Re: SER1 OT: Remanufactured Landys

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Mark Strangways wrote:
> Hi George,
> 
> Did you look at that Santana site? those trucks still have beam axles, parabolic springs but now have disc brakes. I am not sure about electrical wizardry, but it seems that several things are optional extras (electric windows and air con) so maybe they are still quite simple......
We used a Santana whilst setting up the Scottish Hillrally (Think Carlos 
Seinz, but without the road, the road-book, or the millions of dollars) 
- it was basically a 110.

A bit more bottom-end grunt from the 2.8, and not quite as much top-end 
speed, but bloody good off-road...

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  Ian Stuart: Code Gorilla, Perl Laghu, & Land Rover fettler
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