Ugly 6x6

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This might win first place.
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I wonder if it does have both fuel tanks? If it was a camper conversion, I would have said the second one was water......

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True 6x6 or 4x4 with a tag axle?
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Wow.

I saw the thread title and fully expected to see some cumbersome, Eastern Bloc, ex-military 6x6 that I would love just because of its rugged ugliness. But no, you were being entirely literal. That is one ugly %#^&$*(@!
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Isn't this how all 4x4 Discovery look like when you're drunk?
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No when you are drunk you try to convince people that Discoverys are reliable.

I think they were/are ranked as the most unreliable 4x4 in recent times based on dealer repair incidents. Great off-road though, surprisingly.
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A Discovery is essentially a Defender with more comfortable seats & the kind of electrics that behave as if wired it. The body also blocks a lot of the access points that the Defender has so you can't get to the transmission in the same way.
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I am in an off road group that boasts many of the participants ownership in LR vehicles. One of the guys is a LR tech and a very good mechanic. His advice to me as we spoke of getting one is that I should expect to spend lots of time and money keeping it on the road. I'll stick with the pinz.
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I had a Disco in the late 90's in Austin,TX
No one knew what it was as the only dealership was on Dallas
I liked it but still to this day wish I got the NA D90!
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That might be a rebodied Carmichael Range Rover 6x4. The rearmost axle was not driven but served to increase load capacity. Search for civiilan Carmichael Commando for some really awkward 1970s styling
http://www.google.com/search?q=carmicha ... Q&tbm=isch

or for true off road eye sores, search for Glenfrome:
http://www.google.com/search?q=glenfro ... &oq=&gs_l=

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bonefish635 wrote: or for true off road eye sores, search for Glenfrome:
http://www.google.com/search?q=glenfro ... &oq=&gs_l=

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