|
|
|

Project Ruby Tuesday
"There's no time to lose, I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away"
"Don't Question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you its the only way to be
She just can't be chained
to a life where nothings gained and nothings lost
at such a cost"
First changes and fixes to The Green Rover
Project in process - Step 1
Engine refurbishment completed - Leaky radiator sent back to manufacturer for repair
step 2 - gearbox swap
NP435 built to replace T-18. Ready to install as soon as I have a radiator to move the truck
step 3 - Other replacements
new striped canvas for Dormobile lifting roof, new shocks, new rear spring & frame bushings, add a pintle hook, new front bumper. Work waiting for rains to stop
Project Ruby Tuesday is intended to be a life reset project following a close family member death and a long period of needing to be very frugal forcing me to let things slide. The project has 6 focus areas, one of which is bringing my Land Rover back into top operating condition. My Land Rover will figure very prominently in the Renewal phase of project Ruby Tuesday.
We are just leaves blowing in the winds of life. This time I'm being guided by whims and serendipity and not by externally imposed limitations. |

Planning the day's journey over a morning cup of tea
|
|
|
This web site focuses on Series Land
Rovers, conversions and modifications to Series Land Rovers,
Land Rover caravans, Series Land Rover expedition preparation
and has Land Rover related photo galleries. There
is some contents relating to Land Rover Defenders, but most
everything is Series Land Rover focused.
Travel Related Articles
Land
Rover Caravans - Dormobile, Carawagon, Park-Ranger, Land-Rover
Explorer and X-PANDA-CAB
|
- Land
Rover Dormobiles
- Land Rover based camping conversions manufactured
by Martin Walter Ltd. The Green Rover features
a Dormobile conversion kit rescued from a wrecked
Land Rover Dormobile.
-
- Carawagons
- Land Rover based camping conversion made by R.J.
Searle Ltd. Includes model identification and copies
of sales brochures showing "Standard" model configurations.
-
- Park-Rangers
- Land Rover based camping conversion made by Hall
Park Garage Ltd. Includes interior layout
diagrams and caravan feature list.
-
- Land
Rover Explorer
- American dealer option camper that fit a 109
pickup. Available from North American Land
Rover dealers from April 1965
-
-
- X-PANDA-CAB
- Pop up roof conversion with optional interior
furniture made in Colorado, USA.
|

Early style Land Rover Dormobile wing badge |
-
The following is from a 1966 Dormobile brochure
with minor revisions:
Freedom
WHEN YOU BUY A DORMOBILE CARAVAN YOU BUY A NEW WAY
OF LIFE
Consider these 10 DORMOBILE Freedoms:
- FREEDOM to ignore holiday hotel worries - and bills
- FREEDOM to live comfortably and easily in the open
air, out on the trail
- FREEDOM to decide and then go - straight away -
for a month, a week, a day
- FREEDOM to drive without tiresome towing, preplanned
end of day destinations or even paved roads
- FREEDOM to tour - Moab or The Badlands - and take
your home with you
- FREEDOM to take advantage of those spare moments
- those crisp, clear winter days - when owners of
other 4x4's stay at home
- FREEDOM to eat what you like, when you like and
cooked how you like it
- FREEDOM to sleep - comfortable and secure - at
the end of an exciting day
- FREEDOM to enjoy outdoor interests - fishing, boating,
climbing, photography, walking, beach combing- or
just looking
ABOVE
ALL
- FREEDOM to relax, in your mobile home, away from
the everyday routine and stress of modern life.
MARTIN WALTER LTD.
A high percentage of the Land Rovers taken around the
world are Dormobiles. On a per model basis I strongly suspect
that Dormobiles are the most traveled model of Land
Rover. Every
person who purchased a Land Rover Dormobile from Martin
Walter had travel in mind, often long distances to
exotic locations. I'm
always happy when I see another Land Rover caravan
out on the trail still exploring the world. |
Maintenance related
Articles
Series Land Rover conversions and
engine power specifications
Land Rover gearboxes and Common conversion
gearboxes
|
- Gear
boxes
- An overview of the gearboxes used
in Land Rovers from series through
the present
-
- Gearboxes
and transfer cases commonly
used with engine swaps in Series
Land Rovers
- Along with some thoughts on how to choose
among them
-
- Gear
ratios
- Covers Series and coiler Land Rover gearboxes,
popular conversion gear boxes, overdrives
and Ashcroft high ratio transfer case
- 109 rear propshaft
lengths measured at
half extension on the sliding joint: For Rover
diff - 41 13/16" or 1062mm, for Salisbury
diff - 40 1/16" or 1017mm. The
difference between the two shafts is 1.75" or
45mm. A stock Series III 109 rear propshaft
is the Salisbury type since a Salisbury rear
diff was standard fitment on a series III
109.
|

|
Suspension data
and modification for leaf sprung Land Rovers
|
This section presents my personal thoughts and current
understandings on the subject of optimising leaf
springs and suspension for expedition travel. These
pages are grouped together because each one adds
something different to the subject of Land Rover
leaf spring suspension.
- Setting
up a leaf spring suspension for expedition
travel
- My thoughts on optimising a suspension including
making springs work better than new.
-
- Land
Rover weight specifications
- Factory data for empty and Amax axle & total
weights for all series III models. Includes a listing
of which model uses which spring.
-
- Spring
tuning
- Choosing springs that work best with your Land
Rover from the available Land Rover parts
-
- Shocks,
setting your leaf springs free
- The shocking news and what to do about it.
-
- Adding
ground clearance
- Some factors involved when lifting a Land Rover
-
-
|

|
Adding fuel tanks to Series Land
Rovers
Brake conversions to Series Land
Rovers
Modification from stock Articles
Descriptions and
specifications
|
Return to page top Go
to Teriann's
home page
|
|
If you would like to discuss any of the contents, or just say hi,
please feel free to
.
© 1997, 2001 Teriann Wakeman. All rights reserved. Web
site design by Marigold Ltd
|
|
|