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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
Joined: 12 Apr 2012 Odometer: 36
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: Hi All, newbie from hampshire
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Hi guys,
I'm Simon from Hampshire, I have found my self on this site looking at old threads many times in the past, there are knowledgeable people on here and i'm sure I will have many things you guys can help me out on, and hopefully I can give advice at times as well!
Now the toys, I run a 300tdi defender 90 van as a daily driver I can upload a pic or two, The G/F has a jimny as a daily which she loves, we both do a bit of green laning
I Restore Military vehicles, Ill post a few pictures of the current collection...
__________________________________ Simon
Defender 90 300TDI van
and a nice collection of military vehicles to fix when the defender is working.
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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:16 am Post subject:
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Defender...
M151A2 MUTT now restored.
1954 Austin champ for rebuild
The 'workhorse' believe to have served in the Falklands war.
1960 Ferret - served in Cyprus undergoing works - excuse the 4 wheels that have been lent against it!
Inside..
__________________________________ Simon
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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:21 am Post subject:
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A couple of before shots of the jeep
the collection of other mutts - 14 in total
__________________________________ Simon
Defender 90 300TDI van
and a nice collection of military vehicles to fix when the defender is working. |
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. Difflock Royalty
Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Odometer: 40007 Location: Northern Ireland's Gold Coast
2009 Land Rover 110 CSW
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:34 am Post subject:
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Niiiice!
Welcome to the forum.
__________________________________ Bert the Defender 110 XS - because it's Cool (work it out yourself!)
Lolita the Lightweight
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TJ_in_Dubai Just got MTs
Joined: 24 Oct 2011 Odometer: 371 Location: Dubai, UAE
1997 Jeep Wrangler
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject:
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Wicked!
Welcome.
Ps. Either your Mutts are massive or your horse is tiny...
__________________________________ Wrangler TJ 4.0 Sport
33x12x15's
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nivapilot Guest
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject:
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Very nice...whereabouts in hampshire?
Roughly... I mean
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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:23 pm Post subject:
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Cheers guys!! great to be on board. I am near Andover, Hampshire.
__________________________________ Simon
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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:46 pm Post subject:
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TJ_in_Dubai wrote: | Ps. Either your Mutts are massive or your horse is tiny... |
love that!
I can't help myself, I need to do a quick history lesson! Mutts are great off road- 85inch wheel base and weigh about a ton, coil sprung with wishbone suspension all the way round, miles apart from the M38 series of willys jeep (the wartime jeep replacement) which all had leaves and solid axles. The M151 series MUTT was used most famously in vietnam, and proved popular because they were fully air portable and very capable in the brown stuff - there was concern with the original M151 and M151A1 (first revision) with stability due to the rear suspension giving a massive positive camber when not under load, this caused them to turn over when thrashed about. The M151 A2 (last revision brought out 1971) cured this issue by having trailing arm suspension - haunted by its predecessors bad reputation, the U.S gov ordered that all MUTTs released from military service where to be 'demiled' this meant they had to be cut in half, (then into quarter when it was realized civilians were buying both halves and welding them back together!) or the power pack removed and the body crushed with a tank. - because of this very few vehicles have survived the test of time, which is a real shame considering that they have the longest in service life of any jeep! There are no more than 50vehicles in the U.K. at the moment.
__________________________________ Simon
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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:48 pm Post subject:
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They are also quicker and more comfortable than my defender!!
__________________________________ Simon
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duke Mud Obsessed
Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Odometer: 2005 Location: Thatcham Newbury surf 2.4td
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject:
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welcome from over the border
nice collection
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Masseyboy89 Gate Opener
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject:
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Thanks!
__________________________________ Simon
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Zaragosa Gate Opener
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:53 am Post subject:
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Great pics Simon, do you still drive the defender?
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