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| Andrew Wildman:
Land rovers: slow, loud, inefficient, sometimes unreliable but also great :headbang: |
| NormanV:
Plus the driving position is uncomfortable. The seat cannot move back far enough but it is still possible to drive long distances without too much discomfort. |
| awemawson:
But there IS something about a Land Rover that gets in the blood :med: My affair with Land Rovers started in my early life when my father bought a 1949 series 1 80" Tickford safari bodied one in about 1953. Worth an absolute fortune now as they are rare as rockinghorse poo. Only about 100 were made. My brother took it out to Nigeria, had it there for a few years and brought it back to blighty and sold it for £50 :bugeye: This one just sold for £38,250 at auction !!!! |
| Bluechip:
Ridiculous price ... :scratch: about 1972 a bloke wanted £1100 for one of these : https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19766/lot/318/ My offer of £900 was refused .... :hammer: :hammer: IIRC it's reg. was EARxxx Bought a new 750 Bonneville instead ... absolute and utter gob-shite of a contraption ... Boo - Hoo ..... :doh: :doh: :doh: Dave |
| pycoed:
I see it has the most useful LandRover accessory already fitted (the towing eyes & towrope attached to the front bumper mounts) :) I had one for 5 years back in the early 80's, before realising ('cos I'm pretty quick on the uptake dontchaknow) that they were the epitome of everything wrong with the British car industry. Just wait until you need to weld the chassis & find that your Christmas turkey breast was wrapped with thicker metal! Every thing broke on mine from the radiator to the rear crossmember, the only good thing was that everyone else's broke too, so there was lots of advice in how to fix it!! Lots of cheap parts too. I swore never, ever, under any circumstances to get another, though strangely my missus actually liked it & suggested only recently we should get one again. AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! I suppose the Defender actually has a tubular chassis, not 4 strips of metal, turned down as substandard by Lancia, roughly welded into a box section. NO NO :doh: Stop it! Come to your senses man & go & stroke the Hilux outside... On the bright side - it should be a good long running thread! |
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