pics: Finally Unleashed..my 3 new off-roading weapons

dinar · 19th January 2008, 16:51

Nice cars.............. you planing trip down to goa let me know...

xtreme power · 19th January 2008, 18:52

will def post better pics once the cars are out

as per ur request

egangsta · 19th January 2008, 20:25

Real beauties you got there Allan, where were the pics taken, i mean offloading the Camel Trophy Land Rover ??

xtreme power · 19th January 2008, 21:25

all pics are in india....wish to keep the location indisclosed...the camel tropy landy is only badged

aadix · 19th January 2008, 21:55

awesome! how about more details about the h1? i guess it must be having amazing road presence... but how come an lhd?

AMATMO · 19th January 2008, 22:55

congrats xtreme power impressive collecton i must say
so now you have 3 defenders(i am not counting 6*6)
and 2 range rovers thats awesome

amd to top it all you have a hummer H1 !!

if livtodrive gets his you both are going to be the only two fortunate living beings in india to own H1scheers:

By the way the H1 is here to stay right?and its no going back is it?
it should be your prized possesion in my opinion

AMATMO · 19th January 2008, 23:01

pardon my ignorance xtreme power,but is the hummer supposed to be that way?
i mean have you dismantled the the roof doors etc,or is it supposed to be that way?

prasadee · 19th January 2008, 23:25

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Originally Posted by AMATMO

pardon my ignorance xtreme power,but is the hummer supposed to be that way?
i mean have you dismantled the the roof doors etc,or is it supposed to be that way?

Gotta love the real Hummer look, I cant bring myself to like the Hummer wannabe the H2, and then a joke the H3.

4x4addict · 20th January 2008, 00:21

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Originally Posted by prasadee

Gotta love the real Hummer look, I cant bring myself to like the Hummer wannabe the H2, and then a joke the H3.

H2 is a souped up Chevy Tahoe that GM uses to relieve stupid Americans and bollywood actors of their spare cash. H3 is a poor joke. For less or about the same money as an H3, you can buy a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon which can go places the H3 owner can only dream of.

4x4addict · 20th January 2008, 00:35

I have lot of respect for the H1 and would love to own one, but in my experience the size is a big disadvantage when it comes to going on off-road trails. It's fine in wide open spaces like the land-scape you see in africa or afganistan.

There is an off-road park that I used to go fairly often near Philadelphia called the Paragon off-road park. (http://www.paragonap.com/). i had a stock landcruiser amazon. The only thing i change for the off-road trips was to leave my alloys and tires at home and put on steel rims and mud terrain tires. Usually there are also one or two H1s and a few land rovers or Range rovers. Majority of the vehicles are jeeps.

Couple of times when we were fording a stream and had to climb up the bank, jeeps usually were better suited due to the narrow width and they'd find an opening in the bank and squeeze through. With the bigger vehicles like Land Cruisers, H1s, Rangies etc, we had to use brute force and climb up the bank with low range and diffs locked.

Having seen all these vehicles perform off-road, my personal choice in an really difficult off-road trail would be a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon or the Land Rover defender 90 (short wheel base).

4x4addict · 20th January 2008, 00:41

This is the kind of situations where jeeps do better than H1s

http://www.paragonap.com/images/humm...cs/billrut.jpg
http://www.paragonap.com/images/jpg/...-R1-022-9A.jpg

This is H1Territory:
http://www.paragonap.com/images/jpg/Jeeps/Face6.jpg
http://www.paragonap.com/images/jpg/Jeeps/Face7.jpg

xtreme power · 20th January 2008, 10:47

the hummer in question is not a civilian hummer...and frankly thats the best part about it..
it has no paint or anything..so in some terrain where otherwise one wold be terrified about scratching their new wranglers or from that matter even the landrover.......here in this case i just cruise through bushes...thorns..walls without really worrying bout body work getting damaged....
secondly yes he hummer is more suited for wider tracks n open flats......thats why i still rate the classic range rover as the best offroader of all time according to my experience...
and out of sheer experience im not comfortable with the rangler....love the new fj cruiser though

AMATMO · 20th January 2008, 11:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by prasadee

Gotta love the real Hummer look, I cant bring myself to like the Hummer wannabe the H2, and then a joke the H3.

i know that xtreme power, what i meant was whether you bought it this way?or did it have the body

and i dont mean body in h2 style...i meant something like the army humvee

sandeepmdas · 20th January 2008, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4x4addict

H2 is a souped up Chevy Tahoe that GM uses to relieve stupid Americans and bollywood actors of their spare cash.

liked that..may be not-so-hard-earned-cash...

