New member from the Far North
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:13 pm
Hi Folks,
Landie fanatic from the north coast of Scotland.
Have converted a 109 Ambu for touring around. Keep an eye out around the north and west coast of Scotland for the red cross trundling about
Also some of the islands for that matter............. ;)
My interest was born out of necessity 6 years ago when a booking for a hotel at a music festival in Orkney fell through and I had 3.5 weeks to convert my '84 110 into a quick-change camper for the event!! The truck still had to be usable for commuting and the dogs life it had so a permanent solution wasn't an option!! Cue the fold-away double bed, cooker/table and condensation-on-your-forehead system that came out of the subsequent 3 weeks head scratching... ;) It's now fitted in my 109 for emergency/occasional use
Have a rooftent I use on the roofrack on my '83 Rangie very occasionally, its fine for very long high-speed camping trips/jollies to collect scrap/projects from far afield but i'm not keen on under canvas, give me condensation dripping on my nose anytime.....
After 2 years of this, the 110 chassis expired on me (spectacularly rotten and well hidden it turned out), and after many years of fancying an Ambulance, I bought one from Blanchards 3 years ago. Welded, wired, waxoyled, painted and tested within 5 weeks of buying, I had it registered and on the road.
Mk1 interior was two basic sleeping platforms while I mulled over things, quite sharpish came the Mk2 developed interior complete with caravan cushions and double bed (oooh, posh), and finally after a year's sleepless nights of agonising its the Mk3 final incarnation of the interior with the double bed and built in storage/cooking etc installation.
I love the old beast, it has bags of character, gives no impression of speed whatsoever, returns 23mpg on a trundle and drops to 19mpg when giving it welly if required but I'd rather not do that... Engine has been carefully tuned and runs like a swiss watch and an overdrive for main-road action!
As with any old Landrover its a work in progress and there's always ideas and tweaks ongoing.
Last jobs to do is the Leisure battery/split charge and the propex heating system. But these are just fancy-nonsense would-be-nices
they may never get done.......... 
So that's me, pics to follow in time!
Alec
Landie fanatic from the north coast of Scotland.
Have converted a 109 Ambu for touring around. Keep an eye out around the north and west coast of Scotland for the red cross trundling about
Also some of the islands for that matter............. ;)
My interest was born out of necessity 6 years ago when a booking for a hotel at a music festival in Orkney fell through and I had 3.5 weeks to convert my '84 110 into a quick-change camper for the event!! The truck still had to be usable for commuting and the dogs life it had so a permanent solution wasn't an option!! Cue the fold-away double bed, cooker/table and condensation-on-your-forehead system that came out of the subsequent 3 weeks head scratching... ;) It's now fitted in my 109 for emergency/occasional use
Have a rooftent I use on the roofrack on my '83 Rangie very occasionally, its fine for very long high-speed camping trips/jollies to collect scrap/projects from far afield but i'm not keen on under canvas, give me condensation dripping on my nose anytime.....
After 2 years of this, the 110 chassis expired on me (spectacularly rotten and well hidden it turned out), and after many years of fancying an Ambulance, I bought one from Blanchards 3 years ago. Welded, wired, waxoyled, painted and tested within 5 weeks of buying, I had it registered and on the road.
Mk1 interior was two basic sleeping platforms while I mulled over things, quite sharpish came the Mk2 developed interior complete with caravan cushions and double bed (oooh, posh), and finally after a year's sleepless nights of agonising its the Mk3 final incarnation of the interior with the double bed and built in storage/cooking etc installation.
I love the old beast, it has bags of character, gives no impression of speed whatsoever, returns 23mpg on a trundle and drops to 19mpg when giving it welly if required but I'd rather not do that... Engine has been carefully tuned and runs like a swiss watch
and an overdrive for main-road action!As with any old Landrover its a work in progress and there's always ideas and tweaks ongoing.
Last jobs to do is the Leisure battery/split charge and the propex heating system. But these are just fancy-nonsense would-be-nices
they may never get done.......... So that's me, pics to follow in time!
Alec
