Up for sale here is my 2001 Bowler Wildcat 200.
This car is purpose built onto a space frame to compete in the likes of comp safari, hill rallies, rally raid, dakar, toutes terrain, NORC, AWDC, SCCC, BCCC, SASLRC etc...
Under the bonnet is a 5.2 John Eales V8, believe me when I say this thing shifts and sounds awesome.
The car had been stood for a while until I purchased it in early 2014. The previous owner enjoyed spending money on the car but left it parked in his garage! He had recent bills from QT services totalling over 20k on various upgrades he had done to the car at QT headquarters. The bulk of the money was spent chassis strengthening / wrapping, fitting the latest type QT tubular radius arms, altering the suspension turrets to the current spec & 4x new Donerre shock absorbers fitting.
In the short time I've owned the car it has been maintained meticulously and has had an absolute fortune thrown at it. This has been spent on:
Full re-spray in Land Rover, Metallic, Santorini Black
Custom made stainless steel front bumper, steering guard, tailgate handle & side bars
"Aero catch" bonnet catches fitted
Stainless steel Protex catches fitted on rear tub
Later type discovery 2 rear lights fitted
Old style rear lower lights removed & fibreglassed up to fit LED's
Rear indicators & running / brake lights replaced with LED
Side repeaters, front side lights & indicators replaced with LED
Wipac SVX crystal headlight bowls with LED DRL's
New headlight surrounds
KBX front grille adapted to suit
Stainless steel mesh to cover bonnet & tailgate apertures
"Blindo" alloy wheels
Bulldog 30mm wheel spacers
Technospeed Kevlar sidewall tyres
PS2000 service and overhaul on Donerre's recently undertaken
Quaife R380 gear kit fitted
Reconditioned transfer box recently fitted
Front & rear prop shafts custom made & replaced
"Gripper" limited slip plate diff centres
Ashcroft crown wheel & pinions
All four diff cases professionally "pegged" by Ashcroft
Ashcroft CV's & special 300M front & rear shafts fitted
Both axle breathers replaced with stainless hose & fittings
Front ball joints replaced
Fit a full set of wheel bearings in 2014 and have just replaced all 4 (and oil seals) again with OEM
Full set of genuine track rod ends
New Bilstein steering damper
Both head gaskets replaced & heads checked
Paddle clutch segments replaced & flywheel skimmed
Stainless braided clutch hose with fire sleeve
Clutch master & slave cylinder replaced
New starter motor
New oil filter head & pressure switch
New Optima red top battery.
New set of Magnecor KV85 ignition leads
New genuine Bosch coil packs fitted
New throttle cable.
Spark plugs replaced regularly
Brake master cylinder replaced
Full set of brake pads recently fitted
New radiator
New serpentine belt
Steering box replaced
Panard rod replaced
Air flow sensor
New horn
Huge capacity washer bottle fitted into custom built stainless steel cage & 30 PSI pump.
Mud flaps replaced with Polyurethane.
All Wheel arch spats replaced with new.
Side windows & sliders replaced with unbreakable "Hammerglass"
New heated screen & Bosch wiper blades
Other parts on the car that were already fitted but are worth a mention are:
Willians 5 point harness'
Terratrip
Fiddle brake
In car camera system
Peltor Intercom
150 ltr fuel tank
Strengthened & tubed front axle
Dual fans
Plumbed in fire extinguisher system.
I've probably missed some stuff but I think you get the picture.
This is an amazing, iconic car that is highly competitive even in the hands of a novice like myself - current class leader in N.O.R.C. Results can be seen here:
http://www.norc.org.uk/pages/results-2015
I am still competing with the car so it will be mechanically sound but will have the usual battle scars you would expect of a race car.
It was used as a wedding car in July and had an MOT at this point although it is currently SORN.
I'm not in any rush to sell it so please, please...no dreamers, timewasters or stupid offers...I'll just carry on racing it.
We regularly export vehicles through our business so I am able to arrange container loading & worldwide shipping if the need arises.
Spares package available by separate negotiation.