Why Land Rover?

Grandmas brother ? jesus makes me feel old now !

adymanchester said:

Grandmas brother ? jesus makes me feel old now !

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'fraid so. That stuff must be at least 50 years old.

Got mine for the wife's scooter, the cherokee I had before was too expensive and had too small a boot. Now I would not replace it with anything else than another defender despite the fact it feels like a pot on your backside, a pain the arse that just grows on you.

me folks always had caravans.The fourbies were used to tow out of mucky fields, landrovers were the best, usually pulling the slittys. Then started driving em and everything was confirmed, they will do what you ask and surprise you in the process.

ever since my dad got his first 90 when i was 8, i can remember once we were driving to a local garden centre and drove past an old pit and he stopped and moved fence out the way and drove up side of it and i was crapping myself all i could see was sky and ground. Sadly he passed away when i was 10 but i carried on the love for them, i had a corsa and saxo when i passed my test and when i could afford the insurance for a landy i got 1. I wouldnt dream of having anything else not even as a second car because i cant stand to drive owt else, my mrs wants a second motor but i said unless we can afford 2 landys theres no chance! everything else is just plastic fantastic ****! Nothing compares to them

I blew up our old people carried in Milton Keynes... we only had a couple of days to buy another motor and managed to find an old Shogun. My little lad... then 9 years old... asked me what the extra gearstick was for.

"That's low range and the switch ovcer there os for rear diff lock", I said.

"What's that do then?...", he asked.

"Let's us drive off road " I told him.

"Prove it..." he said.

So we spent a few days hunting around for green lanes, and posted a question on here looking for someone to go out laning with. Took some stick for having a slitty of course... i would have been disappointed if not!

Went out with Spyderman and noticed that we were getting stuck more often than his old series...

After spending 29 hours entrenched and unable to move... we decided that a discovery would be a worthwhile investment.

My little lad is now 11. Together we have learned how do do some of the more common jobs on the motor and he can do many by himself. Wheel bearings and transfer boxes pose no challenge to him and he laps up every bit of landy info he can glean from friends. He's learned to use a mig welder and power tools and can fabricate to a reasonable degree and weld up holes in the floor as they appear.

All thanks to his new found love for Land Rovers.

I might not have found them as a child; only coming to them after 46 years. I hope that in his adult life he will tell stories like some of you; that he recalls learning to drive one when he was 10... and learning to fix them through his childhood.

I have younger daughters too... not sure how their mum is going to react if they start coming in with oil all over their faces!