4WD Perentie.

The four wheel drive Perentie is a modified Land Rover 110 (later known as the Land Rover Defender 110). The chassis is somewhat lengthened so that the spare wheel can be mounted under the body at the rear. It also carries twin rear-mounted jerry cans and air-lift / tie-down eyes on the repositioned rear chassis cross-member. A bull-bar is fitted at the front without the traditional Land-Rover "RSJ" bumper bar. The chassis is galvanised.

Power comes from an Isuzu 4-cylinder 3.9L diesel engine, as factory fitted to many Australian civilian Land Rovers during the 1980s. Transmission is the 4-speed LT95A - as fitted to early Range Rovers, the Forward Control 101, the series-3 stage-1, and early 110's although in this case it is uprated with taper roller-bearings on the transfer-case intermediate shaft, hence the A suffix.

The bonnet (hood) carries brackets for a shovel, a pick and an axe. Some vehicles are fitted with a Thomas PTO winch with over-load protection.

Several versions of the Perentie were supplied - soft-tops, hard-tops and station wagons. The hard-tops and station wagons have the tropical (double skinned) roof but do not have the alpine-light windows of civilian station wagons.

The station wagons have the fuel filler positioned immediately behind the 2nd row of doors on the RHS so as to be close to the fuel tank which is between the front and rear wheels, the rear position being taken by the spare wheel as already noted.

The various fitted for radio (FFR) vehicles carry an auxiliary 28-volt electrical system and four (two in the SWs) aerial mounts on the rear waistline. The soft-top FFR model has a fixed half-height tailgate instead of the usual hinged one.

4WD Perentie Specifications.

• LWB soft-top, 3 seats, 2 doors
• loa: 4865mm, width: 1790mm (2060mm mirrors), height: 2066mm
• approach: 30, departure: 26 (laden), ramp break over: 148 (laden)
• turning radius: 7.5m
• weight: 2250kg (unladen), GVM: 3200kg, towing: 900kg (unbraked)
• Isuzu 4BD1, 3.9L, diesel, 4-cyls, direct injection, 2-valves/cyl, ohv
• electrical: 12V 70A alternator, 98Ah battery
• transmission: 4m LT95A, 2-speed transfer case, full-time 4WD, centre diff' and lock, differentials: Rover/Salisbury-8HA 3.54:1
• suspension: live-coil/live-coil, brakes: disc/drum
• tyres: 7.50R16LT 10 ply (Dunlop-Olympic Steeltrek 105), wheels: 6Fx16
• Max speed: 115km/h; fuel consumption 12L/100km (highway), 15L/100km (2nd class roads)
• optional winch: Thomas T8000M 36kN with overload protected PTO

Note that the 4x4 comes in a variety of body styles:

Truck, utility, lightweight, MC2 (soft-top)

Truck, utility, lightweight, FFR, MC2 (soft-top)

Truck, panel, lightweight, FFR, winch, MC2 (hard top)

Truck, carryall, lightweight, personnel carrier, MC2 (station wagon)

Truck, carryall, lightweight, senior commander, FFR, winch, MC2 (station wagon)

Truck, surveillance, lightweight, winch, MC2 (soft top, strengthened)
This model is strengthened, has a payload of 1200kg (v. 1000kg), taller hoops and tilt, side-rails on the bull-bar, and has a greater loa due to the rear-mounted jerry cans being oriented length-ways rather than side-ways.

• loa 4936mm, height 2242mm
• weight 2400kg, GVM 3600kg

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