Your first 4x4

[lebanon]

What was your first 4x4?

why did you change it ? Show it to us.

For me, it was a Classic Range Rover, I sold it to buy the 110 I still have.


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[Cammo]

1982 109 Stage 1 Truck Cab. 4BD1, LT95. Armstrong power steering, drum brakes all round, not even an AM radio!. I've still got it. It still has no radio.

It went into semi retirement when I bought a '93 200Tdi LT77 truck cab. Didn't know myself! Nowhere near as good down low, but that turbo and a 5th gear for the highway! Coil springs, disc brakes, power steering, and even a CD player!

Put a new gearbox, transfer, and clutch in it, and sold it within a year to a "mate" for $6.2K. Idiot. He's probably still laughing after selling it on for a profit! But I did that to get my 2011 130 dual cab HCPU....

For a blissful, albeit short, period - I had all 3:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/05/1366.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/cammo130/media/2f04e6e0.jpg.html)

But for now, two will do.

[Mick_Marsh]

Gotta love them Stage 1s.

My first:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/2.jpg (http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/mick_marsh_AULRO/media/Misc/DSC_0620.jpg.html)

Still got it. Still use it.

[winaje]

My first was my D2, bought 15/09/2000, sold 15/09/2014 with 372k, to buy my D3.
This pic was on the header of LROCVs site for a couple of years. I didn't take it, I'm driving.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/05/1365.jpg

[Homestar]

My first 4WD - and first car - was a 1976 Subaru. Only had high range 4WD, but I still had lots of fun with it. After that was my first Landy - a IIA, then a long gap of family cars before getting the RRC, L322 and 101.

[dswatts]

My first was a Freelander 1.8:(
Then TD4 Freelander.
Now the D2:)

[Redback]

In 1987 I bought a 1981 single cab Hilux, to cart my race bikes around.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bazzar/Bike%20Photos/Roll31-022_zps4rzbfti0.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bazzar/media/Bike%20Photos/Roll31-022_zps4rzbfti0.jpg.html)

Handsome devil aren't I:p

Baz.

[Bob Harding]

Shoot I was a late starter bought my first bike a BSA Bantam in 1956

Me first Landy was 1960 but had a few since then ser 11 ser 2a and now a

86 county 110 which will prob see me out I hope

[Disco Muppet]

D2 Td5 at age 19 :)
First one I drove would have been dads V8 D2 at around 10-11

[JDNSW]

My first 4x4, in late 1962, was a 1956 Series 1 petrol 88 hardtop, ex-SMHEA. I replaced this with a 1958 Series 2 petrol 88 hardtop, also ex-SMHEA, about a year later. I was after the better performance, and was disillusioned with the reliability, especially the SU fuel pump.

This in turn was replaced in 1966 by a 1961 Series 2a diesel trayback, that I bought so as to get a diesel. I sold this in 1969 when I was transferred to PNG, leaving me without a 4x4 until I bought the current 1970 petrol 2a (ex-ADF FFR) 2a in 1992, after buying my current property.

John

[Artie]

unfortunately no Photos but my first was a 69 55 series cruiser, I was 16 and didn't know any better. my Second 4WD was a 2.4 Hilux. then a friend let me drive his D1 so i bought a D2 now have my Perentie :) and will never look back.

[loneranger]

My first 4wd I have ownd is my 2014 Defender bought new last year. The first 4wd I drove was our 2011 Dmax but as the car we sold to buy it was in my wife's name I wasn't the owner as it was registered to her.

[33chinacars]

My first 4x4 was a Holden Overlander bought in 1984. I still own it but it is regretfully now for sale

[DefenderSte]

My first 4x4 was a My96 Subaru Impreza STI V2 and i loved it have it for over 10yrs then sold it before i moved to NZ where i bought another....lol lol

This time a MY98 STI Type R 3 door coupe and i love that too. But my first big 4x4 is my current daily driver a 2008 130 Defender and im loving that and just bought some under armour protection so i can start playing off road.....:D:D

....and the good lady's daily driver is also a 4x4 Suzuki Jimny so we are a 4x4 family really......tee hee hee :D:D:D

[Rextheute]

Lada Niva - both me and my father had a ' brace of them ' .

