I came across a Forest Rover on the way to Fort William last week and got a few pictures. Amazing looking thing. Is this site correct in saying there were only three made?
Guy
I don't know about 'Forest Rover', it looks a lot like a 'Roadless' conversion to me. There's certainly one of these at the garage (Tixhill??) in Killin, also in Scotland.
One of the LR mags did an article on them last year I think.
Nick
I suspect that the one Guy saw *was* the one at Lix Toll (A85/A827). I go past there quite a bit....its the tracked landrover which I always gawp at :-)
Geoff
It's featured in the "Land Rover's across Britain" video/DVD as well. I think Gaydon have the third one.
Yes, I remember reading "Roadless", not Forest Rover now, I'm not sure this site has fully vetted info......
That was the one I saw then, Killin is sort of on the way to Fort William from Edinburgh (last Saturday there was an accident on the more scenic/direct route so we passed Killin way). Any idea what happened, massive queues.
I have the mag, but its somewhere back in England not Luxembourg. Can't remember much about production numbers though....
Guy
There used to be a tracked LR at a farm between Tomintoul and Lecht. I haven't been that way for a few years so I don't know if it's still there.
Andy
Yes, when I passed by I took loads of piccies of the tracked one, and dismissed the 'Roadless' as nothing special.
Boy was I cross when I realised I'd got things completely the wrong way round.
Nick
One for sale in the LROI ads this month.
Tony
On or around Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:37:50 +0100, Nick Nelson enlightened us thusly:
which tracked one? the one with 4 independent tracks one on each wheel (Cuthbertson, IIRC) or the half-track which has an extended body and normal front wheels?
Dunsfold have one as well but IIRC it needs work
Sean
Pretty sure it's the one with 4 independent tracks, sits high up. Nearly broke me neck looking when we passed the place earlier this year!
Chas
Series I or II? I've seen pictures of both with cuthbertson tracks. It's quite a conversion, even involves a separate subframe to carry the tracks on.
I'm trying to find the website with the pics of the cuthbertson on.
Alex
Ah, got it:
In article , Austin Shackles writes
The half-track was the Cenataur (or something similar?), the tracks were off some tank, hence the greater width to the rear.
There's some footage somewhere of a Cuthbertson wading through a lake, looked just like a normal LR until it climbed up the bank.
Not an S1, so presumably a II
Chas
The former.
Nick
Yes, if anybody has a spare Centaur (the latter), could you let me know as I've always thought they could be quite good fun... until you got to a bend of course.
I wonder if rubber tracks could be used for road use? What do the Hagglunds use?
On or around Fri, 22 Aug 2003 01:03:42 +0100, John Halliwell enlightened us thusly:
that's the one...
amazing things. I imagine it'd be a bit top-heavy.
Bugger missed that one.....
in article aBWymRAe3VR$Ew$ snipped-for-privacy@photopia.demon.co.uk, John Halliwell at snipped-for-privacy@photopia.demon.co.uk wrote on 22/8/03 1:03 am:
The Centaure was the front end of a Srs3 or a later 90/110 depending on the version , stuck to the modified , by taking out one road wheel, running gear of a Scorpion light tank. The tank museum at Bovington has two, a Srs and a
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