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| The Billing 2003
Show |
So here we are again, it's summer
2003
and it's that magical Billing thing once again!
Sponsored by LRE
& patronized by many thousands, we believe this is the best
Land Rover show in the world! The 3 days of the Billing show once
again brought together many thousands of individual Land Rover
models and tens of thousands of enthusiasts from all over the
world.
The 'Spirit of Billing' not only lives on, but continues to grow
year on year.
I hope the few images and
text we have put up helps you to form a greater appreciation of this very
special event.
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| The 'Spirit Of Billing'
2003 starts here |
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Just one of the
many special exhibits this year at Billing,
These Camel trophy guys always put on a great
show at Billing, it must have taken them ages to dig a hole that
deep!
It puts a whole new perspective on the phrase
'dipping your headlights', but I guess they are just showing
that almost anything is possible with a Landy!. |
We thought we'd do things a little different this year - so
we brought along a little something for the kids to play with.
It's an off-road site in miniature; the mountains are made from
upturned garden ponds with liberal amounts of sand and paint added,
the foliage is all real, and there are some great little features
around the track made by Sue & Malcolm Woodruff, owners
of the 101. |
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As you can see it wasn't just the
kids who were playing - eh Chris?
Seriously though, these scanty little Land Raiders are based on professional R/C bodies (Stadium racer) and go like the wind.
They are also extremely robust, in fact the only one that got broken,
was actually run over by a real full-size Range Rover, ouch!
We have them for sale too. |
It was quite a head-turner
Whilst raising money for a good-cause charity too.
We designed our own Land Raider bodies as no serious R/C ones existed.
We had a mould made, loosely based on a series and a 90, the result,
a very usable and fun off-road racer, or, with the speed controller
fitted, a highly maneuverable trails vehicle. They attracted huge
crowds for the full 3 days and raised over £500 for
a very worthy children's charity. |
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One
of our newest products on show was this unique pipe 'compression'
bender.
We import them from the USA.
A mere £7K enables you to easily make and modify exhaust
systems, bespoke snorkels, roll cages or indeed any product using
steel tube up to 3 inch diameter, including stainless. (more info)
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This
beautiful example of the series 1 Range Rover is absolutely stunning
throughout.
It belongs to a great friend of ours, and at the heart of things
is an RPi 4.6 V8 engine combined with a bespoke RPi LPG
conversion.
It's certainly, far better now than when it left the factory in
the 70s - and for sure, worth a lot more too. |
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This is one of our
cutaway display engines, it's great for showing all those parts and what
they do. |
Not a 4x4, not even
a 3x3,
And I don't fancy sleeping
in the tent in a high wind!
Actually It's just one of those zany things
that nutter folk turn up with every year,
it's just 'The spirit of Billing'. |
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| Some of the vehicles we had on display this year
at Billing |
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Our '91 Landy 110
Hauled 3-4 tons of display stuff,/products, inc. our marquee and
other equipment. On the roof, in the trailer behind, and crammed
to capacity inside too! She is our very own faithful 4.6 V8 LPG-powered
110, & it's very gratifying, with its endless torque the 4.6
V8 [through a new ZFhp24 auto transmission] copes with it all in
her stride. |
Another one of the RPi V8 workhorses.
This one, although still only a stock 4.0, is now driven (poached)
by the boss's Wife. So, as you would expect, it needs to be sheltered
from the sun & rain and pampered daily!
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From this picture you should be able to get an idea of the
scale of the RC off-road site. Although late in the evening,
folk are still wandering around, looking at the many thousands
of Land Rovers and attractions that Billing offers.
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This is the start section of the off-road course;
After emerging from the tunnel, you have to get to ground
level. Controlling the speed is one of the biggest challenges in this
section. |
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Inside the 2003 RPi marquee,
This Land Rover 'lightweight' was
awaiting a hand made exhaust system, not only made on site with our mandrel
bender, but with 2 different silencer options that could be quickly
swapped, demonstrating the versatility of the pipe, mandrel bender.
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Meet Piglet !
A very nice and well appointed Discovery with the added advantage
of an RPi 4.6 V8 to help carry the extra weight of all those
stickers, plus LPG economy to ensure even more stickers can
be safely applied way into the future without significant speed
loss.
What more could you want !! |
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The infamous, ex-RPi 101 forward control.
Owned, designed, converted, piloted & maintained by Sue &
Malcolm Woodruff
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Hiding in the background
is another of our LPG-converted Discoveries, now 4.6 powered &
demonstrating the many conversion options that are available. |
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| Continue on to Page 2 for more of the
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Disclaimer
Prices do not include local EU.Tax.(VAT).
Prices & stock are
subject to change without notice. Information and advice, as always, is free.
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