The Bush Ranger (also known as Bush Rangie) is an

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permanent 4WD buggy that was redesigned and manufactured by John E Davis Motor Works and derived from the United Kingdom

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but is considerably different, although both use

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parts. Options like roofs, front and rear

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and canvas doors and roofs are available. Red Bull has a Bush Ranger as a promotional vehicle. Like the Dakar, the Bush Ranger is typically a scrapped Range Rover or Discovery; the chassis of which has been cut off behind the rear axle, a

roll cage A roll cage is a specially engineered and constructed frame built in (or sometimes around, in which case it is known as an exo cage) the passenger compartment of a vehicle to protect its occupants from being injured or killed in an accident, pa ...

added and a fibreglass shell body placed over the top. The interior is usually that of a

, or a

, and the engine and gearbox is also Range Rover or Land Rover. Other engines have been used. During 2014 Ownership of Bush Ranger passed to a partnership of John Hill and David Marshall with the operation moving to

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under the new company name of Bush Ranger ATV, and development started to enable Bush Ranger shells to be fitted to the

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and

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chassis. The business closed at the start of 2016.

Bush Rangers in kit-form

In kit form, the builder buys the shell and roll cage from the manufacturer and must purchase a donor vehicle (usually from wrecking or scrapping motor vehicle yards). The donor vehicle is pulled down to a

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, and then the process of putting the kit together starts.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20141216111737/http://www.bushrangeratv.com.au/ Kit car manufacturers All-wheel-drive vehicles Cars of Australia {{Modern-auto-stub

Bush Rangers in kit-form

See also

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