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Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - YamFazFan - 15-02-15
Did anyone else just watch that?.Even tho the winching gear must have been well up to the job,10/10 for bravery :eek.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - noggythenog - 15-02-15
Yeh there was a bit of trust involved there. No safety wires other than the winch itself. Pretty cool.
Shame about the old Defenders going out of production......my work has like a mini landing craft boat that is purpose designed for a small defender to drive up its ramp and be transported on deck....they're ordering a brand new one now while they still can.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - lew600fazer - 15-02-15
Some bottle thats forsure, fancy the BMW I 8 was it??
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - nsr500v4 - 15-02-15
Considering what Hammond went through a few years ago it was brave to do that, he did look a little nervous to say the least, go him!
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - downey - 15-02-15
definitly impressive thats for sure,,wales scenery looks awesome ,heading there in may for a long wknd really looking forward to it
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - lew600fazer - 16-02-15
It is lovely round there was that the Ellan valley ??
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - noggythenog - 16-02-15
(16-02-15, 12:18 AM)lew600fazer link Wrote: It is lovely round there was that the Ellan valley ??
Claerwen Dam, yep in the Ellan valley
I highly recommend anyone to take a trip to Ellan valley, slow riding but a nice relaxing bit of scenery.
Top gear have filmed up there before, i think Nick seen them blasting along in some sports car on one of the nearby roads.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - midden - 16-02-15
Wow a landrover can climb a dam wall as long as it's fitted with a swinging engine in the back and a larger winch at the front. Just a shame it didn't make it over the top. We may have then seen the landrover swimming in the lake but only after Hammond had blown up and fitted his armbands :rolleyes
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - BBROWN1664 - 16-02-15
He did look a little worried.
The swinging engine was only because the battery would go flat too quickly pulling the weight up the hill so needed to be kept charged effectively.
TBH, given the amount of faith put into one cable with a clutch to stop it unwinding, I am surprised the production company allowed it to go ahead. The insurance bill for that shoot must have been massive.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - lew600fazer - 16-02-15
(16-02-15, 07:02 AM)noggythenog link Wrote: [quote author=lew600fazer link=topic=15990.msg183693#msg183693 date=1424042314]
It is lovely round there was that the Ellan valley ??
Claerwen Dam, yep in the Ellan valley
I highly recommend anyone to take a trip to Ellan valley, slow riding but a nice relaxing bit of scenery.
Top gear have filmed up there before, i think Nick seen them blasting along in some sports car on one of the nearby roads.
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Noggy have ridden around there a few times. Enjoyed lunch at a visitor centre . Tells you all about the dam construction as well. Was there not something about when they were developing the Boucing bomb during the war that they used that area to test the launching mechanism?
Anyway anyone who has never been around that part of the country you do not know what you are missing.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - Robbie8666 - 16-02-15
Noggy have ridden around there a few times. Enjoyed lunch at a visitor centre . Tells you all about the dam construction as well. Was there not something about when they were developing the Boucing bomb during the war that they used that area to test the launching mechanism?
Anyway anyone who has never been around that part of the country you do not know what you are missing.
I thought the damn the Lancasters used was Ladybower in Derbyshire?
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - Fazafou - 16-02-15
(16-02-15, 04:14 PM)Robbie8666 link Wrote: I thought the damn the Lancasters used was Ladybower in Derbyshire?
They did some testing at Ladybower but it wasn't the 'main' one.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - lew600fazer - 16-02-15
Maybe the old grey cells are going, Ladybower been there as well, up around the snake pass and then a run down to Matlock bath back over the cat and fiddle and then down to me mates place in Macclesfield for a brew.
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - acid drop - 16-02-15
That was definitely a brown trouser moment
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - YamFazFan - 16-02-15
(15-02-15, 11:01 PM)lew600fazer link Wrote: Some bottle thats forsure, fancy the BMW I 8 was it??
Yep very clever stuff :car.Great looking car as well.Would look even better in black or red.maybe a bit out of my price range tho!
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - maddog04 - 17-02-15
the bit were the front wheels lifted.......If I was driving it I think I'd have followed through :lol
how they got insured for it I'll never know
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - Dead Eye - 17-02-15
This got posted up one their site as well;
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/hammond-heres-how-to-rebuild-an-old-landie-2015-02-16
Where are all these god damn onions coming from...
Re: Top Gear Land Rover dam wall feature - red98 - 17-02-15
Nice story that....well done landrover NZ... :thumbup.......mmmmmm I wonder, I have a 2 series bmw sat on the drive that needs a little TLC