Yet more frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...
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trails said:
XB70 said:
It is with a sense of incredible pride and honour that I humbly submit my purchase for consideration:
A 2012 Panasonic 103inch plasma tv...mounted on a rolling platform since it weighs over 200kg.
Just arrived yesterday.
Wife is not speaking to me as the monolithic temple to power consumption is literally blocking most of our little lounge room.
Photos to follow.
Lordy, I still have my 2006 Pioneer 43" plasma I purchased from new in a spare room; it causes a spike in the local 'leccy demand and you have to watch it in shorts and t-shirt all year round A 2012 Panasonic 103inch plasma tv...mounted on a rolling platform since it weighs over 200kg.
Just arrived yesterday.
Wife is not speaking to me as the monolithic temple to power consumption is literally blocking most of our little lounge room.
Photos to follow.
I really, really didn't need this but I figured if nothing else it's a good short term giggle before I either decide to properly do it up, or find some other mad soul who "gets" such a creation
So what.... just some scruffy ancient Range Rover, right?
Wrong....... oh so very wrong.....
It's a 1990 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE, but very modified. Up front it has a brand-new-at-fitment Jaguar XKR engine - 4.2-litre, supercharged V8 with 400ish bhp.
Professionally converted by the chap who made the JE Engineering Defender Zulu happen - in some ways, this car was the "proof of concept" engineering prototype. It has a new chassis, with a uprated bushes for nice road manners, and AP Racing brakes which have better feel/travel and power than some actual racer cars I've driven!.
It's got an Ashcroft ATB front diff, a rebuilt and uprated 4HP24 autobox (Ashcroft, again) and rebuilt BW transfer box, and the back end has an ARB Airlocker diff to complete the show
It's got a few other upgrades like LED lights, and it's not the prettiest of things, but it's unique and very, very, very quick......
So what.... just some scruffy ancient Range Rover, right?
Wrong....... oh so very wrong.....
It's a 1990 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE, but very modified. Up front it has a brand-new-at-fitment Jaguar XKR engine - 4.2-litre, supercharged V8 with 400ish bhp.
Professionally converted by the chap who made the JE Engineering Defender Zulu happen - in some ways, this car was the "proof of concept" engineering prototype. It has a new chassis, with a uprated bushes for nice road manners, and AP Racing brakes which have better feel/travel and power than some actual racer cars I've driven!.
It's got an Ashcroft ATB front diff, a rebuilt and uprated 4HP24 autobox (Ashcroft, again) and rebuilt BW transfer box, and the back end has an ARB Airlocker diff to complete the show
It's got a few other upgrades like LED lights, and it's not the prettiest of things, but it's unique and very, very, very quick......
ChemicalChaos said:
I really, really didn't need this but I figured if nothing else it's a good short term giggle before I either decide to properly do it up, or find some other mad soul who "gets" such a creation
So what.... just some scruffy ancient Range Rover, right?
Wrong....... oh so very wrong.....
It's a 1990 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE, but very modified. Up front it has a brand-new-at-fitment Jaguar XKR engine - 4.2-litre, supercharged V8 with 400ish bhp.
Professionally converted by the chap who made the JE Engineering Defender Zulu happen - in some ways, this car was the "proof of concept" engineering prototype. It has a new chassis, with a uprated bushes for nice road manners, and AP Racing brakes which have better feel/travel and power than some actual racer cars I've driven!.
It's got an Ashcroft ATB front diff, a rebuilt and uprated 4HP24 autobox (Ashcroft, again) and rebuilt BW transfer box, and the back end has an ARB Airlocker diff to complete the show
It's got a few other upgrades like LED lights, and it's not the prettiest of things, but it's unique and very, very, very quick......
FantasticSo what.... just some scruffy ancient Range Rover, right?
Wrong....... oh so very wrong.....
It's a 1990 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE, but very modified. Up front it has a brand-new-at-fitment Jaguar XKR engine - 4.2-litre, supercharged V8 with 400ish bhp.
Professionally converted by the chap who made the JE Engineering Defender Zulu happen - in some ways, this car was the "proof of concept" engineering prototype. It has a new chassis, with a uprated bushes for nice road manners, and AP Racing brakes which have better feel/travel and power than some actual racer cars I've driven!.
It's got an Ashcroft ATB front diff, a rebuilt and uprated 4HP24 autobox (Ashcroft, again) and rebuilt BW transfer box, and the back end has an ARB Airlocker diff to complete the show
It's got a few other upgrades like LED lights, and it's not the prettiest of things, but it's unique and very, very, very quick......
ts and giggles!
superb and a worthy entry for winning this thread 
Lol @ the tv.
Also love the rr but man that needs some love, looks great for retailing tarmac as is.
I had the opportunity to buy Mohammed Bin Sulayem’s RRC with a corvette engine. Was mostly mint and exceptionally well engineered. Wanted £7k for it. I drove it but couldn’t get it registered and the sale stalled. I should have bought it and exported it for that price.
Currently chasing some very special rr classics from a Saudi collection tho, one of which would more than make up for every ‘one that got away’ purchase ever.
Also love the rr but man that needs some love, looks great for retailing tarmac as is.
I had the opportunity to buy Mohammed Bin Sulayem’s RRC with a corvette engine. Was mostly mint and exceptionally well engineered. Wanted £7k for it. I drove it but couldn’t get it registered and the sale stalled. I should have bought it and exported it for that price.
Currently chasing some very special rr classics from a Saudi collection tho, one of which would more than make up for every ‘one that got away’ purchase ever.
XB70 said:
Ah, I figured it was something similar to what I've worked with and would come with a flight case! We have used these in the past with some teams but it pops up from the case and can be positioned anywhere. Used mostly for on-field presentations or lineout calls in rugby to half time talks in the dressing room. A heavy bugger to shift across artificial turf though!Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff