The new toy

chrislandy · Post by **chrislandy** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:55 am

After exhaustive searching, I managed to find what I was looking for

1989 genuine V8 110 station wagon, just ripe for a high comp 4.2 v8 & lpg conversion

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:43 pm

Chris you must have a master plan with this?
Are you going to enlighten us?:)

chrislandy · Post by **chrislandy** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:49 pm

It's a replacement for the toyota corrolla I have to run the family around in! but, me being me and landy's I have a 230hp 4.2 Rover V8 to throw in, mated to the original LT85 manual gearbox and with a cam upgrade & tubular exhaust should give good pulling power. Intending on LPGing it (kit this time so its done to the standard i expect) so it doesn't cost so much to run... I did the figures and with the saving (yes saving) on the insurance over the corrolla (200 squid cheaper!) it costs about the same per year!

I've a crazy idea but I need to find an LSE range rover for the donor... air suspension

it's not going to be an off road monster as I have one of them already but more soemthing thats quite refined to drive everyday as it will be my commute car!

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:02 pm

And I thought it was to make Scoobies look economical Chris.

chrislandy · Post by **chrislandy** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:38 pm

17mpg probably better than most isn't it

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:46 pm

17 mpg! Thats positivly frugal compared to my scoob!:D
Good luck with it mate it sounds like it should be a real grin maker if nothing else for the sound track alone!:thumbs: