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Land Rover Series III, Stage 1, V8 LWB Ute.
I've known Nigel and his son Tim for some years now, since they first joined the Land Rover Club of Victoria (Australia) and in that time we've done a number of trips together and become good friends.
Nigel's vehicle may look relatively standard in many ways, apart from the 36 inch Swampers it runs, but nothing could be further from the truth (refer below)
While Nigel is not afraid to tackle most types of terrain his approach is gentle and calculated, and rarely are cubic inches or brute power Nigel's answer to difficult sections, instead he gently caresses the Land Rover up tracks that many would fear to try.
Over the years of watching Nigel manoeuvre the Land Rover around some of Victoria's harder tracks I have developed a lot of respect for Nigel's driving prowess and the Land Rovers abilities.
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Now as to that Land Rover......Try this for a set of vehicle specifications:
4.6 Litre Rover V8 4 Speed constant 4WD Front and Rear ARB Airlockers 24 Spline front axles 36 inch Q78 Super swampers with "Tireloc" Kevlar Beadlocks Warn M8274 High mount winch Safari Snorkel Internal roll bar Power Steering Custom transfer box with High/Low Crawler ratios. Minimum 127:1 On board electric and engine driver air compressors with pressure tank |
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Nigel's never being one to "hang back" and he's usually prepared to give any track a go, but always slowly and carefully , crawling and edging his way to the extreme limit of the vehicles capabilities. |
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The overall diameter of the Q78 Swamper's help the vehicle to clear many obstacles that would otherwise obstruct the vehicle, particularly in a "ramp over" situation such as is shown here. |
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Night time on a interesting track! |
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Why do the tracks and terrain shown in
photographs never look anywhere as steep as they are in real life......I
guess the one thing that can be said is when do do show a modicum of
difficulty you know that must have been really good.
On this particular track it was impossible to stop once you had started down (no matter how slow you were travelling) as the tyres refused to grip on the wet, slippery clay soil and you simple slid down the track courtesy of gravity. |
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.......Bear in mind that's more mud than water. |