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Originally Posted by NomadVagabond I see you went to Meow uncle's offroading on 13th March OTR. BTW the baby looks better without the hood. The draft from passing vehicles at high speeds is horrible. Planning to take mine off soon. |
Hi Anirban
Meow uncle? Does not ring any bells.
I was in office on the 13th, however wanted to come for the Wildcat thing on the 14th but couldn't make it.
Am definitely in for the next one
I dont plan to keep it like this for long. Have plans to go for a fixed fibre or steel cabin like Vaibhav's after I go in for an aircon. So you could say
open gypsy ke mazze le raha hun till I can
Just removing the seats and bars has decreased the overall weight of the vehicle and increased the pickup slightly. So I am leaning towards the fiber cabin as the weight should be considerably lighter than the steel one.
But still have to gather the moolah so might go for the fibre cabin later this year or early next year
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Originally Posted by fazalaliadil Harjeev,
Your Gypsy looks neat and good.
I really am getting more and more into the Gypsy groove, love MM550 but want a own a Gypsy soon. |
I too like the MM550 especially its torge is great but the gypsy is purely for my long distance use.
A thought enters my mind quite a lot these days and I want or you can say might do that in the next couple of years.
Buy a beaten down CJ3B and put the complete engine, gearbox, transfer case, differentials, discs,etc of either a Gypsy King or a MM550 and see how it performs. The CJ3B's chassis is quite sturdy to handle extremes amounts or stress and with the king or MM550 mechanicals
I am leaning more on the king's side as I get quite a lot of customisable options like low ratios, diff locks, easily availability of headers, etc etc. And as I retain the petrol heart its cheaper to maintain and overhaul than the old diesel engines!!!
Any take on this!!!
:-))
I will definitely do this project sometime or the other in my life, Just do not have the time and specifically the money part at present! Also if I start doing this now my wife will throw me out of the house
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Originally Posted by NomadVagabond It was pretty cold when this was shot and after an hour or so it was so damn hot. |
Agree totally. In the early mornings it used to be freezing cold. I think gurjot measured a temp of 3 degrees on his watch around 2-3am. And in the day time well I'll day, by mistake we left a piece of bread on the bonnet of our gypsy and in c couple of hours it was actually baked. I couldn't believe it. And this was in the middle of Feb. What this place would be in Mayy & June I don't even want to imagine
On a lighter note next Desert Storm we should take solar cookers to make food
hehehe
It was freaking hot!!!
@Vinod
Thanks buddy