Bell Aurens Longnose

[Gt1Street]

Vehicle base
LAND ROVER 109 LWB Station Wagon,
Series II - IIa - III

length: 177 inch
width: 67 inch
hight: ---
weight: ---

Chassis
LWB Long Wheel Base -Leaf sprung double square steel ladder frame

Suspension
Parabolic leafsprings - front and rear
(worked to standard hight)

Shock absorbers :
4 KONI Heavy Track shocks (standard)
or
4 Trail & Track Heavy Duty shock absorbers (optional)
or
4 GAZ Adjustable Heavy Duty Rally Raid shock absorbers (optional)

Brakes
Front: vented 2-piston disc brake
Rear: non vented 2-piston disc brake
(The disc brake system is a modified system of the Santana PS10, now IVECO Massif; it keeps the track width of series Land Rovers.)
Hand brake: Drum brake on the rear shaft of the transfer gearbox.
(optional available as disc brake )

Main & transfer gearbox
Manual 5-gearbox - ROVER R380
Transfer gearbox with permanent all wheel drive, low gear reduction and middle lock function - LT230 .Elektrik & Instrumente

Axels & differentials
Front and rear: Solid axle (Rover axle), from series II, IIa and III.
4-pinion-differentials from series IV (Defender)

Steering
Modified standard steering from series Land Rover
(an add on hydraulic steering aid is optional available)

Wheels & rims
Recomended wheel size: 32-33 inch
Recomended rim size: 16-18 inch

Electrics & gauges
The electrics will be limited just to the needed parts, like lighting and ignition.
The standart gauges will be: mechanical speedometer, oil pressure, watertemperature and fuel gauge.
Even the driver will get some reving feedback directly from the engine sound, a revmeter will be optional available.
There is also a PP-EGT* unit available. In this case the space between both seats will be required for the 8, 12, or 16 mechanical gauges.

Engine Options
V8
ROVER
90° V 8 cylinder aluminium engine
4.6 litre
approx 235 bhp

ROVER
90° V 8 cylinder aluminium engine
5.0 litre
approx 280 bhp

V16 Custom Build
ROVER V16 Special
90° V 16 cylinder aluminium engine
8.0 litre
approx 420 bhp

ROVER V16 Special
90° V 16 cylinder aluminium engine
10.0 litre
approx 550 bhp (700 bhp)

V12 Aeroplane
ROVER “Meteor“
V 12 cylinder (tank engine)
27.0 litre
approx 750 bhp

ROLLS ROYCE “Merlin“
V 12 cylinder (aircraft engine)
27.0 litre
approx 1500 bhp (supercharged)


Components which we defenately won`t supply !
• roof *
• windscreen wipers
• electric windows
• windows
• car-audio & video-systems
• heeting & aircondition
• modern paints, like they didn`t exist before 1969
• other engine makes than ROVER
• low profile tyres

[Gt1Street]

I always secretly wanted a chopped rover with a spitfire merlin engine in it ! those 1500HP could spin the planet untill it cools down...

[Ecnelis]

Bell Aurens Longnose Special and Bell Aurens Longnose in sahara cream and british racing green:

[Ferrer]

Can't help thinking it's utterly cool.

[Sledgehammer]

Are their weight approximations? A tank engine or a plane engine has to be huge.

[092326001]

i'd love a rolls-royce merlin
wished every car came with one as an option

[Gt1Street]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer

Are their weight approximations? A tank engine or a plane engine has to be huge.

it can pull its own weight

[Spastik_Roach]

This is actually a joke right?

[Gt1Street]

Originally Posted by Spastik_Roach

This is actually a joke right?

one that will set you $157,709 back. in cash.

[ruim20]

Wo are theres nutters? lol

I'll take one in black, yacht tail with a merlin!