24-03-2013, 06:17 PM
(24-03-2013, 05:43 PM)Nebogipfel Wrote: "All these things are personal guess".
True enough
"give me a Landrover anyday,"
Having welded and worked on more than my fair share of the rusty old things I think they should all be covered in red lead and pushed in the nearest river
Well I'm having non of it.
They go rusty because folks don't look after them, let alone know how to drive them to prevent damage, all the chassis parts and nearly all spares are still available going back to 1949, try getting a new light cluster or a new body shell for todays bean cans or other 4 X 4's in 30 years time.
The Landrover is a great vehicle and a great little workhorse which was launched at the 1948 Dutch motor show I think, it was an instant success and earned this country a lot of cash when we were desperate for export cash after the war, famed for many expeditions and for it's performance in many military conflicts.
Other companies were trying desperately to compete with the American look (which is what the public really wanted) most failed miserably apart from UK Ford and possibly another couple, for my money two great post war vehicles came out of this country that were UK owned, the Mini and the Landrover, both in there seperate ways aimed at the masses.
Landrovers were exported to all four points. of the globe The Landrover has always got me home after off roading including ice, snow, blizzards, floods etc there arn't too many vehicles of that age that could do that except maybe the old Toyota Landcruiser and a couple of others maybe. No "snow" button on the old Landrover, just a 4 wheel drive stick, transfer stick and make sure the hubs are engaged the rest is down to the capability of the driver.
I'm a bit biased... Whatever you do don't get me going on Prog Rock music, apart from Pink Floyd of course.
Lawrence.
