1955 Land Rover 86″ Basic or Station Wagon 1997cc spread bore – Home Market

A friend recently had to leave island in a hurry, and as a result I was offered something I couldn’t (or maybe should have) refused. Its a 1955 Series 1, and pretty tidy all round apart from the outriggers which need a “spot of welding” *ahem* … I’ve already had my first hedge find inContinue reading “1955 Land Rover 86″ Basic or Station Wagon 1997cc spread bore – Home Market”

how to make an 18 year old Vitara / Sidekick look nice

I was up very early to not go fishing on a cancelled offshore sport fishing trip the other week… On the bright side, I got to watch the sun come up, and caught this rather nice  picture of my battered old island jeep (relegated to emergency duties these days) against the incoming new day.  UsingContinue reading “how to make an 18 year old Vitara / Sidekick look nice”

GT LTS-3 build finished

I’ve had an old ’96 GT LTS-3 frame sat in the shed for years, back at Mum’s in the UK. After shipping it here recently, I finally got around to building it the last few days. Not the highest spec build, and the old Manitous need swapping for something a little beefier (a 100mm BomberContinue reading “GT LTS-3 build finished”