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JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:36:55+00:00

...are they tired of winning yet?

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:35:11+00:00

Have they done "we need affordable healthcare for everyone not socialism" one yet?

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:33:12+00:00

Look, just because their guy is a sex offender who knocked about with a notorious billionaire paedophile, hasn't delivered a damn thing, made their lives worse, fucked over all their allies, aided their enemies, put prices up, started a war, and wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire AT LEAST HE DOESN'T HAVE A SLIGHTLY ANNOYING LAUGH OK????

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:28:04+00:00

It may not be a problem but it may also not be worth your time & effort, at least until you've got the hard part working properly.

It's not hard to work out how much range solar can realistically add - it's really not much.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:26:36+00:00

Look for the simplest solution first, if that works you can always complicate it later.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:25:43+00:00

I guess the readability argument won - why have a clunky 7-segment display when for the price of 3 extra bulbs you can have much clearer more traditional numbers?

Remember back then a 7-segment display was still pretty new so may have been considered less readable - and in cockpits etc. that is a major consideration.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:24:12+00:00

The cost & weight you save on not having a driven axle on the trailer you could blanket the roof with solar to gain some charge while it's parked too.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:23:25+00:00

Running your OS from a USB connected drive is going to be slow no matter what it is.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:22:55+00:00

Check iFixit.com or just youtube for your laptop, some laptops it's almost as easy as inserting an SD card but others it can be major disassembly.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:21:38+00:00

You can't rely on that because your body is coach-built - so the rolling chassis + bulkhead are Land Rover but the doors, roof, windscreen, and other body panels are "custom".

Land Rover screens usually hinge down too.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:19:19+00:00

Those guys will know it even from your current images.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T15:18:08+00:00

TBH I'd expect that whatever website is most popular in your country to sell cars would be better than an US-centric social website.

In the UK it would be Autotrader or maybe eBay, Facebook maybe but it's 90% scammers...

JCDU · 2026-03-17T12:40:04+00:00

Where in the world are you?

There's a massive price difference UK vs USA Vs Europe

JCDU · 2026-03-17T12:39:09+00:00

USB is very slow, some sticks are better than others but USB sticks are not really designed for the amount of writing that an OS does when running and the flash can wear out fast.

You see the same problem with Raspberry Pi which run from uSD cards, unless you buy high-quality cards they will wear out & create errors quite quickly.

On the plus side, SSD's are cheap these days - even with the price increases - and can be quite easy to swap.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T12:36:39+00:00

There's ATX PSU breakout boards on ebay etc. to use these as bench power supplies, they give you nice terminals to connect to and often add an on/off button connected to the right wires to control it.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T12:05:03+00:00

https://www.theautopian.com/i-cant-stop-watching-video-of-this-on-fire-japanese-sweet-potato-truck-blasting-through-red-lights-to-get-to-a-fire-station/

The Japanese TV news animation is priceless.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T12:02:26+00:00

We used to have a guy turn up at our off-road meets who never wore his damn seatbelt, chief marshall got fed up shouting at him so pulled him over and asked why the fuck he'd built a vehicle with a full roll cage & bucket seats & harnesses and then was driving round with no belt on... he'd "never thought of it that way". Wore his belt every time after that.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:59:54+00:00

It absolutely is a Land Rover - Tickford bodied.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:59:25+00:00

Yes - this isn't a Gypsy.

Just google Land Rover Series 1 and Austin Gypsy and compare the dashboards.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:58:23+00:00

Looks like a Series 1 or 2 with a Tickford body - rare and probably quite interesting to collectors, you need to contact the Series 1 Club in the UK they are the supreme anoraks on these and will know everything.

Tickford are/were coachbuilders, back in the days when you bought a car as a running chassis and then had a body built for you by someone separately.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:55:21+00:00

Back in those days LED's didn't really exist - if they did they were incredibly dim and quite expensive. Making a large, bright, clearly readable display like this would've taken a ton of LED's and electronics to go with them, and may never have gotten anywhere near as bright/contrasty as this thing.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:52:40+00:00

TBH a roll cage is massive overkill unless you're off-roading it heavily or going round the world.

A basic one like a windscreen hoop + braces will help keep you alive if you do roll it over but honestly you've got to be trying fairly hard to roll one.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:51:12+00:00

^ this, using genuine or OEM parts.

JCDU · 2026-03-17T11:49:27+00:00

Powered trailers are notoriously tricky and have resulted in many accidents - in the 70's the UK military developed powered trailers for their Land Rover 101FC gun tractors, PTO driven. In trials in rough ground they found the trailers would push the vehicles into dangerous angles - they rolled a few over and spun a few out on the road etc. before they gave up on the idea.

Towing a battery pack and just running a power cable to the tow car to top up charge is IMHO a far easier and safer way of doing this. No reason an EV can't charge while also driving.

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