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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on October 02, 2006, 15:01:31
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One-Ten at work today.
I think it's the first one I think I've seen of that particular specification :?
Images to follow later this evening, as I left my camera in my locker at work :oops: :roll:
(will call for it when I pick 'Small-Child' up from After-School Club)
Even better, it's got a Hospital staff parking permit in it, so I left a note with my pager number.
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Okay...................
There's been 51 views & no guesses.
So here's the main picture, as I said I don't believe I've seen one before (that I've known about)
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has freewheeling front hubs :lol:
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Now, that is unusual. :-k
It came out of the factory like that, and on an 'A' plate too.
I've seen 'Y' plate 110's that have the normal setup, sure it's not a prototype?
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has freewheeling front hubs :lol:
Trust you to spoil it! :roll: :mrgreen:
There was me trying to be criptic so other could have a guess!! :D
why do think it would need FWH then? :wink:
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I'm guessing 4wd was selectable as per series motors :?:
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Correct. Part-time 4WD was available on the very first 110's (they also used the old 2.25 motors until the 2.5 was available) and FWH's were a factory option.
The earlier ones you have seen with perm 4WD might have been V8's? Sure they weren't 4-cyl vehicles with part-time 4WD but were not fitted with FWH's?
Rumour has it that a few years later someone bought up a job lot of new 110 FWH's to sell to Series owners but then found out that the hubs / splines were different and they wouldn't fit anything else.
True or urban myth?
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Ohh it's one of those rare factory prototype 110's that used the selectable 2WD / 4WD aller series stylee.
Being on a A plate it must have been registerd quiet late by the factory when it was released. As my mate has an A plate 110. that used to be a 2.5 petrol with standard LT77 LT230R setup.
Other features is the two peice front doors.
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It has indeed got Free Wheeling Hubs, & selectable 4wd was an option with the 2&1/4 engines initially offered.
It was quickly dropped as no-one really bought any.
I've got a sales brochure down in the snug for this, featuring lots of lovely brown Countys :D
It's not very good, but here's a photo taken through the window of the transfer lever
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LOL like the reg No. quite appropriate for a landy ;)
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If the free wheeling hubs wern't pointed out i would never have guessed.
I bow down to your knowledge guys
:D
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Hmm, thats interesting to see. Ive got a old 110.. reg A382 WET, it has free hubs on front 2 1/4 petrol, but the transfer leaver comes out by the hand break leaver... ive started to do some resurch on it... also got a Y reg 110 Hi cap which looks to of had the same arrangement but has had a rubbish TDi installation in it with the perm four wheel drive installed etc....
Gonna be my winter resto project.. thought a early 110 would be a nice change from series vehicles :)
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Guy i knew at collage, had a pre production prototype 110, but had put a perkins diesal lump in it but his had a R/R box init to which he fitted an overdrive to account for the slow diesal, it even had headlight washer jets on it.