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The Vanishing America Project visits Overland Expo 2009

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Uploaded by on May 17, 2009

A short clip from The Vanishing America Project's visit to Prescott, Arizona for Overland Expo 2009!

This clip includes footage of The Greasy Beast, a 1994 Land Rover Defender 90 that has had the Gasoline V8 replaced with a Cummins 4bt turbodiesel so we could run used veggie oil. The stock Land Rover transmission was also replaced with a Dodge NV4500 5speed.

It still looks like a Defender, it tackles the trails like a tractor, it still drives like a car on the road, AND it's environmentally-friendly!

Thanks to Shane Ballensky at Rover Hybrids in Redding, CA for making this awesome machine!

And, thank you to The Belleville Outfit for providing some wonderful music. Visit them online at www.bellevilleoutfit.com!

If you would like to know more about Overlanding or the Overland Expo, visit:
www.ovexpo.com
www.overlandjournal.com
www.overlandsociety.org

For more information about The Vanishing America Project, visit www.vanishingamerica.net

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  • We did a lot of soundproofing with various types of Dynamat, and though it helped, it was still pretty loud. So loud, in fact, that you couldn't hold a conversation with your passenger when driving at speed. New news, though... because I couldn't find a good mechanic to work on the motor, I've decided to swap the motor for a Chevy LT1. The veggie idea was a good one, but there were just too many problems and nobody to help me sort them out. :(

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  • How is the noise from the 4bt??? Did you add some sound proofing???

  • i wonder if a cummins can fit into a discovery

  • My dream truck!

  • My brother has a defender 90".

    The halfshafts will be a weak link I think?

    Also whats the max rpm of the cummins?

    Did u have to fit taller gearing?

  • Great to see your Defender doing a bit of overlanding.

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