Landys in Thailand

[rijidij]

Just got back from Thailand (****et). There's not a lot of Land Rover's there, but we did see a few. Only saw about four series Landys that appeared to be privately owned, and one Defender at a 4x4 workshop. The Defender was a 110 with a 130 tub on the back. No pics of these as we were on the move when we saw them.
The most noticeable Landys are the one's at the elephant trekking company, Siam Safari's, you see them quite often as they pick people up from hotels etc.
I was curious to see what they had under the bonnet, but didn't get a chance. If I had to guess just from the way they sounded, I would say pre Tdi four cylinder diesel, but not the older 2.25 (they went reasonably fast:D).
Apparently the safari company is owned by a pommy guy, so he imported some Landys from home. I'm guessing they have between 5 - 10 in the fleet.
I also spotted a white shorty and what looks like an ex army trailer when we were riding the elephants.

Cheers, Murray

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[rangieman]

Notice the shorty and the first 109 had 6 stud wheels ?:eek:

Look like hilux wheels to me

[kaa45]

and one piece windscreens

[DiscoMick]

If you go to Nakhon Pathom, about an hour outside Bangkok, and walk into the gardens of the royal palace, behind the function centre is a row of Series Landys and a couple of Chevs parked up on stands. Not sure how long they've been there, but they're part of the royal vehicle fleet.

While living there we saw a few RRs in Bangkok, but the import duty is more than 400% so few vehicles are imported into Thailand, to protect the local manufacturers.
We considered shipping our old Disco over from Oz, but it just wasn't worth the cost, which would have been about $5000 for shipping plus the import duty.