Stonefield

1974: Stonefield Vehicles of Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland created a new off-road vehicle with load capacities in the 1.5 to 3 ton range. The Stonefield is a forward-control (cab-over) 4x4 or 6x4 with a space-frame chassis. Engine options were a Ford V6 petrol engine (101kW) wth Ford C3 3-speed automatic gearbox and a Chrysler 318-1 V8 (110kW) with A727 3-speed automatic gearbox. The transfer-case has full-time four wheel drive with a lockable centre differential. The 6x4 has a lazy third axle for increased load capacity.

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The company went on to be called Stonefield Holdings, was later taken over by Gomde, and closed in the early 1990s. Nick Noyce started a Stonefield Register ~2000 to preserve the type, himself owning a P3000 6x4 and a P3000 4x4.

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  4x46x4
loa4940mm5445mm
width1900mm1900mm
height2400mm2366mm
wheelbase2800mm2575mm+950mm=3525mm
track1640mm1640mm
turning radius (wall)7300mm8150mm
weight (empty)2200kg+/-2300kg+/-
payload1500kg2900kg
engine: P3000: Ford 2994cc V6, 101kW or P5000: Chrysler 5217cc V8 110kw
gearbox: P3000: Ford 3-speed automatic or P5000: Chrysler 3-speed automatic
transfer case2-speed full-time 4WD, centre differential with automatic lock, (silent-) Morse-chain drive
suspensionlive axles, leaf springs
tyres9.00×167.50×16
rivals: Land-Rover 101, Reynold Boughton RB44, Steyr Daimler Puch Pinzgauer, Volvo C303
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