The ultimate uplift.

In my opinion these is the ultimate uplift vehicle, capable of slogging the average trailer up pretty much anything, but it’s a good laugh to throw a few bikes in a little trailer, and rag this baby up the hill, or just forget the trailer and go for a good old bumpy ride, with a terrified passenger.

It all started a few years ago, when my uncle told me he was going to build a Land Rover, at the time I thought nothing of it, because it was just a set of axles and a few scrapped vehicles off E-Bay. Basically over time it evolved, with a shortened chassis, a big engine and a roll cage that was made from some scaffolding that was never returned.


When it was finished, it was brought up to the farm to pull trailers, the winch was used to pull down trees, and I learnt to drive it which proved to be lots of fun. As winter came along, it was given a windscreen and roof, and a heater for driving on those cold mornings. “The buggy” as it has been known is now an extremely capable off road machine, and lots of people who have had a try have always asked “how much can you make me one for?” but my Uncle currently isn’t building them on request, because of the amount of hard work put into it, and the fact that he loves the thing too much. But we all know that every man has their price…


For all you Landy tech-heads out there it has a shortened discovery chassis to around 80 inches, a 200 Tdi engine (I wish it was a 300) , A discovery gearbox, and random bits from a Volvo and other scrapped cars. Plus some fresh bits ordered in, tyres, winch etc.

If you come up to visit I’ll happily take you for a drive, but for the real deal you’ll have to let my uncle take you out, on a the few occasions I’ve been a passenger, I’ve jumped out in fear of my own safety, as he almost rolled it once from trying a jay turn coming down a steep bank, now that was scary.

The sad thing is it lacks many things to pass an M.O.T test, so I wont be cruising into sixth from in this bad boy anytime soon. But you never know, with some indicators, mirrors, and other bits and bobs and it could be road legal, but it might take some bargaining with my mum before I‘ll be allowed to cruise around the valley. Also there are rumours of a new model on the horizon, with a pickup back end to accommodate bales and other farm stuff (read bikes). Lets hope so.


The best thing about it is it didn’t cost 30 odd grand to build, it has that ghetto feel we all love, plus its mega fun to drive and its bombproof as hell.

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