Dead or Alive....

[S3ute]

Hello again.

I was wondering if there might be scope to branch out to a couple of new sub-categories of chat.

I had in mind a "going, going, gone" tribute to Series trucks that have served humankind well but have gone on to LR heaven; and maybe a "seen in the quadrants" category for trucks sighted by SLOW members in the various corners of the globe (Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas) - I know there is a thread for taking them off the net, but I had in mind own photos.

Some examples:

Going, going gone:

Tenthill Creek

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/381.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Tenthill_Creek_LR_15_zpse8c77d25.jpg.html)

Maun Botswana

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/382.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Botswana_Maun_Feb_2010_008_zps60e317ad.jpg.html)

Barru South Sulawesi

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/314.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Sulawesi_07_08_LR_22022007__01_zpsa20c5d33.jpg.htm l)

And for the Quadrants:

Harare Zimbabwe

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/383.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_Dec1120111206_PC060390.jpg.html)

SLC Utah

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/384.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Utah_June2012_20120606_08_zps8d234a04.jpg.html)

Tucson AZ

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/385.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Arizona_May2012_20120521_03_zps7d7ed238.jpg.html)

Anyway, just a suggestion.

Cheers,

Neil

[Scallops]

I think you have scoped it out, Neil......just use this thread.....or begin one in here called going going, gone....suggestions to make multiple sub forums of say, "General Chat" have been put before.....what typically happens is that the sub forums are populated by very few threads.....generally the single one that was the reason to make the sub forum.

The ideas for threads you suggest are great! But why not just run them here in General Chat?

[Scallops]

Looks like a good roof on the Tenthill find.....

[S3ute]

Hello again.

Following the theme of "going, going, gone" or thereabouts - here are a couple of more Series living on the brink from Zimbabwe - location is the once pleasant rural service town of Marondera which lies east of Harare about 70kms.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/03/923.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Feb_2014_180_zps1569abb9.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/03/924.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Feb_2014_179_zps9c681acb.jpg.html)

Never know, the tow truck is probably still being used and never say "never" on the wagon - stranger things find their way onto the road around the bundu.

This last photo has nothing to do with Land Rovers, but I thought it might be of interest:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/03/925.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Feb_2014_134a1_zpsac043b71.jpg.html)

The elephant is a female of about 33 years age and was orphaned during a culling shoot in Gonarezhou National Park - after the shooting party left she was found as a suckling calf wandering around the site. So, she ended up on this refuge and hand-reared along with some buffalo.

Now,the interesting bit - elephant herds are matriarchial and buffalo are essentially patriarchal. She thinks she is a buffalo and as the largest animal leads the herd. The young bulls in time think they should have a crack at leadership and mount a challenge for which they invariably come off second best - she has already killed 4 bulls outright and injured another 7. So, part of the management skill is getting rid of the young bulls early enough to avoid the loss - easier said than done because few private game reserves are big enough to hold buffalo herds and the bulls are worth a lot of money. Returning to the buff-ele - this paddock is across the road from the main reserve which has always contained several bull elephants and when in must the "scents" of both sexes travel a much greater distance than the physical distance between the reserves. While the boys have been spreading themselves far and wide, she has never come on heat despite having all the appearances of being sexually capable of reproducing. One of the keepers suggested that maybe she thinks she is not just a buffalo, but also a nun.

Strange thing nature.

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

Hello again from Brisbane.

Back from the Dark Continent and in keeping with the theme of this thread - here are a few local survivors and fallen by the ways.....

The first - taken near Kedzi in Matabeleland South - one of the few Series 1 trucks that I have come across that still appears to be going:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/04/104.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_April2014_1_zps44a9fbb5.jpg.html)

The lady of the house was outside waiting for a bus and the yard was locked, so I wasn't really in a position to ask to have a good crawl over it. I inquired of its ownership to which the response was "it is my man's and he has had it for many years. I think they are a very strong car. No?" To which the normal "hugs, yeah baby, high fives, right on Sister!" might have usually applied. However, as I was chatting to a married Ndbele lady without formal introduction and a presumably a large husband asleep nearby, it seemed more appropriate to simply say "so, I am taken to believe".......

