kyamon
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Hello Everybody
I have already posted a couple of questions here and got very useful feedback - very much appreciated!
So here is my formal introduction: I live in Switzerland (...), on the shores of lake Geneva, and have bought my first Land Rover last spring. I like to tinker with stuff, and found that the old Landys are perfect for that, since I had never really worked on a car (safe for a 1971 Mercedes I had owned 15 years ago, but I barely scratched the surface there). So now I am the proud owner of a 1974 6-cylinder station wagon that used to be a transport car for fire fighters in some mountain village here in Switzerland, then owned by some private person from the mid-90'ies until 2009, and was then out of service until May 2017. In addition to fixing things on it, I also discovered what a joy it is to drive a Series! Not yet done any off-road driving, but the minimalistic, raw, no-nonsense nature if these cars is fantastic! And the though that this car may easily outlive me (we are nearly the same age) is sort of cool, too...
But that is a long ways to go (I hope), and my pride thus far is just that I managed to pass the Swiss equivalent of the MOT (compulsory, and potentially very serious...) on my first attempt, even though the car was barely driving when I got it
So much for now. I look forward to posting more questions, and I hope that nobody is offended by the level of ignorance I may reveal occasionally.
Cheers,
Kyamon
I have already posted a couple of questions here and got very useful feedback - very much appreciated!
So here is my formal introduction: I live in Switzerland (...), on the shores of lake Geneva, and have bought my first Land Rover last spring. I like to tinker with stuff, and found that the old Landys are perfect for that, since I had never really worked on a car (safe for a 1971 Mercedes I had owned 15 years ago, but I barely scratched the surface there). So now I am the proud owner of a 1974 6-cylinder station wagon that used to be a transport car for fire fighters in some mountain village here in Switzerland, then owned by some private person from the mid-90'ies until 2009, and was then out of service until May 2017. In addition to fixing things on it, I also discovered what a joy it is to drive a Series! Not yet done any off-road driving, but the minimalistic, raw, no-nonsense nature if these cars is fantastic! And the though that this car may easily outlive me (we are nearly the same age) is sort of cool, too...
But that is a long ways to go (I hope), and my pride thus far is just that I managed to pass the Swiss equivalent of the MOT (compulsory, and potentially very serious...) on my first attempt, even though the car was barely driving when I got it
So much for now. I look forward to posting more questions, and I hope that nobody is offended by the level of ignorance I may reveal occasionally.
Cheers,
Kyamon
