Finally!I have wheels!
(Well, I always had wheels in the form of BABs, my motor home, but now I can actually get around town without having to worry about where to park.)
The Land Rover is finished. It has taken almost four months, but it's done. And, it looks and runs great!
Shane Ballensky, owner and operator of Rover Hybrids in Redding, California, converted a 1994 Land Rover Defender 90 series from a gasoline V8 to a diesel 4 cylinder. Why? So I could run
vegetable oil as fuel. Gasoline engines can't run vegetable oil, so we replaced the gas engine with a diesel and created a one-of-a-kind eco-friendly, good-lookin' expedition machine.Now, some of you familiar with Land Rovers may say, "Hey, wait a minute...".
Yes, it's true... Land Rover did build a lot of diesel Defenders for other countries, but they're hard to find in the States. Also, the Land Rover diesel engines can't compare to the torque, horsepower, and reliability of the Cummins 4bt diesel engine that we put in. It was a lot of work, but well worth the effort.
And, if you're interested in the details, I'll be publishing an article about the conversion sometime in the next couple of months.
In the meantime, Shane will be finishing up the veggie conversion on the motor home, and if all goes well, I'll be back on the road by the first of the year!