The next was taken on a trip to Hwange NP with an interesting companion (we arrived 6 hours later with about 16 X 440ml Castles on board.....):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/1216.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_April2014_3_zps5ced41fb.jpg.html)

These carcases are scattered all over Africa - not sure where the 80% of all Land Rovers ever built are still on the road claim comes from - except that most are Discovery's, Range Rovers and Freelanders driven less than 1km from a school zone.......

The apparent owner gave me the offer off a lifetime - USD2000. I said I would think about it.......

Finally, (yes, I know it it has coils) - the new "old camp Defender":

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/06/1496.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_April2014_8_zps7b3ba712.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/04/105.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_April2014_9_zps4537a4a0.jpg.html)

So, there you go - still a few out there occupying their traditional habitat.

Ndlovu happens to mean "elephant" in Zulu and Ndbele in case you were wondering.

Cheers,

Neil

[Scallops]

Maybe you should be armed with membership forms for your next trip....:D We could use some Ndbela members, especially Series 1 owning folk.....:)

[Xtreme]

Here's a few more from various parts of Africa.

At Stonetown - Zanzibar. A couple of models.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/04/100.jpg

At Sossusvlei - a couple of Puma's set up for the tourists.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/04/101.jpg

At Canon Roadhouse - Namibia. A model and a true veteran.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/04/102.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/04/103.jpg

[digger]

<<<< snip >>>>
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/1216.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_April2014_3_zps5ced41fb.jpg.html)
<<<<snip>>>>
Cheers,

Neil

that poor old series is cactus :)

May I suggest the Mods change the name of this thread to fit the bill?

I will enjoy this thread..

[Scallops]

May I suggest the Mods change the name of this thread to fit the bill?



Neil - it's your thread.....what do you think?

[S3ute]

Neil - it's your thread.....what do you think?

Dan,

Thanks.

It's really not my thread per se - just something I initiated. Belongs to the SLOW community.

The original intent was pretty much along the lines of opening a thread to feature members own photos of two categories of Series trucks that they might come across on their various ventures (1) dead or dying, or (2) still serving their time in some local or foreign field.

I originally called these "going, going, gone" and the "four quadrants". Readers of the various UK magazines will be familiar with the types of photos that get submitted to columns along those lines. Over the years I submitted both types.

When I offered up the suggestion for these themes I acknowledged that there was a thread for submitting pictures off the web - I added a few there myself. However, the intent here was to offer a place for members to put up stuff of their own along with a short or longer tale of what it was, where and anything else that may be of interest.

Since this thread appears to be off and going in that direction - hope so - I would be happy for the title to be changed to something more appropriate. Also happy to let others make the call on what to call it.

For now, here's another one from Ubud in Bali, Indonesia:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/09/579.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/P9240022_zpsa49ca1db.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/622.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Ubud_LR_Sept_2009_019_zpse5288c44.jpg.html)

I owe this little truck a bit of a favour - or lifetime condemnation. It was parked outside the hotel that the S3's and I were camped in a few years back and a casual mention to MrsS3ute of a lifetime's longing to yet again own one after many years of separation from the farm subsequently bore fruit.

The little offering to the gods (of Lode Lane) was my own thought and clearly the prayer was answered.

Nothing like the steamy tropics to rekindle a bit of passion............

Cheers,

Neil

[Scallops]

Going, going, gone then?

[S3ute]

Going, going, gone then?

Dan,

Hello again.

"Going, going, gone" sort of captures the spirit of it for the dead ones, but not the heroes that seem to simply refuse to give up:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/1162.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_Dec1120111201_PC010255.jpg.html)

and

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/1163.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/LR2_zpsd5fc5475.jpg.html)

and

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/1164.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Mozambique_March2013_20130320_28_zps9d6c2549.jpg.h tml)

I sort of had in mind this sort of thing, as well.

But, not all wrecks or necessarily spotted abroad for that matter - anything wearing springs and the black and white variant of the oval badge should qualify.

Maybe, "dead or alive"................

Cheers,

Neil

[Lionelgee]

G'day S3Ute,

How about the Valiant and the Vanquished - either way they have put in a good fight! We are talking about Series Land Rovers after all.

Or maybe the The Valiant and Valhalla

Kind Regards
Lionel

[S3ute]

Lionel,

Hello again from Brisbane.

I find your thinking on this appealing.

