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Jens Stoermer
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 04:00 am: | 
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Because there has been several requests for better pictures of my Bumper/Bar/Winch/Grille, I took some shots which Ho recently added to my gallery:
http://www.discoweb.org/jens/index.htm
Feel free to comment or criticize ;-) |
MarkM
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 10:42 am: |
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I like the bumper combination. Simple, light, and up out of the way.
-Mark |
Ross Thoma (Rossthoma)
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 11:25 am: |
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EXTREME
Nice job.
rt |
Mike B.
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 08:32 pm: |
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I think the Chineese said it best: "Simplicity is the result of profound thought."
Nice job. Where are the front recovery points? What grill is that?
Thanks,
Mike B. |
Greg H
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 09:23 pm: |
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Nice work, Jens. I ditto Mike B's question re: front recoevery points.
I noticed from your sight that your living my fantasy of offroading in North Africa. I'm jealous! Is that an old russki PT76 light tank with the turret blown off? Was that in Libya? Also, in the pic of what looks like an upside-down Unimog or Bedford there appears to be an old antitank mine laying there!! Is that what I'm looking at?
How do you like the Quaife diff? I've wondered about them in a Rover as I been impressed by them in Porsche's and VW's. I've also read about a company in Germany called Tibus Offroad-Tec that supposedly offers a super strong selectable (vaccuum, air, electric) locking diff that will be available for LR's here in the states soon. Do you know anything about them? Their website is www.killeraxles.com
Whereabouts in Germany are you? I have relatives in Frankfurt and Crailsheim (between Stuttgart and Nurnberg).
Nice pics! |
jens stoermer
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 05:55 am: |
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Well, recovery points are a little scarce. There are two integrated eyelets (welded in) at the Bullbar right beside the roller fairlead. I use them to attach a shackle. This probably works well only with a straight pull, not for sideways recovery. Are there any suggestions for a good anchor point that is light AND cheap?
I have to say that my truck is not build for extreme rockclimbing but for long distance travel to remote areas. The bumper-ends are bolted, not welded to the bar, so a hard hit to the end would probably bend the whole thing. I consider a support leg back to the frame, circa where the original latching eyelets are. On the other hand, in case of a real offset crash, it's often better the Bumper bends than the frame. And at least I can remove the bumper-ends completely to gain additional clearance, which looks pretty "dangerous to society".
>>I noticed from your sight that your living my fantasy of offroading in North Africa. I'm jealous!>Is that an old russki PT76 light tank with the turret blown off? Was that in Libya? Also, in the pic of what looks like an upside-down Unimog or Bedford there appears to be an old antitank mine laying there!! Is that what I'm looking at?<<
Should be a russian tank, don't know the model. Yes, french airforce destroyed it when they drove libyan troops out of the tibesti region. The truck is a Mercedes Benz 911. The whole region is full of wrecks and ammo, and I heard there are still unburied corpses in some sidevalleys.
Quaiffe: for my requirements, the Quaiffe is perfect. It's strong, maintanancefree, and gives you traction when you need it. Think of driving in narrow dunes: with a 100% locker, you would create friction when cornering, and it would cause additional hard stress to the shafts. With the Quaiffe, you don't have to worry about switching it on or off.
Tibus: I'm not sure, but I think he and his father build a pretty bad CJ with Unimog axles which they started at the Supersylvania-Trophy and some other european events. Judging by this vehicle, they know a thing or two about offroading ;-) I did'nt know they build their own locker. (Für die Deutschen hier im Forum: weiss da jemand mehr?)
Whereabout: Thats funny, I'm from Frankfurt and my wife is from Crailsheim. We now live ca. 50km south of Frankfurt (http://www.stoermer.de/projekte). If you visit your relatives, let me know. |
Jens St�rmer (Jenzz)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:22 am: |
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At last I found something disco related at that killeraxle-site:
Disco-Pickup with Mog-Axles |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:33 am: |
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is that a mog axle? poor resolution, hard to tell...
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adtoolco
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:42 am: |
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Now that is EXXXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEM!!!! :-)
-Chris |
Jens St�rmer (Jenzz)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:50 am: |
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Yes, it is. We had this topic here some weeks ago:
http://www.defenderland.de/publics/steckbriefe/readers_4.htm
It is Sven Kassebarts Extended Cab Pickup. I hope he don't mind the link. I don't know him personally, but I like his machine and his attitude. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:56 am: |
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Do you think you guys could stop posting pics of that thing???? I'm starting to run out of clean pants. |
Greg Hirst (Gregh)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 09:32 pm: |
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Jens-
I have several family members in Crailsheim-last name Kuhr. My cousin who I've visited the most is a retired school teacher (gymnasium level?) It's been a helluva long time since I've visited. I do remember that once a year they replace the water in the town fountain with BEER and all you have to do is buy a stein and it's all the beer you can drink! (I think it's put on by the town and the local US military base)
Anyway, I have one cousin that works for Wurth (auto fasteners, paint, etc) and she visits once in a while cause they have a distribution site in Ontario, CA nearby.
I do hope to visit them someday again and I'd like to see your disco- |
Jens St�rmer (Jenzz)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 04:00 am: |
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Greg, I did a little research about german lockers:
maybe your cousin could check this out for you:
http://www.kfz-schwarz.de/produkte/sperre.htm
Does that look familiar? The best thing is: it's in Crailsheim. Ain't that a nice coincidence?? The "Schwarz-Sperre" has a very good reputation here in germany.
I overlooked your question about the grille: this is also a custom-made part, steel bars hartsoldered and painted. I have to admit that most of the honor has to go to Oliver, a good friend of mine and exceptionally gifted precision mechanic. The project started because he offered to fabricate a "real" grille for my Disco instead of that floppy original. Than things went out of control... |
Greg Hirst (Gregh)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 05:10 pm: |
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Interesting-Thanks, Jens
Greg H |
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