Barney9587
New Member
It's not a sports car, it's not another woman (can't afford the first and I haven't the energy for the second) my mid-life crisis is a 1986 MoD surplus 110 GS.
I'm an ex-squaddie, 6 years in the Regulars and 10 years with the Territorials, and hadn't driven a Land Rover since 2003 so I don't know where the itch to buy one came from, but now I have one on the drive I'm very happy.
The main criteria I had when I started looking was that it had to have been in the Army at the same time as me, it had to be a 110 as we didnt have 90s in our squadron and I preferred a GS so I could roll the canvas up on the odd days when the sun comes out in Lincolnshire.
I'm not mechanically minded, so I have no intention of taking the thing to bits and changing it around. I hope to keep the truck as a reminder of my youth spent painting the things.
Driving it has brought many memories back - the turning circle, noise, uncomfortable seats and draughts, not to mention the alarming rate the fuel gauge goes down. However, driving it puts a smile on my face that I don't get on the roads very often these days. Long may it continue.
I'm an ex-squaddie, 6 years in the Regulars and 10 years with the Territorials, and hadn't driven a Land Rover since 2003 so I don't know where the itch to buy one came from, but now I have one on the drive I'm very happy.
The main criteria I had when I started looking was that it had to have been in the Army at the same time as me, it had to be a 110 as we didnt have 90s in our squadron and I preferred a GS so I could roll the canvas up on the odd days when the sun comes out in Lincolnshire.
I'm not mechanically minded, so I have no intention of taking the thing to bits and changing it around. I hope to keep the truck as a reminder of my youth spent painting the things.
Driving it has brought many memories back - the turning circle, noise, uncomfortable seats and draughts, not to mention the alarming rate the fuel gauge goes down. However, driving it puts a smile on my face that I don't get on the roads very often these days. Long may it continue.