I happened to mention to young Godfrey one day while out scouting for parts that back in Australia my fellow enthusiasts commonly give their prized possessions names. When he inquired of the type and I responded with the likes of "Nellie, Violet, Bob" and so on I couldn't help but detect a slight sneer. I sensed a little disappointment that we were shooting a bit low on the naming front.

Happened to be looking at his prized Defender one day and noted a broken indicator light. It seems he had reduced the biological efficiency of some poor cur on his way home the previous night. I ventured that I thought the name he gives his truck (the Defender) was also a little on the weak side for something that clearly should be respected - at least by dogs. In fact, I suggested he forthwith call it the "Smiter of Dogs" or "Dogslayer" or somesuch noble title. Preferably in Ndbele or Shona.

Taking it further, I have my two Masters students out finding suitable monikers for the fleet - including "one who runs on hope and prayer", "he who leans to the right but tracks to the left", "leaker of oils" and "racing tortoise". I await their translations.

We have to aim high here.....

Cheers,

Neil

[Lionelgee]

Hello S3 Ute - Neil,

How about Endurance to Elysium?

Kind Regards
Lionel

[S3ute]

Hello again from Brisbane.

During my recent sojourn in Mashonaland, as is usual, I spent some time with young Godfrey and came away yet again marveling at the resilience or 'never say die' outlook of native born Zimbabweans.

Now the original intent of this thread was largely to pay last respects to products of Lode Lane that had served humankind well in the past - but highly unlikely to in the future. However, Godfrey has yet again offered up something of a counter-factual case study.

On a much earlier trip to Harare one afternoon I was visiting an agricultural research institute and noted a line of ailing Defenders, none of which seemed to be too far gone to be salvaged:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/129.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_Dec1120111208_PC080468.jpg.html)

You may remember seeing similar photos from that time - more often than not the issue was a stuffed gearbox or brakes, but no funds in the kitty to effect the necessary repairs (plus with a bevy of well-meaning aid organizations offering up free replacements, why would you bother?).

Anyway, I casually asked young Godfrey one day what might eventually happen to them - his response being that "they were all gone". In fact, he was now the proud owner of one along with another Defender and a Mercedes estate. On further questioning he mentioned that there had been an auction not long before and most went for around US$1000. However, one was quite cheap and at US$200 he had put his brand on it with a view to future restoration.

In fact, it was parked up in the compound behind where we were working and I was free to take a look:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/302.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_2014_23_zpsf8363f07.jpg.html)

Sensing that I thought it might be a little underdone he conceded that between the time that he had lodged his winning bid and when he finally collected the candidate vehicle more than a few other buyers had removed some of the more valuable bits:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/130.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_2014_25_zps01aba2a5.jpg.html)

including most of the engine, gearbox and drive shafts, doors, wheels, seat box, floor etc...............

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/131.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_2014_24_zpsa7d60dad.jpg.html)

Nevertheless, with the kind of confidence that only the young can muster, he assured me that getting this vehicle back to sound roadworthy condition was likely to be little more than a minor challenge to his network of supporters - notably, the wrecking yard boys from Chitungwiza. In fact, they had already inspected the purchase and reckoned it would be back on the road within about 6 months with new rubber and a fresh coat of paint for around US$5000.

Compared to US$10,000 which a comparable road-going Defender would trade for in Harare the profit was more or less already in the bank....

Hmmm. Well watch this space - I suspect the bugger is right, they are an amazingly resilient and resourceful race.

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

Hello again from Brisbane.

I mentioned in a previous post wandering around the wrecking yards of Harare seeking out various bits and pieces for either my truck or small auto badge collection.

Mid-hunt one morning I came across this old soldier and asked Godfrey to stop awhile so I could pay my respects to another life hard lived in the bush:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/895.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Harare_Nov2014_03_zps30807e26.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/896.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Harare_Nov2014_01_zps40b82cb2.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/897.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Harare_Nov2014_02IMG-20141107-00057_zpsdd28111d.jpg.html)

Taken with an old camera phone, but did get the essence of the truck.

One occupational hazard of playing Landy spotto in Africa and actually stopping to get a closer look is sending out an apparent message that you are showing more than passing interest in the object in question. In this particular case, within seconds at least four potential 'owners' or spotters emerged from the shadows at a running pace with the sorts of offers that one could easily refuse - USD$2000 and it's all yours..........

