Thread: LR servicing in Mt Isa

Originally Posted by Alra

Thanks Brian,

Definitely no LR dealership in The Curry or Isa and I haven't of Laurie Rooke as a mechanic either.

Cheers,

Danial.

The dealership was in Scarr St. Probably retired or dead by now. I wonder if any old residents remember them or anyone who worked there who may be available? White Pages has an L.L. Rooke in Gulliver but no others in the region.

No Land rover dealers west of Toowoomba today. When Leyland Truck and Bus were the distributors we had dealers in villages as small as Dirrinbandi, Thargomindah, Morven. In the north and central west there were dealers in Mt. Isa, Cloncurry, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Blackall, Augathella. Most of the smaller inland towns no longer have a volume car dealership and without a volume car to sell a country dealership is not viable.

Originally Posted by Alra

Thanks Alan,

I have a friend that gets on with the Lawn Hill Rangers really well. Unfortunately he was able to confirm that they boys up in that magnificent part of the world are now using Toyota troopies.

Cheers,

Danial.

I suppose the switch to Toyota is not entirely unexpected -I'm sure it makes commercial sense but those 130's were so distinctive -like the ranger uniforms or signage at the parks. You'd know the Parkies were coming from a mile away -and see their distinctive wheel tracks in the dirt so you'd know they were doing their rounds. Switching to Tojo's
P & W are losing something

Its gonna be terrific fun exploring the North West in in your new Land Rover.

Cheers

Alan