Landrover Day
Landrover Day
For anybody interested in Land Rovers the 7th Annual "Land Rover Lovers" day is on next weekend, 28th - 29th November 2009.
Venue is at Wangmanao, Paktor, which is due West of Petchkasem Rd and Rama 2 Rd intersection. on National Road # 3206.
More info (in Thai): http://www.landroverthailand.net/ including last years photos and GPS co-ordinates.
Venue is at Wangmanao, Paktor, which is due West of Petchkasem Rd and Rama 2 Rd intersection. on National Road # 3206.
More info (in Thai): http://www.landroverthailand.net/ including last years photos and GPS co-ordinates.
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Impressive collection there on the day, from a properly restored S2, souped up "bog hole wagon", right through to a late model Range Rover.Rider wrote:If money were no object I'd have mine brought over from the UK...
The venue is a private farm with off road tracks, a "bog hole", shady camping spots, and good toilet facilities. They had a stage set up for some night time entertainment, but I did not stay for that. It was a two day event with overnight camping.
Friendly lot, apart from the usual odd "toffy nose" Range Rover owner!
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I assume they all now have Ford engines in them. Who made the engines prior to the Ford takeover? Just curious. Pete
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FORD, bloody FORD???? Sacrilege!!!!prcscct wrote:I assume they all now have Ford engines in them. Who made the engines prior to the Ford takeover? Just curious. Pete
Pete, Landrover has a history going back to just after WW2, 1948. The first vehicles used a small 4 cylinder engine borrowed from a Rover sedan car. They then went on to develop a specific engine of their own, starting with 1.5 litres, on to 2.0 litres, 2.25 litres. and a diesel in both 2.0 litres and 2.25 litres.
In the late 1960s they used a 6 cylinder "F head" engine, also borrowed from a Rover sedan car.
But their most well known "modern" engine is the 3.5 litre all alloy V8. This engine is actually a cast off from Buick in the US, and used in some of their small sedans for a short time. Rover have developed this engine over the years, and it is still the basis of the modern 5.0 litre used today.
In recent years there have been several other engine options, including their own 5 cylinder diesel design. They have also used an Italian diesel, and BMW had some input during their ownership, as did Ford, but not Ford engines per se.
Jaguar / Landrover is now owned by TATA Motors, India, and hopefully they can keep it going, as the sedan car part of Rover is defunct, although the Chinese have the manufacturing rights, as I understand it
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Love old Land rovers myself.
I had a series 1 longwheel base '107' with the 2 lt Rover side valve engine. Drove to and around Morocco in that one with some mates
I later had the short wheelbase '86' just as a run-around in Yorkshire - great in the snow but zero heating or demisting.
Drove across the Sahara in a 2a 2.25 diesel down to West Africa - that was a good trip.
A Thai friend had a oldish series 3 in Hua Hin - they had put an Izuzu engine and transmission in it - shame in a way but it goes OK.
Still love to see that short wheel base series 1 parked on Sra Song Road opposite the top entrance to Chatchai market - haven't seen it moving for a few years now but it posibly still does.
Well it is a Landrover thread....
Regards Sabai Jai
I had a series 1 longwheel base '107' with the 2 lt Rover side valve engine. Drove to and around Morocco in that one with some mates
I later had the short wheelbase '86' just as a run-around in Yorkshire - great in the snow but zero heating or demisting.
Drove across the Sahara in a 2a 2.25 diesel down to West Africa - that was a good trip.
A Thai friend had a oldish series 3 in Hua Hin - they had put an Izuzu engine and transmission in it - shame in a way but it goes OK.
Still love to see that short wheel base series 1 parked on Sra Song Road opposite the top entrance to Chatchai market - haven't seen it moving for a few years now but it posibly still does.
Well it is a Landrover thread....
Regards Sabai Jai
Your S1 engine would have been the original "F" head design, overhead inlet valves and side exhaust valves--i had one on the farm in Australia many years ago.Sabai Jai wrote:Love old Land rovers myself.
I had a series 1 longwheel base '107' with the 2 lt Rover side valve engine. Drove to and around Morocco in that one with some mates
I later had the short wheelbase '86' just as a run-around in Yorkshire - great in the snow but zero heating or demisting.
Drove across the Sahara in a 2a 2.25 diesel down to West Africa - that was a good trip.
A Thai friend had a oldish series 3 in Hua Hin - they had put an Izuzu engine and transmission in it - shame in a way but it goes OK.
Still love to see that short wheel base series 1 parked on Sra Song Road opposite the top entrance to Chatchai market - haven't seen it moving for a few years now but it posibly still does.
Well it is a Landrover thread....
Regards Sabai Jai
My first Landrover was very similar to your photo, but a S2 with just a 2 litre diesel. It was pretty much underpowered on the road or in sand, but would climb Mt Everest in low range! I later had a S2A Station Wagon with a petrol engine, a very good vehicle. I now have a Series 1 Discovery, with the 3.9 V8I on LPG.
Looked at the latest Series 4 Discovery at the Motor Show a few days ago. How I wish! It had the new 3.0 Litre twin turbocharged diesel.
I have not seen the S1 you mention, where exactly is it?
And yes, the Thais are expert at fitting Japanese engines to almost anything!
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I have not had anything to do with them, VincentD. The early cars have a bad reputation, I have been told. The BMW engine should not be any problem, it is the set up around it that gives problems. Have seen quite a few in the Bangkok agents workshop in serious stages of dis-repair.VincentD wrote:Nereus
I've been recently toying with the idea of acquiring a post-2004 Freelander TD04. This would be the one with the BMW sourced diesel engine. I am, however, being put off for now by others saying reliability is an issue, as are spares.
Any thoughts?
The problem with all Landrover products in Thailand is the service back up from the agents once the car is out of warranty. There are independent workshops that specialise in Landrovers, and some of them are run by enthusiasts, so have good service.
Take a look at the link, there is some good advice on there.
http://www.lro.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=20
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