Moving on from Land Rovers....

Some time back I went to the Allora tractor show and revealed a longstanding interest in old tractors - apart from farming, my late Dad and uncles sold International Harvester trucks and tractors from the 1930s through to the late 1980s.

Well, one lazy afternoon Godfrey and I headed down to Norton (a small community south of Harare) to a once famous agricultural college to see how one of our mutual students was faring in his new job as a lecturer. Quite well as it happens. Anyway, we had the mandatory tour of the facilities when we came across this example of mechanisation to ease the toil of the man (or woman) on the land:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/898.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Farmall_Nov2014_03_zps89f38413.jpg.html)

Actually, the Farmall Cub is one of my all time IH favourites and a constant worry to Mrs S3ute that one will appear under the mango tree in Sherwood one day when she's out........

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/899.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Farmall_Nov2014_02_zps114377e2.jpg.html)

And, as ever, the big kid in Godfrey took over:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/900.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Farmall_Nov2014_01_zps893206cc.jpg.html)

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

Hello from Brisbane.

Been a while since anything got posted here.

Just had a pleasant few weeks in Zimbabwe and South Africa and after a bit of a Series drought came across a few examples of Britain's finest hidden here and there in various states of motion or decay.

Firstly, from Bulawayo near my regular bottleshop (drankwinkel in Afrikaans - IMHO a language that probably should have been ruled out after the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902, or banned at cricket and rugby games anyway):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1074.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_March_April_15_2_zpsks1d8lqr.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1075.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_March_April_15_1_zpsec16hkxb.jpg.html)

The passing A30 was an unexpected bonus that I just noticed in the photo.

Then another legend from Pilgrims Rest in the highveld of Mpumalanga (South Africa):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1076.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_March_April_15_36_zpsrckwuu6d.jpg.htm l)

I thought the sticker on the back window said it all - "the oldest 4X4Xfar"....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1077.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_March_April_15_34_zpseknpj9qa.jpg.htm l)

The Mr Bean door lock was another nice touch.....

And travelling with the half-chewed Andre who reckons I must be able to smell them, back in Chimanimani (Manicaland, Zimbabwe) an 80" that might be aptly described as a little more well-used:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1078.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_March_April_15_5_zpst534sth0.jpg.html)

I thought the side dumping option was a potentially useful feature.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1079.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_March_April_15_4_zpsfktxh4iu.jpg.html)

But still providing a stirling service - as they say in the ads "80% of all Land Rovers ever built are still on the road"...........

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

Hello again.

Been a while since anything got posted hereabouts by way of tribute to a fallen or falling warrior.

From about the middle of last year my global roaming drifted a little from Africa and back to Asia, particularly Eastern Indonesia. While missing Africa the East is not without a good many Land Rover spotting opportunities - here are a recent few.

Taliwang in west Sumbawa (ancient source of one of the fieriest sambals you are likely to have adulterated your chicken dinner - ayam bakar taliwang):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/308.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Jul15_Taliwang1_zpsexgrcnoi.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/309.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/IMG_1888_zps786mvj3g.jpg.html)

Praya in central Lombok:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/310.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Dec15_Lombok3_zpsxsmxub6o.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/311.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Dec15_Lombok2_zpsbhcu9xy9.jpg.html)

Not sure where the door sills came from?

Denpasar, Bali:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/312.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Dec15_Bali3_zpsthagtouh.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/313.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Dec15_Bali1_zpsmjxli3li.jpg.html)

Been driving past this one for years and finally stopped to take a look - something Hindu about returning one's soul to the earth?

Lompo Tengga, Barru, South Sulawesi:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/314.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Sulawesi_07_08_LR_22022007__01_zpsa20c5d33.jpg.htm l)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/315.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Sulawesi_07_08_LR_20022008__zps9kiqwoou.jpg.html)

Senggigi Lombok:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/316.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Jan11_20110106_12_zps20515efc.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/317.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Indonesia_Jan11_20110106_11_zps873972f8.jpg.html)

And Bima, east Sumbawa:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/318.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Sumbawa_Bima2_zpsvtxclqwc.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/319.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Sumbawa_Bima1_zps5s929prd.jpg.html)

What went into this jalopy is anyone's guess.

