Re: 1987 JCB 3CX Sitemaster 2WD
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:20 pm
Small world, yes, the 101 is fixable after the 'incident'. The subsequent crash wrecked the 101 a bit & daughter cracked her knee cap when the dash collapsed into her, but happily she's 100% now & it was only me that got burnt and have some epic scars to scare people with at parties and its mostly healed/grew back now. Look how much room we had between the front of the seat and the front...
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I managed to pick up most of the 101 specific bits I wrecked so a bit of fettling and a power steering conversion and it'll be better than it was before but I promised myself I wouldn't start the re-restoration until both me and the barn workshop's ready as I'm sick of lying in the dirt fixing things while I have a ramp etc in the back of a van waiting. Yeah the value of them has gone insane suddenly and sadly they seem to have become a bit of a investment thing where people frantically try to make them as flawed as when they left the factory to increase the value, which isn't why I liked them in the first place. 4.6, overdrive, power steering and a decent cage for me as the originality died in that ditch that day
I like that GAZ and they are monsters off road also, sadly I've only got a 3.5T license so its a bit out my league, there's a guy up the road with a 5t SUMB that has a flathead petrol v8 in it on open pipes that he gargle's past my house with regular that's luring me to get one but I should probably focus on fixing what I have first. My 101 was used in its military service to prove the wide track rapier acompanying sankey trailer offroad at the military proving grounds before they accepted it into service and I have a few official pics of it doing its stuff offroad there in service pulling antenna masts around etc. I should probably get one one day and reunite them. Especially as all the restorers and experts say a wide track sankey is period incorrect for a 101 to tow and was never used with them by the military
Original URL: http://gallery.pipandphil.com/Vehicles/4Wheels/Land%20Rover%20101FC/twisted_cab.jpg
I managed to pick up most of the 101 specific bits I wrecked so a bit of fettling and a power steering conversion and it'll be better than it was before but I promised myself I wouldn't start the re-restoration until both me and the barn workshop's ready as I'm sick of lying in the dirt fixing things while I have a ramp etc in the back of a van waiting. Yeah the value of them has gone insane suddenly and sadly they seem to have become a bit of a investment thing where people frantically try to make them as flawed as when they left the factory to increase the value, which isn't why I liked them in the first place. 4.6, overdrive, power steering and a decent cage for me as the originality died in that ditch that day
I like that GAZ and they are monsters off road also, sadly I've only got a 3.5T license so its a bit out my league, there's a guy up the road with a 5t SUMB that has a flathead petrol v8 in it on open pipes that he gargle's past my house with regular that's luring me to get one but I should probably focus on fixing what I have first. My 101 was used in its military service to prove the wide track rapier acompanying sankey trailer offroad at the military proving grounds before they accepted it into service and I have a few official pics of it doing its stuff offroad there in service pulling antenna masts around etc. I should probably get one one day and reunite them. Especially as all the restorers and experts say a wide track sankey is period incorrect for a 101 to tow and was never used with them by the military