Say Hello To Katy

[DRG]

Well I sold my Boxster and am now the proud owner of an Atlantis blue Land Rover Defender 90 50th anniversry called Katy. It's the first time I have named a car and is homage to the Austing K2Y from Ice Cold In Alex.

Well what an absolutely brilliant vehicle. It is an absolute hoot to drive with a 4.0 V8 mated to a 4 speed ZF gearbox. Its actually (in the current UK motoring climate - don't get me started!) a lot more fun than the Boxster!

I will update my profile when I get some pictures of my new girl.

Thanks to James (Defender50th) for all the buying advice


>>> Edited by DRG on Saturday 1st May 21:57

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Very nice! I've been considering a 50th anniversary for some time now! There is a very tempting one on the autotrader site at the moment although it's not the usual Atlantis Blue, it's actually Black (from the factory)

[DRG]

Cammers,

Yes I tried to view that one but I couldn't arrange it around work. So I ended up buying one from Guy Salmon Land Rover. I would certainly recommend driving one they are a hoot! The only downside is fairly grim fuel economy but on the other hand you get a grumbling V8 to play with and the performance is pretty astonishing for a Defender. I have certainly embarassed a few saloons this week

[Graham.J]

Congratulations, lovely cars those 50th 's, IIRC someone said they'd had 130ish mph out of theirs .

I look forward to seeing the pictures of it

Graham

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I did have a drive of one last year and was very impressed! It was a much better ride than I had expected and it was pretty quick too! I would have bought it too, but by the time the dealer got back to me with a p/ex price for mine, it had been sold!
I remember last year there was an Overfinch converted 50th, fitted with their 5.7ltr engine! It was pricey at over 20k but it had 350bhp! That must have really shifted!

[DRG]

Now that would be fun...

James French will do a 4.6 supercharged version with 300 bhp / 300 lbft which translates to 6.8 / 120+. Very nice but as with the Overfinch you would need membership of OPEC to run it.

Just had a traffic light G.P. with a youth in a maxxed up nova (big zorst / massif alloys / bangin' system / etc.) - sorry couldn't resist and yes i know it's irresponsible, but the look as I left him was worth it No wonder i'm only getting 15 mpg!

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Haha nice one!
So just how quick is your car? Do you plan to take it off road?

[DRG]

I don't know how fast it is? I think the standard is about 11 - 12 seconds to sixty.

Defender50th tells me that if you change the transfer box for a higher ratio (1.2 - 1.4), which is better suited to UK speeds, it drops to about 9.5 which is pretty good for 1.8 tonnes.

And yes it's on my list of tweaks

I took it for a gentle off road within a few hours of getting it home! I'm looking for some greenlanes that are not too severe for some fun. Unfortunately, i've been working like a dog recently and haven't had time to look into it yet. Still it's nice to gently rumble home after a 12 hour shift The feeling of air and space is fantastic especially on a sunny day!

>> Edited by DRG on Tuesday 4th May 22:34

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K A T Y

[pic]http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.allangreen/Katy.jpg[/pic]

Spent the day cleaning and polishing her for her PH debut


Sorry I cant get the picture to display - keeps converting to URL?

>> Edited by DRG on Sunday 23 May 21:47

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DRG said:

K A T Y Spent the day cleaning and polishing her for her PH debut Sorry I cant get the picture to display - keeps converting to URL? >> Edited by DRG on Sunday 23 May 21:29

There was one blank too much between address and image tag

Nice Landy btw

[DRG]

Cheers for that...




A few more...

>> Edited by DRG on Sunday 23 May 21:51

edited to show pics - use [pic] instead of [url] to display. Cheers

>> Edited by JSG on Wednesday 26th May 10:15

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Very nice, I've always had a soft spot for them.