Africans love reliable old landies

Thor1950 said:

Because they were chevy motors

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The same could be said for the Rover V8, is that still a GM engine?

Toyota definitely manufactured those F1, F1.5 and F2 engines themselves from 53-83, and some parts are interchangeable mainly the bottom end oily bits, but the heads were totally different.

easye1 said:

thanks ifloochies,
will look forewards to that

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As promised....
The first ones I've seen since I've been back.









I'll be on the lookout for more of these in my spare time in the coming weeks... Cheers

There is a rather daft series on French TV called Peking Express, this year it was in Burma and surrounding countries, the number of old series Landies on the roads in the more isolated places was amazing.

This one sums it all up I think

ifloochies said:

I have often had some people assume that my relatively newer discovery is not half as tough as theirs with no dashboards and bare metal interiors.

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I know which one I'd rather have if it was being kept alive by a bush mechanic. You can't fix electrickery with a hammer!

ajb403 said:

I know which one I'd rather have if it was being kept alive by a bush mechanic. You can't fix electrickery with a hammer!

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Thanks guys, loved the photos..

Think my old disco may just creep into the above..
its a 200 dti....
thankfully I have by passed some of its rubbish electrickery allready.
Its got 12 volt relays for use in its headlights....
now, thats a bright Idea

not got an electrickery derv pump either, just stop and go....

some time ago I remember a lovey dovey film that SWIMBO was watching but featured an old series out in Africa of somewhere, the landie had no brakes, nor did it run on all 4 but the comical capers became part of the film....
it was parked often by using brick under a wheel....
oh, it had neither doors nor roof, dont think it had a windscreen either

easye1 said:

Thanks guys, loved the photos..

some time ago I remember a lovey dovey film that SWIMBO was watching but featured an old series out in Africa of somewhere, the landie had no brakes, nor did it run on all 4 but the comical capers became part of the film....
it was parked often by using brick under a wheel....
oh, it had neither doors nor roof, dont think it had a windscreen either

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You may like this short film then ...

Landrover 1972.dv - YouTube

some time ago I remember a lovey dovey film that SWIMBO was watching but featured an old series out in Africa of somewhere, the landie had no brakes, nor did it run on all 4 but the comical capers became part of the film....
it was parked often by using brick under a wheel....
oh, it had neither doors nor roof, dont think it had a windscreen either

Film sounds like 'The Gods must be Crazy', think its on you-tube. The star of the show is called 'the Antichrist'...same as mine.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/...LkNfWosnhN1MWvYo_sjmEcoTmU26PX-CEeiin7U0KyLVw

Awesome little film

Dippypud said:

You may like this short film then ...

Landrover 1972.dv - YouTube

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made me smile...
all that and no BIG tyres, or snorkals......lol

elan23 said:

some time ago I remember a lovey dovey film that SWIMBO was watching but featured an old series out in Africa of somewhere, the landie had no brakes, nor did it run on all 4 but the comical capers became part of the film....
it was parked often by using brick under a wheel....
oh, it had neither doors nor roof, dont think it had a windscreen either

Film sounds like 'The Gods must be Crazy', think its on you-tube. The star of the show is called 'the Antichrist'...same as mine.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/...LkNfWosnhN1MWvYo_sjmEcoTmU26PX-CEeiin7U0KyLVw

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You just might be right with this.
thanks....Ian.

easye1 said:

made me smile...
all that and no BIG tyres, or snorkals......lol

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You can say that again.
That vehicle did all that it was designed to do with just the basic stuff.
No huge tyres, snorkels, locking diffs, electronic terrain handling gizmos, etc that our modern landies are burdened with to make them better but have somehow made them less useful to an extent.
Probably why my old 110 was a more practical and reliable daily runner than my previous disco 3 with all its creature comforts ever was.
Guess not all things are made better with time.