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

Hello again.

Nothing to do with democracy, Zanu PF stuffing itself or the Mad Bob pleading to a civilized world for forgiveness - these all being distant prospects at this stage. More a bit of an update on Godfrey's Defender restoration - or where it was up to when I had the opportunity to observe it in Harare back in July last year.

I had previously mentioned that my dusky traveling companion had put his finger in the air in time to secure an ex-government Defender at auction for the princely sum of US$200. The stated plan was to bring it back to serviceable life with some help from the wrecking yard boys from Chitungwiza.

As a refresher - here is the photo reproduced from the earlier post:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/302.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_Nov_2014_23_zpsf8363f07.jpg.html)

That's Godfrey admiring said Defender.

Well, since then it has found a couple of new friends - also courtesy of the Zimbabwe Regional Police:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/303.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2015_1_zpsxchqkmjb.jpg.html)

This is what is left when you park a perfectly good Defender wagon in long grass in summer......

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/304.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2015_4_zpsvohoiw8b.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/305.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2015_6_zpsi6kdhbae.jpg.html)

But at US$10 who is going to quibble over a few blemishes, particularly when the Chitungwizans successfully recovered two diffs and swivel assemblies for Project Phoenix.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/306.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2015_12_zpsur45ysnw.jpg.html)

A second companion of Zim Police heritage with dented pride from a roll over - in this case thrown in for free - yielded up a gearbox and steering assembly and a raft of other useful parts. It may even donate a better chassis to the project at some future stage. I have its number plate (ZRP021D) in pride of place on my shed wall which is likely to be the source of a future "Sundowner musing" post - this could have earned me a bit of grief had it been detected at customs on departure, but in the happy event was not.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/307.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2015_8_zpsvuafvbqt.jpg.html)

Another shot, but including Miss S3ute who acted as my traveling companion and social hostess for this particular safari and was pleased to able to report back home that "there appears to be Land Rover idiots spread all over the world, and I got to meet quite a few of them"....

At that stage a replacement diesel engine was due to arrive from the UK for around US$700 and it was progressing to a rolling chassis. I have been asking Godfrey for photos and will post them if and when such come to hand.

Until then, I remain more than mildly impressed at the skill of the locals to turn their hand to fixing just about everything (except unfortunately the political system), including heritage motor vehicles.

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

Hello again.

No matter where you go in the world, beat the bushes hard enough and out will fall one of the few genuinely global horseless carriages.

Just back from East Java - Malang mainly - and, as ever, they were about in various stages of motion or no motion.

Returning its elements to where they came from near Karengploso:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/80.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Malang_Java_June_2016_004_zpsnlfcpdrq.jpg.html)

Ex military S2A with an unusual tub - note also the steering column and semi-floating axles. Possibly a hybrid using some Landcruiser or S1 bits.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/81.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Malang_Java_June_2016_006_zpsbdicpgmh.jpg.html)

Another adventurer on the way back from Ngantang in the hills around Batu:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/82.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Malang_Java_June_2016_051_zpsjm6prqfh.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/83.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Malang_Java_June_2016_052_zps7iroo5nj.jpg.html)

It had Defender and 110 stickers all over it, but is clearly a Series 3 - hence appropriately qualifies for these pages.

Plus another in Ngantang - probably waiting for its owner to break his Ramadhan fast and get back on the track:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/84.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Malang_Java_June_2016_053_zps5jm49fih.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/85.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Malang_Java_June_2016_054_zpsokxjkrwr.jpg.html)

Back to Africa on Friday to meet up with the half-chewed Andre ready to p-ss him off chasing Land Rovers all over the veld - not your typical fan. I suppose getting part-eaten by a lion can take the edge off your humour. That or it's just that old Afrikaner heritage.....

Cheers,

Neil

[Lost Landy]

Here's one that was dead but now is alive and drives :D

[S3ute]

Hello again from Brisbane.

Back to the land of the living after a fairly extensive traverse of the open spaces of Southern Africa. Beyond the usual idle days of gawping at the animals and sundowners, pleasant enough past time as it is, the opportunity to play Series Land Rover spotto also came to the fore. However, like game viewing, some of the best got away without the metaphorical shot - waving down motorists on isolated roads, enthusiasts that they might be, or jumping out from behind a bush and yelling "gotcha" can bring you unstuck in a region with as many guns and trigger happy locals as Texas......

