how do i get ahold of timm cooper?
does he still have bcb?
i call and the phone number on the website is no longer in service.
the reason i ask is that i would like to get one of his kits for the lt 230 what lets me run just rear wheel drive. so i can put in a front end with hub lock outs.

Still there as far I can tell. The website is still up...

http://www.bcboffroad.com/aboutbcb.html

Website =/= an ongoing business. As I understand it, Matthew and Timm have gone their separate ways due to some differences I will not get into here. I could, because I don't really care about burning bridges at this point given my near death experience in my 109 when the steering failed, but I won't. Except that I will say I have no hard feelings or any kind of negative feelings toward Timm at all. I understand Matthew to have gone to work for AA, though I've heard that secondhand. I also understand that the brake kits will continue in manufacture, but I am unsure about the LT 230 kit. It has always been near mythical in terms of availability afaik.

Simon

simon,
thanks for the info.
the website doesn't help me talk to someone about the ins and outs of what i want. i need to speak to a human:cool2:

I believe a similar part time LT230 conversion kit together with 5 bolt freewheel hubs are available from AVM in Brazil or any of their international agents.
Bill.

hijack,


Im considering making some lockouts for 101 axles, but wont if its been done. You seen any around your neck of the woods Bill?
-IKe

Timm is probably in the rather large hole he dug himself!!

Ashcroft transmission has what you need for part time and lockouts. Call the UK

Simon,
Not for the sake of gossip. Tell us what happened with your steering. Maybe it can prevent someone from the same mistake.

JP

Website =/= an ongoing business. As I understand it, Matthew and Timm have gone their separate ways due to some differences I will not get into here. I could, because I don't really care about burning bridges at this point given my near death experience in my 109 when the steering failed, but I won't. Except that I will say I have no hard feelings or any kind of negative feelings toward Timm at all. I understand Matthew to have gone to work for AA, though I've heard that secondhand. I also understand that the brake kits will continue in manufacture, but I am unsure about the LT 230 kit. It has always been near mythical in terms of availability afaik.

Simon

hijack,


Im considering making some lockouts for 101 axles, but wont if its been done. You seen any around your neck of the woods Bill?
-IKe

A couple of guys over here had Warn Industries in the USA make them 2 sets of locking hubs for their 101's. Apparently the PCD of the six hub bolts was identical to a military Dodge Power Wagon, so they were able to make it work with only minor machining and resplining the inner drive member.
They still charged AUS$1000 a pair though.
Bill.

A couple of guys over here had Warn Industries in the USA make them 2 sets of locking hubs for their 101's. Apparently the PCD of the six hub bolts was identical to a military Dodge Power Wagon, so they were able to make it work with only minor machining and resplining the inner drive member.
They still charged AUS$1000 a pair though.
Bill.

aha! so Ike..all you have to do is buy sets of new warn hubs for power-wagons or whatever, and modify all set! you do he a lathe and mill...and other tools...right?

what hole did timm dig? that is too bad.:(

Ashcroft transmission has what you need for part time and lockouts. Call the UK
that sounds expensive.
and i don't know how to call the uk....i barely figured out this whole interweb thing.:D

aha! so Ike..all you have to do is buy sets of new warn hubs for power-wagons or whatever, and modify all set! you do he a lathe and mill...and other tools...right?


unfortunately I do not have a broach so I'll have to send out for that part . . .

unfortunately I do not have a broach so I'll have to send out for that part . . .

This is just a guess because I haven't looked inside a Warn Power Wagon hub, but maybe if you didn't mind sacrificing a couple of 101 drive flanges you could make the inner drive member from those and get them case hardened. Or even a couple of diff side gears, if you can get them.
Bill.

and i don't know how to call the uk....i barely figured out this whole interweb thing.:D

Thats ok. You can't call the UK from Tucson anyhow. :D

"You can't call the UK from Tucson anyhow"

Is it against the law in the UK isn't it?

Do you want me to bring some over at a 15% markup?

plus shipping and Handling

JP

"You can't call the UK from Tucson anyhow"

Is it against the law in the UK isn't it?
i heard they cut the transatlantic cable any way.
and no satelites.....too many clouds you know.:flipoff2:

Do you want me to bring some over at a 15% markup?

plus shipping and Handling

JP

Like they'd let you back into the US once we got rid of you:flipoff2:

i heard they cut the transatlantic cable any way.
and no satelites.....too many clouds you know.:flipoff2:

How about a Barn Swallow?

How about a Barn Swallow?

