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ross kowalski
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Username: cdfpw

Post Number: 53
Registered: 11-2015
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 02:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

I had a concrete pad that weighted in at several hundred pounds so I cut it into 8 smaller pieces.

I loaded them into the RR to ferry them to the dumpster where I was getting rid of them.

The low trunk liftover and hydraulic rear suspension make this a prefect job for a silver shadow.




VW golf, ... not so much.

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Carl Heydon
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Username: car

Post Number: 98
Registered: 2-2004
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 05:44 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Good on you. I love a car that is used as a car. I just came home with a 9x5 trailer full of firewood behind a MK VI, emptied it, turned round and brought it home full of wood chips. Forgot to take pics. I used to collect photos of odd loads on my S1 Landrover, now I do it with Bentleys.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 402
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 06:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Really awesome images Ross.
Great stuff.
The poor Golf's bum is dragging badly like it has worms.
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Jean-christophe Jost
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Username: jc_jost

Post Number: 22
Registered: 3-2016
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 06:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

In the "what did I haul" collection : a dead boar last week. No pics sorry..
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Patrick Ryan
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Post Number: 403
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 06:47 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Now we would love to see a dead boar strapped over the roof of a Roller Jean!!
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Jeff Young
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Username: jeyjey

Post Number: 266
Registered: 10-2010
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 09:08 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Driving that Golf would give a whole new meaning to "tail wagging the dog".
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 404
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 09:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

The poor Golf would struggle for traction if it got wet
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ross kowalski
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Post Number: 56
Registered: 11-2015
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 11:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Jean,

It's funny, I,m totally OK with the RR hauling a dead boar, but I cannot Imagine doing that and not taking a picture. Next time a boar goes in, take a second and get that picture.

Carl,

I was actually thinking of putting a trailer hitch on, did you make plates with holes for the bumper mounts behind the valance? Is there a commercial hitch available somewhere?
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ross kowalski
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Post Number: 57
Registered: 11-2015
Posted on Monday, 08 August, 2016 - 11:58 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Even worse than I always try to haul loads in the RR, is that I also own a Ford 7.3L diesel pickup.
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Jean-christophe Jost
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Username: jc_jost

Post Number: 23
Registered: 3-2016
Posted on Tuesday, 09 August, 2016 - 07:09 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Patrick, Ross

It fitted in the trunk, I had no camera or phone with me. Found the beast freshly shot by hunters laying in the middle of a little road next to my friend's place. Took it home : We don't waste good meat here.
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Christian S. Hansen
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Username: enquiring_mind

Post Number: 340
Registered: 4-2015
Posted on Tuesday, 09 August, 2016 - 07:30 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

...and within moments after your departure, the hunters probably turned up, and exclaimed with surprise, "I am SURE I hit him, but the blood trail stops here, just next to these tire tracks..."
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Carl Heydon
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Username: car

Post Number: 99
Registered: 2-2004
Posted on Tuesday, 09 August, 2016 - 08:26 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Ross, It's just pipe welded to angle iron bolted between the chassis and bumper brackets. Was made for B188AK in the 60s. The only problem is the spare door will not open with the tongue in place. But of course you are thinking of your Shadow. When you do it I want the plans for my T.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 406
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Tuesday, 09 August, 2016 - 02:10 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

A good old fashioned BBQ is what was needed.
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ross kowalski
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Post Number: 60
Registered: 11-2015
Posted on Tuesday, 09 August, 2016 - 10:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Patrick,

Omar has the front clip of an RR to make a grill out of, so that part is done.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 410
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Tuesday, 09 August, 2016 - 10:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Lol yes he does
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 749
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August, 2016 - 03:49 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Sadly I sold it....
but i still have this one......


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ross kowalski
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Post Number: 61
Registered: 11-2015
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August, 2016 - 05:52 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Omar,

While a great parts resource, that does not have a grill and irony would not let you convert a grill-less RR into a grill.

Sorry, it cosmic law.
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Robert Noel Reddington
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Username: bob_uk

Post Number: 1091
Registered: 5-2015
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August, 2016 - 07:35 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

concrete 2000kg per metre cubed
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 750
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August, 2016 - 02:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Dear Ross,
I have the grill and missing lighting parts too. I chose not to leave them on the carcass outdoors.
This car has paid for itself 3 times over in the parts I recovered from it. It was a Japanese import which I drove to its resting place 5 years ago.
I am now converting the back seat into a sofa.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 413
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August, 2016 - 08:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Love the photo Omar.
I just gotta come visit.
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Robert Noel Reddington
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Username: bob_uk

Post Number: 1095
Registered: 5-2015
Posted on Thursday, 11 August, 2016 - 05:54 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

top gear had a green shadow back seat sofa. It looked good.

cut the car in half and use the trunk for storage.
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 753
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Thursday, 11 August, 2016 - 06:00 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Dear Patrick,
You and all the team are always welcome for a visit.

Dear Bob,
My wife will kill me if I bring any more car related stuff to the house. She hasnt yet forgiven me for the 4 post lift that I installed 2 years ago.
The boot is all in tact and still part of the car -It will go to the scrap yard when I get forced to get rd of it.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 415
Registered: 4-2016
Posted on Thursday, 11 August, 2016 - 08:05 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

I have a vision of us all sitting in a jail cell, wondering what we had done to end up here
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richard george yeaman
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Username: richyrich

Post Number: 592
Registered: 4-2012
Posted on Friday, 12 August, 2016 - 02:11 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Patrick if we end up in jail you Omar and Vladimir will be the main culprits for getting us there I will say that the three of you kidnapped me.

Richard.
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 755
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Friday, 12 August, 2016 - 05:24 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Well look at the bright side Richard - if we do all end up in jail it will be a fun place to be. All we will need is the rest of the forum chaps to get some contraband smuggled in to keep us on a high...
For that reason - the original suggestion was Amsterdam. But for the first trip - I think we will do London so we can get you, Bob UK and Paul Yorke to also join us

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