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back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:13 am
Hi all,
had a break from fronty's over the last couple of years... Replaced them with jeep cherokee's and a couple of land rovers. Landy's were, well, landy's....great but unreliable and rot boxes. Except a series 2a i built from the chassis up..that was ace, oh and a V8 disco i had and nearly rolled while laning with sir doris and furio...that wasnt rotten, just unreliable. Jeeps were good, great off road, but expensive to mod and maintain. Last one ate its own gearbox in the end... :roll: :roll:

After that i said i wasnt going to have another 4x4 for a long time, got a bit fed up with them :roll: ...couple of months later, im bidding on a 2.8 swb fronty on the dreaded ebay. My pc crashed at the last moment of bidding so didnt win it. Sent the seller an email asking him to get in touch with me if the sale fell though. Luckily for me, the buyer let him down. Picked it up on friday, runs great (now i have put an air filter in it) and i really like it. Pretty much standard for now, except it has lwb rear lights. Basic inside, no electric mirrors or windows to go wrong. No sunroof to leak....only downside is i forgot how small they are. Think i better buy a trailer (or a lwb...)

Anyhoo, here are a few pics of some of my past fronty's and a couple of my jeeps and landy's.....

disco on top of the wayfarer with some fronty's...
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smokey slug, pic taken by drifty at hill n ditch a few years ago
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my first fronty
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will put some more up later when photobucket decides to work again.... :roll:

So its a HELLO from me, again.....
2.8 SWB, TDI POWER.....
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Re: back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:21 am
Ooo...working again...

here is a series 2a i rebuilt from the ground up with a new galv chassis..
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cherokee in wales..
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there have been many others but i wont bore you guys....

here is my 'new' fronty....
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Re: back after a break.... by Drift on Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:07 pm
A good pedigree Jonny, but back to the Frontera 8) least we can sort the 2.8 out easily if it has any problems.....bombproof 8) then again you own it now :shock: :lol: :lol:
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Re: back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:44 pm
:mrgreen: so far i havent broken it or got it stuck anywhere... hopefully all will be ok. Clutch bites very close to the floor so think it may be getting close to needing replacing. Not slipping though. At least when i do that i can mod the flywheel so there wont be a problem there...
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Re: back after a break.... by Drift on Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:49 pm
Mine has just been replace and the pedal is very low, but you can adjust the pedal up :wink:
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Re: back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:59 pm
pedal is the normal height, lots of travel, just the bite point is real low.
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Re: back after a break.... by Sir-Doris on Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:23 am
Welcome back buddy! :D :D :D
I also drink Port and I'm not ashamed to say it!

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Re: back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:37 am
cheers Phil...hows you.?
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Re: back after a break.... by woodwizzard on Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:06 pm
Money from the sale of the rx burning a hole in your pocket Jonny :wink: :lol:
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Re: back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:21 pm
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: unfortunately the car died and i refused to have another 'normal' car.... Dont worry, i have a new project in mind of the two wheeled type.. :wink:
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Re: back after a break.... by kees on Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:02 pm
Do you think you will have time to do the GPz1100 now that you have another fronty :lol: :lol:
Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs
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Re: back after a break.... by jonny ramrod on Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:27 am
blimey, its like a second home here... thought it was quiet on the kwak forum.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 1100 is being done over winter, need to save lots of pennies for that one :roll:
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Re: back after a break.... by kees on Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:49 pm
Kwak riders forem is quiet, we are all on here :lol: :lol:
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