Nevertheless, a few did stand still long enough to be recorded:

Early morning near Hermanus (Western Cape) with an interesting canopy

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/66.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_002_zpsvebbrcbn.jpg.htm l)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/67.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_001_zps74whjlua.jpg.htm l)

Not so common SWB game buggy in Hwange (Matabeleland) - most are LWBs

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/68.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2016_012_zpsqjxvfxqk.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/69.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2016_011_zpseicaiilh.jpg.html)

A veteran from Hoedspruit (Mpumalanga)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/70.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_005_01_zpspst30yzt.jpg. html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/71.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_006_zpsf7ws3b8z.jpg.htm l)

A few more nearby

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/72.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_008_zpsurmz2h9p.jpg.htm l)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/73.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_010_zpscc42dwhr.jpg.htm l)

Including this ruin of a previously good 107" wagon

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/74.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_007_zpsjkocrmoq.jpg.htm l)

And another oddity of the game buggy genre being a Series 2 tricked out with some Defender viewing bling

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/75.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/South_Africa_July_Aug_2016_011_zps8s8ryhi4.jpg.htm l)

For part of this jolly I was accompanied by the half-chewed Andre of lion attack survival fame

Andre saying hello to a couple of well-armed rhino guards (Matopos Matabeleland) - those AK47s are loaded and ready to go bang..........

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/76.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Andre1_zpswruptnle.jpg.html)

Now I happen to mention Andre here because he commonly expresses disdain for the Solihull product.

However, I did point out from casual observation across his fence that he lived in close proximity to one such example

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/77.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2016_007_zpsoxag4uke.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/78.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Zimbabwe_July_2016_006_zps8gyzaip7.jpg.html)

Having never taken the time to master Afrikaans expletives I took his muttered ramblings to mean something other than "well spotted".

Might get around to the topic of spotted animals and comfy digs in due course.

Cheers,

Neil

[vnx205]

This one's claim to fame is that it is probably the most southerly Land Rover wreck in Australia.

It is located at the end of the Ida Bay Railway line in Tasmania.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[S3ute]

Hello again from Sherwood.

Just to prove that you don't need to trek miles to find appropriate subject matter for this thread, this example of one of Britain's finest was parked up in the next suburb (Graceville) last week.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/60.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Graceville_Aug_16_002_zpsnq7ouqzk.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/61.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Graceville_Aug_16_001_zpsdlzvcdre.jpg.html)

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

This one's claim to fame is that it is probably the most southerly Land Rover wreck in Australia.

It is located at the end of the Ida Bay Railway line in Tasmania.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=113235&d=1472533177

Good to see that Tasmania wasn't forgotten (excellent photo by the way), and here are a few more - mainly dead ones and a couple of phoenixes.

Burnie:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/1139.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Burnie_LR_July_2012_010_zpsll2uzbnd.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/1140.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Burnie_LR_July_2012_015_zpsyhzph0jo.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/1141.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Burnie_LR_July_2012_019_zps8scayni2.jpg.html)

Tunbridge:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/1142.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Tas_Tunbridge1_zpsaqxttv2k.jpg.html)

Molesworth:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/1143.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Tasmania_Molesworth1_zpsf4je4ojl.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/1144.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Tilly011/media/Tasmania_Molesworth2_zpshcbpirw0.jpg.html)

You have to wonder about the claim that 80% of all Land Rovers ever built are still working for a living.................

Cheers,

Neil

[S3ute]

This one's claim to fame is that it is probably the most southerly Land Rover wreck in Australia.

It is located at the end of the Ida Bay Railway line in Tasmania.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


Hello from Sherwood and back from another excellent trip to southern Tasmania.

Happy to confirm that this truck is still there - in fact it isn't likely to go anywhere any time soon.

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Rather, atom by atom it's going back to where it came from.

Cheers,

Neil

[Xtreme]

Here's a couple that, unfortunately have not moved for 30 or 40 years. If anyone's interested in the 107 Ute, PM me and I'll have a talk to the present owner.

https://www.aulro.com/app/data/1459/medium/IMG202105100636231.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/app/data/1459/medium/IMG20210510090816.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/app/data/1459/medium/IMG20210510063610.jpg