Yana kama da tsohon Land Rover Series III, amma wannan motar da aka keɓance kuma aka saukar sosai tana ɓoye tsarin injina daban a ƙarƙashinta.
Akan ga tsoffin Land Rover suna tafiya a hankali cikin laka ko ana yi musu gyare-gyaren mayar da su yadda suke a da masu tsada. Wani samfurin da ba a saba gani ba, wanda yanzu ake tallatawa a eBay, ya bambanta da wannan gaba ɗaya: ya yi ƙasa sosai har jikinsa ya kusa goge kwalta. Ana kiran aikin Slamd-Rover, sunan da ya haɗa sunan Land Rover da “slammed,” wata kalma da ta shahara a fannin gyaran motoci don nufin motocin da aka saukar da tsayinsu ƙwarai.
Daga waje, tana kama da Series III, da jikinta mai kusurwoyi da aka sani da kuma gaban shan iska na musamman. Amma a ƙarƙashinta, alaƙarta da asalin motar Birtaniya ta bin hanyoyin da ba su da kyau kaɗan ce.
An fara gina motar da Volkswagen Beetle ta shekarar 1968, duk da cewa kaɗan daga cikin sassan motar ta asali ne suka rage. An gajarta firam ɗinta domin ya dace da jikin Land Rover, yayin da tsarin dakatarwa na iska a dukkan ƙafafunta huɗu, wanda ake sarrafawa daga nesa, ke ba da damar daidaita tsayinta da danna maɓalli.
Mai ita a yanzu ya sayi aikin da ba a kammala ba a shekarar 2020, sannan ya kammala shi da taimakon wuraren gyaran motoci na Birtaniya, Dropworks Customs da Lowdown Transporters. Sakamakon shi ne motar da za a iya saukarwa ƙasa sosai har ƙarƙashinta ya kusan taɓa hanya. Tuka ta kan tudun rage gudu a wannan matsayin abu ne da kusan ba zai yiwu ba.
Jikin Series III yana da fenti kore marar sheƙi, yayin da rufin mai launin beige ya fito daga wani nau'in Safari da ba kasafai ake samu ba, kuma an gajarta shi don ya dace da sabon tsarin girman motar. An cire yawancin gilashinta, aka bar gilashin gaba mai ɓangarori biyu da tagogin Alpine na musamman da aka saka a rufin.
An cire ƙafafun asali, aka maye gurbinsu da rim ɗin Porsche na ƙarfen gauraye masu inci 17. An ɗora ƙafar ajiya iri ɗaya a kan murfin gaba, ana kwaikwayon salon gargajiya na motocin jeji amma cikin barkwanci. A ciki, ɗakin motar yana da kujerar benci da aka ƙera musamman, sitiyari na katako, ma'aunan analog guda uku, da doguwar sandar sauya giya.
Abu mafi ban mamaki a aikin yana inda ya kamata a sami wurin kaya. An girka a baya injin lita 1.6 mai sanyaya da iska, mai silinda huɗu masu kwanciya suna fuskantar juna, wanda aka samo daga motar Volkswagen Type 2. Yana da kabureta biyu, bakin bututun shan iska da aka ƙera da bugun 3D, da tsarin shaye-shaye na musamman mai mafita biyu.
A tsarin injin na asali, yana samar da ƙarfin doki kusan 50—ƙaramin adadi ne ko da bisa ma'aunin shekarun 1960. Amma ba a gina Slamd-Rover don kafa tarihin saurin zagaye ko fuskantar hanyoyin jeji masu wahala ba. Babban manufarsa ita ce jawo hankalin mutane, kuma haɗin salon gargajiya na Birtaniya da tsarin injina na Volkswagen da ba a saba gani ba tabbas yana cim ma hakan.
An tallata wannan motar ta musamman kan fam 15,000, wanda ya yi daidai da kusan dala 20,000. Mai sayarwar yana bayar da kai motar cikin Birtaniya kuma ya ce za a iya shirya jigilar ta zuwa ƙasashen waje idan an biya ƙarin kuɗi.
Mai sayarwar ya bayyana Slamd-Rover a matsayin motar da ta dace ƙwarai don ɓata wa masu son Land Rover ta kasance a asalinta rai. Idan aka yi la'akari da yadda ta yi ƙasa sosai, tsarin ƙarƙashinta da aka samo daga Beetle, da wurin injinta da ba a saba gani ba, yana da wuya a musanta wannan bayanin.