Recent content by whothehellisdan

Finally made some progress. Well progress that isn't just acquiring parts. There's now a 4L80 to go behind the LS1 when i've got some more dollarydoos to spend on it. Also picked up a set of trick trailing arms for the coilover and bypass arrangement in the rear. Got sick of looking at in on...

Not much to report in the way of updates, waiting for parts and time, either one would be appreciated. One of the guys who does concept art for the car mags down here is drawing some stuff up for me for a series of articles 4x4 Australia is running. He needed a rough idea of what it's going to...

Thanks mate, keen to get stuck into the details, just need to get the big stuff knocked over first

Alright I figured I should stop being a lazy sack of s*** and give a bit more in-depth updates rather than the cliff notes. The class I'll be racing in require some pretty extensive roll cages. Like 50mm DOM tube with 5mm wall thickness. That and the room for harnesses, bilge pumps, and a fresh...

I'd always had dreams of off road racing so wanted a family wagon that drove like that. Now I've got two vehicles to do the two roles so don't need to make one that'll do everything. It's in September out at Silverton on the NSW and SA border, spectators are allowed but it's an endurance race so...

After a full day of crawling over the 60 with a tape measure and dummy fitting seats finally have a cut line that'll allow room for the cage and gear and not look too goofy. In other news, Ranger is kicking ass, got about 3000 miles on it now and averaging about 24mpg. Absolutely stoked with...

Started gutting the 60 today selling everything that's of no use to me soon, I've been lying in bed at night planning the ins and outs of basically every step for a while now so it feels good to make some progress, even if it is pulling stuff off. It's catch 22 though. Cage is easier to do...

Updates son, updates!

By any chance does anyone have a copy of these photos?

No one knows what will happen next, not even me haha

Sorry for the late replys. I've been away with work the last couple of months. No major damage from the tree falling on it, Defender isn't mine, but more on that soon. So the 60 has been giving me a little grief lately with intermittent bugs popping up including dying on me while I was...

I've been dabbling in a little photography lately but no o is too keen on lending me their car for hours in the middle of the night. 60 never complains though.

No idea how I missed this thread but if you're still looking at doing coilovers and radius arms happy to help with any advice. Mine keeps up with most cars through the twisties and still gets it done off-road. Nowhere near as much flex as a 3 link or probably even an SOA but it's a good all...

How did you do the handbrake cable? I have a hybrid 60/80 unit in mine and not 100% happy with it

Minor update. A tree fell on it. But it didn't do any damage. So I bought an LS1 to celebrate If all goes well I'm hoping to have it in and running sometime before 2050