This is my little beast a 1969 ex military Landrover Series 2A she didn't look like this when I first started. When doing various jobs found desert paint and camo, a bit of history I guess. Top speed of 65mph with a tail wind and a fuel consumption of about 14mpg...a little thirsty!!! The bonus is she is so easy to work on none of this electric ignition, fuel injection rubbish and guess what Landrover celebrates its 60th Birthday this year. I read somewhere that they reckon that 75% of all Landrovers built are still on the road today...I find that a little hard to believe. Cheers Kieron
I read somewhere that they reckon that 75% of all Landrovers built are still on the road today... I think the quote is 75% of all Landies are still going in one form or another. Well that's what my bruv-in-law said. That can include vehicles that are for off road use only. Lovely Landie, Keiron.
Land Rovers easy to work on ? Wait until you have to take the gearbox out through the cab (mind you, mine was a Series 3 so it needed the box out more often). I got my 109 up to about 20 mpg in the end. The biggest difference was having the head re-worked by Turner Engineering. Mine was a LHD version that had a Recklinghausen telephone number stencilled on the driver's door. Kieron, you're not interested in a pair of radio operator's seat are you ?
Hi Rich, I have bench seats fitted in the back at the moment, what do the radio seats look like? Cheers Kieron
They're just little single seats with a small back that sit on the boxes and hook over the tub sides. They only fit with a canvas. I seem to remember that they are shown in the drawing in the military manual with the FFR equipment, one each side.
I think I've seen them now in an Landrover magazine. I was thinking about doing the whole FFR thing but it would cost a fortune and not very practical. Cheers anyway Rich
Top speed of 65mph with a tail wind and a fuel consumption of about 14mpg...a little thirsty!!! But then, did you buy it run like a madman on the M1 or traverse ground a donkey would fear to tread?
A few years ago I lived not that far from the Ridgeway, an old roman road that runs from Dover to Land End I believe. Had a Discovery and went up there a bit, not to mud plug just a casual drive. I brought this one as a bit of running a project. Replaced just about everything, which was a big mistake...that old saying if its not broke dont touch it comes into mind. How she once looked
Ridgeway, Kieron, from Ivinghoe Beacon , Bucks to Avebury, Wilts. Home - The Ridgeway - National Trails Been up there a few times in Landies, a few more on a mountain bike. I also took my Astra along it. Got stuck once & rescued by some Landies. We also used to go up in in Mollusc's SAAB 99 with Swubb & I lead on the roof holding onto the seatbelts we crossed over the roof as a grab handle.
I'm a bit greedy my first car was MK 1 Ford Capri 1600GT and bought it for £60 only had it 2 weeks and it got knicked....... Had loads of Rovers P5 P6 SD1's etc and various escorts and an Audi 100 2.8 V6 which was lovely car But since the Audi all I have had is german cars the lastest being a BMW E39 528i SE Touring and an BMW E46 M3 SMG11 ( nothing to do with guns ) in Carbon black with red Imola leather......awesome car Wont bore you anymore with with my toys but the best bike was my old Honda TSR250 Grand Prix bike ( he says boring them some more ) and my 95 RS 250
Whoops nearly forgot a post about cars would'nt be a post unless you had a pic of a Jaguar in it and of course and in what car park are we sitting?? Also a picture of a pie fest out near Overage Hobling of the Maginot line
Triped over my credit card bill coming in the door one day it was so big:p Yes mate broke it at Snetterton circuit in Norfolk And yep you've guest it day out with the family
Favourite Car E Reg Ford XR2 Favourite Bike B Reg RD125LC Best Car 60 Reg Audi A3 TD Sport Best Bike 54 Reg Yamaha R6
Call me a redneck but I still have a soft spot for my first 'new' vehicle. A 1980 Ford F-150, 6 cyl., 300 cu in, 5 speed manual with overdrive. Marriage and kids made me give it up. Second choice was my 1990 Grand Prix. I entered the Minivan phase after that!!
I sat down and counted last year, and came up with 37 bikes that I remembered! I've had some gems - a first model Aprilia Pegaso once it was tweaked to stop the rear wheel breaking free on changing up or down was a beautiful bike that steered itself as if it was plugged straight into my brain, a Kawasaki W650 brit-clone that I put 80,000 miles on in two years despatching...were runners-up, but 23 years ago I ownd the best bike I ever owned; An old Honda CB 550/4 F2....standard frame, six inch-over forks, Sportster tank, banana seat, homemade sissy bar, western bars with 10 inch rise, 16 inch back rim and tyre (laced up by me), solid struts replacing the shocks, little XT500 6-volt headlight running a 12-volt bulb (searchlight!), and the famous Honda Four ha'penny brake tweak.... For some weird reason - doing all THAT resulted in a bike that handled amazingly! Really looked like a child of the 1970's transferred to the late 1980s...but for some strange reason the steering geometry was just perfect once rear suspension was taken out of the equation. A hardtailed custom simply shouldn't have been able to handle like she did...some day I'll build a "Phylo Replica" I had a brainstorm and sold it to buy a Harley 883 Sportster. I've never been able to get rid of the nervous tic since...
The year was 1963 and my kids posed in front of the family Hillman Minx. Forgive the quality of the snap, it started life as a transparency and then was digitized quite a few years ago. Ron
HI all Probably the car I enjoyed the most was a Holden Camira. Lots of people bagged them, but after a few hiccups in the first year it was a really reliable car. Only other problem was a bit of rust around the front and back screens, but once that was fixed, no more rust. Had it for 12 years, from new, and did 175000km in it and I have still seen it driving around! regards Robert