No, no, no. It's European swallows! Air speed velocity, don't you know? Laden and unladen.

No, no, no. It's European swallows! Air speed velocity, don't you know? Laden and unladen.
are those coconuts?:flipoff2:

i have a d44 front end, 8 lug, with crossover high steer, lockout hubs and 4.10 gears. all rebuilt and ready for me to make radius arms and bolt in.
getting for very cheap. coutesy of the d 60 craze, nobody wants a measly 44 any more. never mind the fact i could kind of make one live with stock shafts and 38.5 sxs:smokin:
putting a 60 in the back.
i know it isn't very elegant, but the whole swap will cost less than 500.
then i can add an aussie locker in the front 44 and convert the 230 to part time and i am good to go.
probably stick with just 35" trxs muds.
selling out to the 8 lug world.
but hey, as ike said to me "wheeling isn't elegant".
that is why i want to get the little deal to change the t case.
i even have a garage full of toyota drive shaft cv joints. for those of that haven't seen them they are the size of 1 ton spicer units, and can be clearanced for 40 deg angle. same stuff i have in my rock buggy.
i am sure this will be ugly, but it will be fun

i have a d44 front end,
...
putting a 60 in the back.
i know it isn't very elegant, but the whole swap will cost less than 500.
....
selling out to the 8 lug world.
.....
i am sure this will be ugly, but it will be fun

I don't know you say ugly or inelegant(?). Sounds like a good solution. Plus be supper easy to go to H1 rims.

Pete

Do you want me to bring some over at a 15% markup?

plus shipping and Handling

JP

I don't think we want you "handling" anything...

I don't think we want you "handling" anything...

He said handling, not fondling:flipoff2:

Thats not good to hear about Timm..great guy and is always
helpful.

Ordered a LT 230 part-time case with a GM 350 trans adapter about
2 years ago from Ashcroft. With shipping it came to only about $1500.
Put it in a 109 GM350/350 set-up. If I could figure out how to post a
picture I would.

Thats not good to hear about Timm..great guy and is always
helpful.

Ordered a LT 230 part-time case with a GM 350 trans adapter about
2 years ago from Ashcroft. With shipping it came to only about $1500.
Put it in a 109 GM350/350 set-up. If I could figure out how to post a
picture I would.
email me the pic and i will post it for you .

Do African Swallows migrate?

Do African Swallows migrate?

yes.

Does anybody know how to reach Timm? By phone?
Thanks

You can call me and I can relay a message to him.. He will call but I am thinking he needs to get settled in a bit so it may be a short while.. But you never know..


303-506-9429

You can call me and I can relay a message to him.. He will call but I am thinking he needs to get settled in a bit so it may be a short while.. But you never know..


303-506-9429

confusing.......

african swallows migrate?? hmm!

and than call you to pass note on to Timm??

Is Timm moving to Colarado now?

quote: You can call me and I can relay a message to him.. He will call but I am thinking he needs to get settled in a bit so it may be a short while.. But you never know..


I think that is very nice of you Keith! but I think it best he be left alone so he can finish the "paying" customers jobs instead of wasting time on the phone?? (inside joke) Have faith BCB and it's products will live on!

I think that is very nice of you Keith! but I think it best he be left alone so he can finish the "paying" customers jobs instead of wasting time on the phone?? (inside joke) Have faith BCB and it's products will live on!

I get it! :laughing:

I hear Timm is working for some guy named Kyle Van.... Oh I forget his last name.:D

wtf is going on? timm gone to colorado?, mathew at AA?, is any of this true other than the fact that Timm can spend way too much time on the phone talking?

I hear Timm is working for some guy named Kyle Van.... Oh I forget his last name.:D

Kylevanmakesnothingbuttakesthemoneyandignoresyoure mails.

That guy?:p

Kylevanmakesnothingbuttakesthemoneyandignoresyoure mails.

That guy?:p

Thats the guy.

sad to say, but kyle the douche is a vendor here now.
and he is one of the tards that has you pm him for a price so you can waste your time getting a retail quote.:rolleyes:

All seriousness aside.. I talk (alot with Timm on a regular basis and while he is busy taking care of business he is interested in staying in touch with the Rover crowd..

That Said I can reley Ph#s to him if need be..

I thought is was only English Swallows that Migrated... or are they now UK Swallows? :)

sad to say, but kyle the douche is a vendor here now.


What? How can he be actively selling (or pimping) his stuff here with the lynch mob over on Dweb searching high and low for him?

