Noisy neighbours. Mega shite enclosed.

[freebird]

You know when you are woken up in the early hours by the sound of a clattery diesel lump and doors slamming?

I was woken up at 4AM this morning by my noisy fucker of a neighbour.

When i went out to my car this morning, this thing was sitting on his side of the drive.

A shite of the week spot without having to go anywhere.

[retro80sboy]

Is he planning for doomsday?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Someone near me had one of these things, only the parking area in front of his house was smaller than the truck so it was pressed up against the living room window.

 

Not much of a view.

[Spiny Norman]

Is he planning for doomsday?

 

Or waiting for the penis enlargement drugs to kick in.....

[240gl]

I’ve got some pictures of one with a canvas back on a memory stick somewhere.

 

Is your neighbour an Autoshite member, because with weapons grade shite like that he really should be on here.

[Lacquer Peel]

Is he planning for doomsday?

 

Or waiting for the penis enlargement drugs to kick in.....

 

They don't work.

 

What if he needs it for work, did you ever consider that?

[Lacquer Peel]

Is he planning for doomsday?

 

Or waiting for the penis enlargement drugs to kick in.....

 

They don't work.

 

What if he needs it for his business, did you ever consider that?

[beko1987]

That looks fun! Great sticker too!

[SambaS]

Love it!

[Cavcraft]

Wasn't that on eBay recently? It looks fab.

[andrew e]

Reynolds Broughton? Was this not the thing the killed the LR Llama off?

[freebird]

Wasn't that on eBay recently? It looks fab.

It wouldnt suprise me. My neighbour is now running his own business to do with Wind turbines.

He recently came back after spending two weeks out in the North Sea ( so he said) so, IF it is his new toy and not a friends, then I can see that it will come in useful for some serious offroad action, mind you it would be pretty shit in the North Sea...

I have to say that, having seen a few around but never up close, it is absolutely fucking HUGE!

Im 6ft 1 and i cannot see into it at all and my Scimitar parked next to it is like looking at a pimple on an Elephants arse.

Ive no idea what lump it runs but it must have some serious torque/power.

No doubt I shall be bumping into him in due course and I will get the full S.P.

[ruffgeezer]

It'll probably have a Perkins Phaser in it, it's a based on a Dodge 50, and we've a civvy one in the yard at work, with the older Perkins lump in it, they sound ace!

 

A nice alternative to just another landrover

[SambaS]

3.9 Perkins diesel says Cyenide Steve

[andrew e]

http://www.dodge50.co.uk/rb44-story-1.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Llama

 

The Llama prototypes were sent to the MoD for testing. These were fitted with a variety of rear bodies to demonstrate the versatility of the design. These included the standard open drop-side rear tray, the 'General Service' version with a removable canvas hood, a demountable glass-fibre 'pod' that could be loaded and unloaded from the chassis by a hydraulic hook, a solid enclosed rear body (mocked-up as both an Ambulance and a radio communications vehicle) and one example was fitted with a mock-up missile launcher. Vehicles were subjected to load-carrying, off-road driving, stability, cold-weather and endurance/performance tests. These showed several flaws with the design. The main one was that the coil-spring suspension and high centre of gravity led to poor stability over rough ground when fully laden. The performance of the 2.5-ton vehicle was poor, especially when loaded. The petrol engine fitted to the Llama was also a problem, as the MOD had recently standardised on diesel power for all its vehicles. The V8 was Land Rover's most powerful engine available, and bringing in a more powerful diesel from another builder would remove the Llama's key selling feature- its parts commonality with the standard Land Rovers (of which the MoD had a fleet of nearly 20,000).

Land Rover built one prototype Llama powered by its 85-horsepower Diesel Turbo engine. However, this had unacceptably low performance.

 

The MoD finally selected a 4-wheel drive version of the Dodge 500 truck, converted by Reynolds-Boughton Engineering and designated the RB44. After only a few years in service the entire fleet had to be overhauled and fitted with a crucial brake modification at major costs to the UK taxpayer. The poor reliability of the RB44 meant that the British Army opted to overhaul its fleet of Land Rover 101s, which remained in service until the early years of the 21st century.

[wuvvum]

I think the RB44s all got the turbocharged version of the Phaser. 110bhp from 4 litres, flat out at 2,600 rpm, but a metric fuckload of torque. Would probably quite literally pull a house down in low range.

[simmo]

Fire Service at work had an F Reg one of these as a hose layer, it went to Brooklands Museum. From some comments on Flicker it sounds like it has moved again and has been converted into a camper. The axles were supposed to be modified 4 x 4 Bedford units and instead of twin rear wheels it had a single wheels but mounted backwards.

[simmo]

[autofive]

at least he has the good sense to own a scimitar

[Cavcraft]

Phaser. 110bhp from 4 litres, flat out at 2,600 rpm, but a metric fuckload of torque. Would probably quite literally pull a house down in low range.

 

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This.

 

Also there was a website dedicated to those trucks called Dodge50.com or something.

[freebird]

at least he has the good sense to own a scimitar

He has absolutely no sense whatsoever, the Scimitar is mine

Living next to him is like living next to a termite mound, when he is at home there is constant "doing things" like getting the angle grinder out at 5AM....

My wife came to an agreement with him, If he was a tad more considerate i wouldnt remove his teeth.

Fairs, fair, he isnt a bad neighbour to have now.

Phaser. 110bhp from 4 litres, flat out at 2,600 rpm, but a metric fuckload of torque. Would probably quite literally pull a house down in low range.

 

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This.

 

Also there was a website dedicated to those trucks called Dodge50.com or something.

I had a look at finished fleabay listings but couldnt see it, however, there were a couple on there with different bodies on them, one was up for an eye watering amount.

I may have made the wrong assumption that they are not as expensive to get hold of as the seller seems to think.

Actually, I have absolutely no idea whatsoever as to the value of them!