaired
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The chassis on a LRPV had a few additions to it like twin rear
shocks mounts shown here
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and mounts needed to be fabricated for the bottom mounts on the
diff/assembly
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the chassis continued to take up a lot of time but eventually it
all came together after many months of slog to get it to this
stage
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check out the 'Poodle Patrol' in the background, you can't sneak
up on me LOL.
The time was coming to bring the Series 3 109 home so it could
be dismantled and parts not wanted disposed of,
that process took about 10 days as you guessed it 'RAIN', I
wasn't impressed to say the least, anyway the items that were to
be used
were stored and the area cleaned.
The need for a bulkhead was urgent, I made a call to a friend
who owns a large property around Ivanhoe NSW, he directed
me to a place in Cobar, where a bulkhead was sourced, very
little rainfall in outback NSW, ideal conditions for finding
older L/R's in good nick
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I had been on night shift when I arrived at the 'Judges' place
and stated I was going to Cobar, did he want to come with me
so we set off @ 1330hrs Sunday arriving in Cobar late that
night, I missed the owner of the vehicle he had gone to work
in the local mine, so we hung around all day until late in the
afternoon, a deal was struck, and within 2 hours it was
on the roof rack of my 110 and we were heading home I arrived
home after dropping the 'Judge' @ 0445hrs Tuesday morning
I needed to sleep as I had been deprived for more than 72
hours+, anyway to cut a long story short the B/head was cleaned
blasted repaired painted and fitted before Friday of that week,
it was a marathon effort
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The project was coming along engine transmission diffs all
insitu, B/head mounted, wiring underway with a lot of mod's
as I was using the Series 3 diesel loom (as I had a 5 main
bearing diesel engine in the LRPV at the time)
As I said before the LRPV is no ordinary Land Rover, it has many
bolt on/welded on and fabricated additions including the dash
I had taken images @ Bandiana and I needed to move along on a
daily basis, 2mm alloy sheet was obtained and the drawing put to
good use
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also I contacted a local badge maker to make the
dash/instruction board showing the controls, but that would come
later
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and other shots showing the construction of the dash/instrument
panel
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As well as the interior, there are many additions, here is a
selection of some of them
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side protection guards
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the heavy plate attached to the chassis for support pintle MG
mount
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making the pintle for the MG
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/MG%20mount%20001_zpszuyareki.jpg[/img]
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Mgun%20rings_zps3m6fimvw.jpg[/img]
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Gun%20mount_zps07vc9ukh.jpg[/img]
then the ROPS
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and other things that hang off it
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at the rear, fabricated tailgate etc.,
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bike rack
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/MountBike%20003_zpsjl2ce84q.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Black_zps1n7o2vhk.jpg[/img]
with the bike a 'Suzuki' DR 350 (this was just a std bike, but
it was the bike of choice way back then, quiet/powerfull
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and off the front, steering/diff protection
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Steering%20guard%20004_zpsi5tydb3r.jpg[/img]
12Volt sockets x 3 front one on rad/sup panel, dash, and left
rear near taillights
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more items for the interior
[IMG]
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rear tub storage situated in front of rear wheels, right and
left of the tub
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auxillary fuel tank rear tub (50 gallons approx) + 2 x 16 gallon
tanks
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and the tyres came off ex-Afghanistan LRPV's
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anyway that's a shortened version of approx. 15 months of work
full on slog everyday something was done on the project
to get it to this stage with winch fitted etc.,
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and in use on the 25th
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it has since had an engine change, it now has a Series 3 petrol
engine reconditioned, out with the diesel
[IMG]
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in with the petrol
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and as I have said before if you could restore/build something
like this in 2 hours (that's what it took to upload etc.,),
anyway cheers Dennis
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: DennisM Date: August 12, 2016, 9:15 pm
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Here is a selection from the hundreds of images that I took
during construction of the vehicle,
the vehicle @ the Judges place on the day of the move
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the day it arrived, rain ++
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the instrument cluster, the originals were VDO (plastic types) I
prefer Smiths instruments
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Dash%20info_zpslhzmq0yb.jpg[/img]
some of the storage in the tub
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HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Dennis%20006_zps7c4vwfpb.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/175-319/Storage%20lids%20002_zpsyqxyvczo.jpg[/img]
the rear M60 mount plate on the chassis
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side rails in the early stage of manufacture (in the backyard)
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and after all the hard work a nice drive one arvo
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anyway I don't want to bore you all too much LOL, only 2 more
Land Rovers to go, cheers Dennis dgs
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: Puddlejumper Date: August 13, 2016, 2:16 am
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My gast is flabbered mate, without doubt this is my
favourite..........up to now.......Makes the pink panthers look
a bit ssies
Mind you a V8 would make it awesome beyond belief whstle whstle
Truly inspirational, you deserve a prize or something.
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: Zuma Date: August 13, 2016, 11:08 am
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Very impressive Dennis! Excellent work as usual.
lkebtn
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: Horace109 Date: August 13, 2016, 1:47 pm
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Dennis - I'm amazing, just bloody amazed. All these Land
Rovers, all done to an amazing standard.
'kin epic.
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: Gossamer Date: August 13, 2016, 1:52 pm
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Well done Dennis
Maybe I can make a case for one more land rover on the drive.
This one would be soooooooooooooooooooo handy for nipping up the
road to the shops, dear.
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: Viamphie Date: August 19, 2016, 3:58 am
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Dennis,
Since reading these threads I have come to the following
conclusions:
You never sleep
You must have started rebuilding these great machines when you
were 7 yrs old
You secretly helped design Land Rover and therefore are a leafer
master.
Or
You have a time machine in your garage that stops the world from
turning.
Given all the gadgets and wonders in your garage I opt for the
second vcan
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: DennisM Date: August 19, 2016, 4:21 am
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Mate I'm just an ordinary person nothing special about me at
all, I was born in Cannock Staff's which is not very far from
Solihull so I guess I was doomed from the start even though we
moved very far away to Aust when I was very young, I wish I had
a time machine it could come in handy, yes I do have a lot of
gear in the shed and a lot of tools etc and with all that just a
little bit of knowledge on how to use them, remember I have
absolutely no trade qualifications at all, I do sleep but
sometimes that is interuppted by the continious slide show that
happens in my mind when I'm going flat out on a job, here is a
short clip showing all of them except the Ambulance, it must
have still been in the shed, the vehicles were all out for their
annual MOT
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDC_KlOUck
cheers Dennis dgs
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: Viamphie Date: August 19, 2016, 4:39 am
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That's just leafer porn Dennis you should be ashamed of
yourself. Look at them all parading in the street, with their
shiny paintwork and Solihull sexiness. To top it all off I bet
not one of them leaks oil like a proper landrover.
I'm sooooooo jealous.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Re: 175-319 Series 2A 109 LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) repli
ca
By: DennisM Date: August 19, 2016, 4:47 am
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I was once out with my wife @ her school re-union and one of her
old school friends asked me what I did in my spare time, I just
said I liked to keep busy/active and that I had some porn she
could look at, (Land Rovers what else LOL) she was gob smacked
and walked off saying she wasn't interested in porn at all, my
wife explained to her later that it's not porno stuff it's just
what he (me) calls porn LOL, I haven't been back to any other
re-unions either LOL cheers Dennis dgs
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