I've never said anything bad about the man and again hope for a somewhat positive resolution to whatever is/has taken place in his life.

PT

(glad I got out of that side of the biz and am slowly paying my creditors)

Quote: I talk a lot with Timm..... me tooooo!

Keith did you say Timm communicates?? let's ask Matthew (joke) or vice versa.

anyway how many of you reading this have ever had BCB make you something??? huuuh huuh! perhaps if there was not such an enthusiastic voluntary/free care tech line every time one called they would still be flourishing!!! capiche? am I painting a picture here?

I thought is was only English Swallows that Migrated... or are they now UK Swallows? :)[/QUOTE]


African Barn swallows migrate to England only for the summer! they are smart and stay away from the "Europeans" swallow!

there are you happy!

I really did not want to partake in this!

"we are the knights who say"??

"let's off road"

"were offroaders"

"Brilliant"

SO where exactly is timm now? is he still in paso?

"Keith did you say Timm communicates?? let's ask Matthew (joke) or vice versa."
Now wait did I say communicate? I suppose that's a mild term. I worry about being able to pay the phone bill every time I call to inquire about a "small" something.

Now since we know African Barn Swallows Migrate we need to know if they could carry a Coconut?

And just what is the Air Speed velocity of an unladen African swallow?

Sorry just had to ask?

This thread is awesome. Let's take a minute and analyze this.

We have someone here who no one wants to ever see again: KVT

We have someone who never comes here who everyone wants to see: Timm

Interesting how that's working out isn't it?

I've been involved with Timm and Matthew and BCB on and off for longer than just about anyone here. If there are things that needed to be said, I think I would have said them by now. Instead I thought I'd just let those guys run their own business and not interject too much.

I have been a big fan of Timm and Matthews work...when it actually gets delivered. IMO the worst thing that happened to BCB's business was when they decided to hook up the phone. Up until that point, everything was good.

I'd kind of like to know what's going on with them too?:flipoff2: :mad3: Just stumbled on this thread, pretty interesting stuff here. SLOhybrid how's it going? Tell Chris and the rest of the crew in the shop Hi.

Later, Paul

Madrid, Spain:smokin:
'91 RRC
'97 NAS D 90

Paul,

how are you?

I like your handle!

you are what you are! Bum and loving it!

I hope the new ride lasts! arse!

make sure you walk the Pilgrim trail or hit the Pyrenees

did you pick up a Santana yet??

Been to Salamanca and Santiago a couple of times. Funny you don't see that many Rovers over here. Found a killer Santana but it was sold before I got here. Going to La Coruna in a couple of weeks where my gf family lives. Her dad's company has a yard full of old Series trucks supposably. Going to take a peek and see if any are worth the trouble. How is your truck coming along?

Check this out;

http://www.isea.us/Lectures/JumpinD90.MOV

My mother and father in the dunes at Pismo with SCLR.

With the cost of short blocks now, I found a used 4.2 and had that thrown in before I left. Guess it runs great, it was delivered after I had left for Spain.

run their own business and not interject too much.


Oh come on you know that isn't the Pirate way.
if we can't poke our collective noses into everyone elses business then whats the point?:laughing:



:D

Pete

The introduction of a telephone does not do in a small Rover business. They have this thing called voice mail.

Rover businesses come and go for a coupla reasons and I'm willing to bet that in most cases, it is an inability to plan for the growth that will come once you gain a reputation. Yes, some fail for very basic bad business practices, the free advice given over the phone is not brain-rape, it's good will. A certain amount of it is obligatory.

I never bought anything from those fellows, among other reasons, I was half a continent away.

Peace,
PT

...I thought it was only English Swallows that Migrated...

I think that's the first time I've heard English and Swallows in the same sentence if you get my drift :cool2:

Well, except for the Rod Stewart story that is.

The introduction of a telephone does not do in a small Rover business. They have this thing called voice mail.

Rover businesses come and go for a coupla reasons and I'm willing to bet that in most cases, it is an inability to plan for the growth that will come once you gain a reputation. Yes, some fail for very basic bad business practices, the free advice given over the phone is not brain-rape, it's good will. A certain amount of it is obligatory.

I never bought anything from those fellows, among other reasons, I was half a continent away.