Fantastic machines Xtreame...

V-16 · 20th January 2008, 13:17

Lovely collection buddy. Great to see that these beauties are kept and put to use the way they were meant to be. Kudos.
Love your W111 Heckflosse too. Is it a 220S/SE or a 230S/SE?
Im sold on both the Rovers.
Whats the Red American sports hiding behind the Beetle. Is it a Ford Maverick?

19th January 2008, 16:51	#16
dinar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: goa Posts: 1,066 Thanked: 57 Times	Nice cars.............. you planing trip down to goa let me know...
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19th January 2008, 18:52	#17
xtreme power BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 732 Thanked: 75 Times View My Garage	will def post better pics once the cars are out as per ur request
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19th January 2008, 20:25	#18
egangsta BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: thane Posts: 365 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Real beauties you got there Allan, where were the pics taken, i mean offloading the Camel Trophy Land Rover ??
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19th January 2008, 21:25	#19
xtreme power BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 732 Thanked: 75 Times View My Garage	all pics are in india....wish to keep the location indisclosed...the camel tropy landy is only badged
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19th January 2008, 21:55	#20
aadix Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: hyderabad Posts: 1,597 Thanked: 14 Times	awesome! how about more details about the h1? i guess it must be having amazing road presence... but how come an lhd?
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19th January 2008, 22:55	#21
AMATMO Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangalore\GOA Posts: 1,456 Thanked: 7 Times	congrats xtreme power impressive collecton i must say so now you have 3 defenders(i am not counting 6*6) and 2 range rovers thats awesome amd to top it all you have a hummer H1 !! if livtodrive gets his you both are going to be the only two fortunate living beings in india to own H1scheers: By the way the H1 is here to stay right?and its no going back is it? it should be your prized possesion in my opinion
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19th January 2008, 23:01	#22
AMATMO Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangalore\GOA Posts: 1,456 Thanked: 7 Times	pardon my ignorance xtreme power,but is the hummer supposed to be that way? i mean have you dismantled the the roof doors etc,or is it supposed to be that way?
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20th January 2008, 00:35	#25
4x4addict Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 4,483 Thanked: 4,531 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (5)	I have lot of respect for the H1 and would love to own one, but in my experience the size is a big disadvantage when it comes to going on off-road trails. It's fine in wide open spaces like the land-scape you see in africa or afganistan. There is an off-road park that I used to go fairly often near Philadelphia called the Paragon off-road park. (http://www.paragonap.com/). i had a stock landcruiser amazon. The only thing i change for the off-road trips was to leave my alloys and tires at home and put on steel rims and mud terrain tires. Usually there are also one or two H1s and a few land rovers or Range rovers. Majority of the vehicles are jeeps. Couple of times when we were fording a stream and had to climb up the bank, jeeps usually were better suited due to the narrow width and they'd find an opening in the bank and squeeze through. With the bigger vehicles like Land Cruisers, H1s, Rangies etc, we had to use brute force and climb up the bank with low range and diffs locked. Having seen all these vehicles perform off-road, my personal choice in an really difficult off-road trail would be a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon or the Land Rover defender 90 (short wheel base).
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20th January 2008, 00:41	#26
4x4addict Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 4,483 Thanked: 4,531 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (5)	This is the kind of situations where jeeps do better than H1s http://www.paragonap.com/images/humm...cs/billrut.jpg http://www.paragonap.com/images/jpg/...-R1-022-9A.jpg This is H1Territory: http://www.paragonap.com/images/jpg/Jeeps/Face6.jpg http://www.paragonap.com/images/jpg/Jeeps/Face7.jpg
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20th January 2008, 10:47	#27
xtreme power BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 732 Thanked: 75 Times View My Garage	the hummer in question is not a civilian hummer...and frankly thats the best part about it.. it has no paint or anything..so in some terrain where otherwise one wold be terrified about scratching their new wranglers or from that matter even the landrover.......here in this case i just cruise through bushes...thorns..walls without really worrying bout body work getting damaged.... secondly yes he hummer is more suited for wider tracks n open flats......thats why i still rate the classic range rover as the best offroader of all time according to my experience... and out of sheer experience im not comfortable with the rangler....love the new fj cruiser though
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20th January 2008, 13:17	#30
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 950 Times View My Garage	Lovely collection buddy. Great to see that these beauties are kept and put to use the way they were meant to be. Kudos. Love your W111 Heckflosse too. Is it a 220S/SE or a 230S/SE? Im sold on both the Rovers. Whats the Red American sports hiding behind the Beetle. Is it a Ford Maverick?
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