Some
time ago my friend Morten brought an old Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 car to do
some off road driving with. sadly the old Mitsubishi was in very bad
shape, I think he got it running for as much as 20 minutes at all. So
this year (2004) he brought a much better Isuzu Trooper, put on some
descent tyres 33"x15". And suddenly he had a quite capable machine. Off
course there are a few problems, the tyres are to big, you cant make a
sharp turn or they will hit the chassis. When this is written he works
hard to solve it, raising the car. To be
continued.
Added 29 February 2004
My off road car.
Some
years ago this Mitsubishi L200 was brought as a car to drive around in
the forest with. And we have had much fun with it. But this car have to
do some work also, I soon found out that it was much more easy to carry
lighter stuff in this rather then in the tractor so every year its used
for different lighter transportation. The off-road capabilities are
quite limited, the ground clearance are to low, the tyres ordinary road
stuff so on. And to keep it up against Morten's
Isuzu it needs new off-road tyres and a little more ground clearance. As I
see it, its only advantage compared to the Isuzu is the low gearing and
some lower centre of weight. Need some
work.
Added 29 February 2004
The Ramcharger
Dodge
Ramcharger 1978, this is a nice car I brought together with a friend Kåre
Mannes. It was cheep but needed some new parts and a lot of work to get
it road legal. The engine is a small block 318, not fast but
strong enough. We have been working on it to get it on the road for the
summer as some sort of "nice weather car". It its room enough its quite
capable in the terrain, with good tyres and its "medium-slip
differential" Every new years-eve its used to pull a sled around on the
snow and the winner is the one who still on the sled when the trip is
over. Its strange when you drive it, it feels a lot bigger then it
actually are. Nice car.
As it looked
when we brought it, with a heavy roof and small wheels.