Peace,
PT
i may or may not have "prison brain-raped" you from time to time there paul:flipoff2:
couldn't resist that....
anyway, i wish i haden't shaken this tree....it seems a few too many things have fallen out.
i didn't know dweb hates kyle the douche as well. yep just go to the vendor section and you will find "vantassel designs" all over the place
i always thought van tassels were those things that old school strippers hung from their nipples.:confused:

i didn't know dweb hates kyle the douche as well. yep just go to the vendor section and you will find "vantassel designs" all over the place


Are you sure its the same guy?

how many van tassels are there? this could be the next big plague next to bird flu!!!!:flipoff2:

Timm is alive and well. He finished an engine-swap on my truck last month.

BCB as an enterprise is dead. Timm and Matt are going separate ways. If you need to speak with Matt, I believe he is now working at Advance Adapters. If you need to speak with Timm, pm me and I will give you his cell number.

As I understand it, Timm is leaving Paso and will be setting up shop somewhere near Sacramento.

Cheers,

Ted

Ted.

how do you like it?

Ok! can we kill this post now????

Timm is alive and well. He finished an engine-swap on my truck last month.

BCB as an enterprise is dead. Timm and Matt are going separate ways. If you need to speak with Matt, I believe he is now working at Advance Adapters. If you need to speak with Timm, pm me and I will give you his cell number.

As I understand it, Timm is leaving Paso and will be setting up shop somewhere near Sacramento.

Cheers,

Ted

hmm! if you talk to him...tell him it's cheaper in Fresno!!! muuuch!
...not to mention i wouldn't mind working with Timm! he's a cool guy! ....and i wouldn't mind helping him make something usefull for the rovers...

Paul(dreaming again.....schools out in a month and i need to get employed again finally.....)

Are you sure its the same guy?

It's not the same guy.

It's not the same guy.

Good.

how do you know its not the same guy? pretty rare coincidence.......:p
btw, why kill the thread? doesn't seem to be too much else going on around here lately...pretty slow.
i might be getting a front 60 btw......hmmm.

how do you know its not the same guy? pretty rare coincidence.......:p
btw, why kill the thread? doesn't seem to be too much else going on around here lately...pretty slow.
i might be getting a front 60 btw......hmmm.

Because TasselDesignsLTD is based out of the bay area of California, where as the roof rack bull bar black hole is located in Maryland.

I've got a front 60 too... and a rear 70...

wanna cookie?:flipoff2:

I've got a front 60 too... and a rear 70...

wanna cookie?:flipoff2:

I have two 60s and just got another pair of Rover axles.

What kinda cookie???:flipoff2:

I have two 60s and just got another pair of Rover axles.

What kinda cookie???:flipoff2:

You're a true hippie.

I'm a wannabe hippie.

It's 4-20.

Chocolatte Chip my brotha!

You're a true hippie.

I'm a wannabe hippie.

It's 4-20.

Chocolatte Chip my brotha!

And what time is it???:flipoff2:

Peace,
PT

(on 4-20 no less, Shopboy told me he found your package and asked for your address again LOL)

60...61...whatever it takes.

:flipoff2:

60...61...whatever it takes.

:flipoff2:
220 221 what ever it takes:laughing:
i was merely trying to insert a little tech.
already have a 60 in the buggy, but i would like to just bite the bullit on the rover.
i just want a decent rig to tow with that didn't cost more than my buggy. don't need a $500/month payment. i just don't jive with "the american" way.
doing a 60 swap and putting in a new engine/tranny is cheaper than a new vehicle. and since my disco is pre obd II the arizona smog laws will technically let me get away with it.

then buy my old tow rig!!!! I'll even deliver it to you

-ben

sorry man, looking for late 70s early 80s vintage.
need cheap.:D

The introduction of a telephone does not do in a small Rover business.
Peace,
PT

yeah...the Internet(Pirate4x4) does...you spend all day web-living that not enough work to make $$ gets done...

:flipoff2:

Timm doesn't log into the internet...or last time i heard still wasn't connected(or using...yeah! it's a drug, we all know it!)

Paul

just talked to timm on saturday.
he made fun of me for my silly ideas:D
the idea i have is this....
weld on some flange rings of the same variety of my disco housing to a set of dana 44 end forgings.
weld on a 3/4" thick ring on the end of the d44 hub and drill the 5 on 6.5" wheel pattern.
toy third in the rover housing.
all parts i have on my garage floor for almost nothing.
timms reply "spicer make mass not class".
i am still planning on doing this, so if it fails miserably, so be it.
next option will be to do the same with toy swivels and knuckles.
then run the bobby long stuff.
whay do you guys think?
by the way, the hub design i am talking about will be very similar to the rover coiler hub....rotor bolted onto an inner flange, wheel bolted on the outer.