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  • TJR
    2nd Gear
    • Dec 2006
    • 279

    Looking for pics of Tuffy console between seats

    I'm Looking for pics of Tuffy console between the two front seats (series trucks) ... Does it fill the void pretty well? I like the OE bench seat look, but will never use the middle seats? I think the Tuffy cubby woul dmake more sense? Opinions? Talbot
  • bkreutz
    4th Gear
    • Apr 2010
    • 408

    #2
    Does this help? I just finished mounting mine, don't have pictures of it with the seat bases installed, but can do that tomorrow if you wish. I also diverged from the mounting instructions a bit to make it work better with mine. I thought it was going to be too tall, but once in, it's about the perfect height for my right arm to rest on. Fills the space between the seats completely. I did have to modify my overdrive shifter to use the cupholder. (put a dogleg bend in the shaft)
    Gale Breitkreutz
    '03 Disco
    '74 Series III 88 (sold, 4/13)
    '47 CJ2A

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    • galen216
      2nd Gear
      • Nov 2006
      • 236

      #3
      I don't have a pic but the tuffy is a perfect fit. There is about enough space between the seat and box to put a map book or something like that.

      It increases your storage space by quite a bit and gives you something to rest on. I love mine and wouldn't trade it. It's a great upgrade/addition.

      I mounted mine to the tunnel cover so I can easily pull the whole unit out and check trans/od levels.
      74 SIII
      96 Disco SE-7 5 Spd.

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      • daveb
        5th Gear
        • Nov 2006
        • 513

        #4
        Hey i like this thread. I am looking for some spare change for the toll that is coming up. But all I found was a couple dried up french fries.



        Originally posted by TJR
        I'm Looking for pics of Tuffy console between the two front seat...
        A Land Rover would never turn up to collect an Oscar. It'd be far too busy doing something important, somewhere, for someone."


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        • scott
          Overdrive
          • Oct 2006
          • 1226

          #5
          Originally posted by daveb
          Hey i like this thread. I am looking for some spare change for the toll that is coming up. But all I found was a couple dried up french fries.

          it took a second, thanks
          '64 Series IIA 88 Canvas Tilt
          '68 Series IIA RHD Ambulance
          '76 Spitfire 1500
          '07 LR3 (Series Recovery Vehicle)

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          • LaneRover
            Overdrive
            • Oct 2006
            • 1743

            #6
            but were the fries still good?
            1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
            1965 109 SW - nearly running well
            1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
            1969 109 P-UP

            http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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            • daveb
              5th Gear
              • Nov 2006
              • 513

              #7
              Probably, if you can get all the sand, MAR dirt and carpet fuzz off them. I just left em down there.

              Seriously, love the tuffy boxes and look for them on ebay from time to time.
              Have found two used ones in good shape for around $180.

              Definitely get the one with the radio compartment. I like Galen's approach of being able to remove it, but in my 'hood I decided it was better to bolt it down. besides, there are wires coming through it and I don't have an overdrive. But that's just me.

              Been waiting to put one in the 90...stereo at the moment is giving me fits in its present installation. So perhaps it's a good time to do it.

              Trouble is that my speakers are in the center cubby and I don't want to cut holes in my tuffy. So where to put the speakers is a question.

              Originally posted by LaneRover
              but were the fries still good?
              A Land Rover would never turn up to collect an Oscar. It'd be far too busy doing something important, somewhere, for someone."


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              • scott
                Overdrive
                • Oct 2006
                • 1226

                #8
                Originally posted by daveb
                .. So where to put the speakers is a question.
                i posted a pic of my speaker placement once but one of you guys made fun of it and made me cry. they're round and hanging in a cargo net strung from the hoop set. the meanie said it looked like breasties in a fishnet brazier. they do but it works and i can almost hear 'em over the rover rattling, engine whinning and wind whistling
                '64 Series IIA 88 Canvas Tilt
                '68 Series IIA RHD Ambulance
                '76 Spitfire 1500
                '07 LR3 (Series Recovery Vehicle)

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                • galen216
                  2nd Gear
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 236

                  #9
                  Originally posted by daveb

                  Definitely get the one with the radio compartment. I like Galen's approach of being able to remove it, but in my 'hood I decided it was better to bolt it down. besides, there are wires coming through it and I don't have an overdrive. But that's just me.
                  My middle panel has the lock hinge on it so if I really needed to I could put a padlock on it.

                  My tuffy was in the truck when I bought it. I'm too cheap to buy, made the one in my last truck

                  I like fries.
                  74 SIII
                  96 Disco SE-7 5 Spd.

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                  • greenmeanie
                    Overdrive
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 1358

                    #10
                    Originally posted by galen216
                    My middle panel has the lock hinge on it so if I really needed to I could put a padlock on it.

                    My tuffy was in the truck when I bought it. I'm too cheap to buy, made the one in my last truck

                    I like fries.
                    I originally attached my tuffy to the center inspection panel but keep looking at it and thinking that it is a heavy bit of steel and when I roll over I have to think that I don't want to be sharing the cab with it. After 10s of thousands of miles with it that way I am finally gettign round to mounting it more securely with 4 screws to the seat mounts.

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                    • galen216
                      2nd Gear
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 236

                      #11
                      My inspection panel has a lip at the back and the hinge in the front. It can't let loose in a roll over. When I bought the truck it was just sitting in there and that was not a good solution.
                      74 SIII
                      96 Disco SE-7 5 Spd.

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                      • greenmeanie
                        Overdrive
                        • Oct 2006
                        • 1358

                        #12
                        Originally posted by galen216
                        My inspection panel has a lip at the back and the hinge in the front. It can't let loose in a roll over. When I bought the truck it was just sitting in there and that was not a good solution.
                        Mine has that lip too. It is thin aluminium and it will bend and let the cubby lose in a roll. Don't ask how I learned that one.

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                        • bkreutz
                          4th Gear
                          • Apr 2010
                          • 408

                          #13
                          Here's a couple of pics of what mine looks like now. The first pic is of the inspection panel, I removed the hasp from the front of the panel (it interfered with the console sitting flat) and then made a rear mount out of 1" square tubing, the front is 1/4" bar stock. I drilled and tapped them so I could bolt them to the panel from underneath, then drilled and tapped 3 more holes in the top to line up with the holes in the console. I screwed the panel down to the seat box, but they are underneath the console when installed so the console has to be removed before the panel can be taken off. I ran the wires underneath the Rover to the center where the radio cutout is. Second pic is the console in place, still have to make a overdrive boot. (didn't like the Bronco transfer boot that the PO had on it.)
                          Gale Breitkreutz
                          '03 Disco
                          '74 Series III 88 (sold, 4/13)
                          '47 CJ2A

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                          • kevkon
                            3rd Gear
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 364

                            #14
                            Here's my custom cubby;

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                            I wanted more clear room at the front and didn't need to mount a radio.
                            94 D-90 tdi
                            72 Series III

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                            • mrdoiron
                              4th Gear
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 446

                              #15
                              here are couple I have that partially show the tuffy I installed:
                              Last edited by mrdoiron; 12-24-2010, 11:13 PM.
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                              1961 Ser IIa Hybrid Defender
                              1969 Ser IIa Bugeye
                              1980 Ser III Lightweight 24V RHD- sold
                              1988 LR90 turbo diesel RHD - currently frame off rebuild in progress
                              1998 Disco - ex wife :-(
                              2000 Disco - RIP , end over end 2.5 times
                              2010 RR Sport Supercharged


                              http://mikerovers.shutterfly.com/

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