Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
Sankey Conversions - show us your rig!
So I have a wide track sankey heading my way in the near future (all being well).
Got a reasonable budget plus the whole winter to sort it in to a top class touring trailer with RTT, electric, water, light, etc.
Want to fit HSE wheels too so I have a full set of duratecs. The theory being I have six boots on the ground and two spares - should cover most situations pretty much anywhere in the world.
Looking for inspiration and also any pitfalls I can expect or things I need to think about..
D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
8th Sep 2017 7:10 am
wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14372
There will be a few of us at Peterborough LRO show if you want to come over and have a nosey 👍G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
8th Sep 2017 7:22 am
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
Yes saw your build thread Wiggs ! D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
I've bought a part completed Sankey/Quadtech3 project.
Other than painting it, puttng a gas cooker in, and some 12v LED Lights and storage, I did get one other job out of the way in swapping the wheels from RRC/D1/DEF PCD to RRS/D3 so I could add 19" HSE wheels fitted with Duratracs.....
A couple of pics below to show you result...
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8th Sep 2017 10:43 am
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
Putting a cooker inside? Presumably one like this:
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D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Now There's a thought ProfP... but the wifetype might notice it missing from the servants kitchen..... G4OC Secretary
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8th Sep 2017 1:05 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
That is the biggest conversion I have ever seen...
Mind you, I had heard the G4 boys won't travel anywhere without a gin and tonic or a butler..D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
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8th Sep 2017 2:42 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9424
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
8th Sep 2017 4:35 pm
sailorboi
Member Since: 26 Oct 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 2021
I have done it on a narrow track but is now a bit wider. I can't post a pic ATM as internet will not allow but I am sure some kind sole will put one up for me 07 Java Black TD V6 D3, EGRs Blanked, Tow bar, Full dog guard & divider, LED Spots , DRLs, GG ATs, RLD Sump guard, RLD Spare Wheel Protector, D4 LED Rear Lights, Limo tints on boot and Midnight tint on rear windows, Kenwood screen with Garmin nav, Rear cameras, D4 Steering wheel with flappy paddles, T-max split charge system, Tree sliders, Prospeed roof rack & Ladder, Alisport fast road inter cooler,
Massey Ferguson 35x
Sankey Narrow Track Camping Trailer (Gone but to a great home)
8th Sep 2017 5:55 pm
Deerfold
Member Since: 07 May 2017
Location: Radnorshire
Posts: 99
Here's mine, a work in progress, rubber seals being the drama at present!!
I have done it on a narrow track but is now a bit wider. I can't post a pic ATM as internet will not allow but I am sure some kind sole will put one up for me
That is the biggest conversion I have ever seen...
Mind you, I had heard the G4 boys won't travel anywhere without a gin and tonic or a butler..
Always have G&T....... but we allow the butler the weekends off.......
That's what G4 stands for..........Gin@4pm......G4OC Secretary
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8th Sep 2017 9:04 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
What are the pros and cons of a narrow track vs a wide track anyway.
Has anyone had both?
I know what searches say just curious as to real world experiencesD3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
9th Sep 2017 3:43 pm
L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2083
I would go for a wide track every time. Had a narrow track and it hadn't an antiroll bar and seemed top heavy in comparison. Wide also means the track is nearer a disco one so in ruts behaves better, and has more space. The one I had (a Mk. 3 I think 1987) had the hitch in centre of A bar which meant it lined up better with hitch height on my D3
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