Gregj50!!!!!
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So which year/model do you own?????
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Darien gap
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Dougal
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85 with a big diesel and 97 axles also a completely stock 93.
DirtRoads
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My friend has an earlier one with leaf springs, a 3f and an h55 transmission with a Holley sniper conversion. It came from Colombia
MChat
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Interesting. Looks like they went to the north of the lake (Bayano) which makes sense as it's practically surrounded by swampy jungle. The road that is there now goes through the middle of the two parts of the lake. When I was there pavement ended not much past Chepo. Now looking at Google Street View it's paved all the way to Yaviza. IIRC, it was just outside of Yaviza where the Corvair body sat rusting away.
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The rangerovers that broke all their axles in 1972 with oversize "Swamp" tyres has been bugging me for a while. I was finally able to dig through all the pics and work out what they did:
irate4x4.com
They were 12-16.5" (common skid steer loader size now) Firestone Town & Country tyres. Almost 33" OD. But got even bigger with all the jungle mud attahced.
They changed to 750-16" Firestone Super All Traction and got through.
The Darien Gap was ~250 miles long back in 1972 with paths only used by smugglers. Now it's got a 200 mile road leaving only ~40 mile gap with a well worn path through.
1972 Darien Gap Swamp Tyres
Starting back in 1971 Landrover setup the Trans-Americas expediation with a pair of new Range Rovers. They drove from Alaska down through central and south America to Cape Horn. The hard bit of course was the Darien Gap. 250 miles of jungle and swamp. They had 64 people total in the...
irate4x4.com
They were 12-16.5" (common skid steer loader size now) Firestone Town & Country tyres. Almost 33" OD. But got even bigger with all the jungle mud attahced.
They changed to 750-16" Firestone Super All Traction and got through.
The Darien Gap was ~250 miles long back in 1972 with paths only used by smugglers. Now it's got a 200 mile road leaving only ~40 mile gap with a well worn path through.
AKnate
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7.50-16 is pretty much a 235/85r16.The rangerovers that broke all their axles in 1972 with oversize "Swamp" tyres has been bugging me for a while. I was finally able to dig through all the pics and work out what they did:
1972 Darien Gap Swamp Tyres
Starting back in 1971 Landrover setup the Trans-Americas expediation with a pair of new Range Rovers. They drove from Alaska down through central and south America to Cape Horn. The hard bit of course was the Darien Gap. 250 miles of jungle and swamp. They had 64 people total in the...
They were 12-16.5" (common skid steer loader size now) Firestone Town & Country tyres. Almost 33" OD. But got even bigger with all the jungle mud attahced.
They changed to 750-16" Firestone Super All Traction and got through.
The Darien Gap was ~250 miles long back in 1972 with paths only used by smugglers. Now it's got a 200 mile road leaving only ~40 mile gap with a well worn path through.
What's stock on those?
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Stock rangerover was 205R16 (aka 205/80R16) which is 29". The earliest ones might have had 650-16
7.00-16 (215/85R16) is the biggest you can go while still not touching anything.
750-16 (235/85R16) can rub a bit and you either don't care or adjust steering stops and trim a bit.
Inner guards on these had plenty of clearance but outer panels were cut to fit the ~33" swamp tyres.