Deepblue now has a friend.

Welcome to Big Blue.

Another K series in the family. She will be getting the works when the weather settles down, but for now, she is my TF for the snow. I would have said F, but it has real suspension.







She has now been added to the "Fleet" and is parked on the "forecourt"



Not sure if any posts/how to's will be applicable to this site. I think a 4x4 section just for me might be a little extravagant. It does need some work and I will be refurbing the engine/drive train as I go. It has done 136,000 miles.

Sooo, if I am missing and not under the TF, have a look under the Freelander.

nice buy Mr Daley, so Arthur...... did you purposly seek out the dark blue convertible version???

should i pop over and warn the poor unsuspecting souls on the freelander forums or have you already ambushed them

To be honest, I have been on a few just looking, and they seem, in general, a bunch on knobs who really value their own opinion while managing to be arrogant towards newbies who ask "silly" little questions.

A few of them have quotes in their sig of other people saying how wonderful they are, while one has a poem of how great he is. I find that sort of stuff a bit arrogant and nauseating, even if it is in jest, which I don't think it is. :ohmy:

I will probably be posting on the .org LR bit, just to keep the posts in the right place, but I don't think it is very active compared to what we are used to.

Arrrrrrrrrr go on go on

Tiz just a different body shape TF you'll be ok on here .. lol

rough luck wrote: Arrrrrrrrrr go on go on

Tiz just a different body shape TF you'll be ok on here .. lol

Yerr. That is how I am looking at it. It is my MG TF120 4x4

cjj wrote:

rough luck wrote: Arrrrrrrrrr go on go on

Tiz just a different body shape TF you'll be ok on here .. lol

Yerr. That is how I am looking at it. It is my MG TF120 4x4

Have you had a hunt around it yet to see what bits are worth swopping over or knicking from it...lol

being 4x4 might have some nice different bits we could use

cjj wrote:

rough luck wrote: Arrrrrrrrrr go on go on

Tiz just a different body shape TF you'll be ok on here .. lol

Yerr. That is how I am looking at it. It is my MG TF120 4x4

And is it staying at 120? Or will we see a Freelander 160 at some point?

You thinking of fitting the 4x4 to the F?

Interestingly, it is the same engine and gearbox, with a smaller box fitted to the front O/S output which splits that output between the O/S wheel and the rear drive.

andy1970h wrote:

cjj wrote:

rough luck wrote: Arrrrrrrrrr go on go on

Tiz just a different body shape TF you'll be ok on here .. lol

Yerr. That is how I am looking at it. It is my MG TF120 4x4

And is it staying at 120? Or will we see a Freelander 160 at some point?

Well, anythings possible. Not sure the power range on a VVC would suit it, but a new head may appear sometime.

Less cooling issues with a Freelander so I guess the supercharger/turbocharger route makes more sense than VVC.

4x4 TF thats mod and half, if only we could get enough airflow to move the raditor to back, then you run the drive shaft where the pipes where.

Psymon wrote: 4x4 TF thats mod and half, if only we could get enough airflow to move the raditor to back, then you run the drive shaft where the pipes where.

Totally nuts idea and I'm a server techie not a mechanic but could you move the radiator to the boot? It would need some pretty radical surgery to the bootlid and probably the back of the car too but doing that would free a lot of space both under the bonnet and under the car