They went everywhere , only problem was window winder handles and head gaskets !

I got very good at refitting heads ....

[bsperka]

First 4wd driven - Land Rover Troop Carrier. First one owned -1987 RRC. Current 4wd - 2003 Discovery 2a.

[goingbush]

1st of many, about 1984.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/05/1347.jpg

[Rurover]

First vehicle for me was a 1951 Series 1...."born" the same year as I was!
Sorry no photos.... Digital cameras hadn't even been thought of in those days, and the old photo prints are somewhere in the bottom drawer.

After reconditioning the engine of the Landy, I sold it and bought a brand new Suzuki LJ20 ( with a mighty 359cc engine!) for just $2200.
It could actually go faster than the old Series 1... And it had a heater plus a radio. (Oh the luxury!)

Wish I had kept both vehicles, but had a girlfriend by then and life started getting more expensive....especially when I married her.
Still I kept her and have had no regrets.:D

Alan

[loanrangie]

Suzuki LJ50, 550cc's of pure grunt :D.

[BigJon]

My first car / 4wd was a Subaru Brumby. Bought with 30 something thousand km on the odometer and sold with well over 200 000km showing. Never ever left me stranded due to mechanical failure and it used to get a flogging.

I replaced it with a couple of Kingswood utes before I got the first of my three Rangies.

[DEF-090]

My first 4x4 and dream vehicle is my Defender 90:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/05/1343.jpg (http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/def-090/media/6138fded-fb03-497b-81d1-2802197bef2e_zpshcvdmrvf.jpg.html)

Cheers,
Sam :)

[1984V8110]

My first 4WD (and first car) was a 1950 (ish) 80 inch Series I that my brother and I built in 1977 from a chassis salvaged from the Herberton dump in North Queensland (back in the days when you could make 'withdrawals' from dumps) and a wreck we bought for 150 bucks. These were cobbled together to make a vehicle that still runs to this day, albeit now in an unregistered form and with a rolls-royce engine from a champ to make it go!

Have then moved on via a SWB SIIA to a SWB Series 3, a 1984 County and now a 1999 300 tdi 110 SW.

Cheers

Michael

[Xtreme]

My first 4WD, in late 1963, was a 1956 Series 1 petrol 88 hardtop, ex-SMHEA. Four months later, after reconditioning the gearbox and front end with all parts supplied by previous owner (an agreement made before I purchased) plus a complete respray it was sold for more than twice what I paid for it. This funded my next Landy, a 1960 LWB ute from Armidale University which taught me a few more mechanical skills before also being sold at a profit. This trend continued for a number of years gradually working up to more reliable and later models ......... but always Landys. ;)

My first new Landy purchased was an Isuzu County in 1985 - A great vehicle that gave me 10 years of trouble free touring and was sold for a little more that what I paid for it. Times and economies have since changed and vehicles seem to to now depreciate with age.

Anyway, still happily driving Landies and enjoying them. :D

[INVSBL]

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My first 4x4 is my current Defender. loving every second of it!

dont plan to sell it either,

[3toes]

First 4x4 driven was a series 1 when I was only just old enough to reach the controls. Was a farm hack so all part of the life learning experience. Had no doors as like all the other Land Rovers they were removed as soon as it arrived. This was to save opening and closing them for gates or just entry and exit for work. Not seen the same on other vehicles. All the doors were stored in a shed. Imagine they are still there to this day.

The first 4x4 I actually owned was an Austin Champ. Still have this although it is no longer on the road.

[J RAD]

Awesome thread. Good to hear about all these old landys still kickin on and owners not straying away to other brands.

The first 4wd I drove regularly was up on the downs at goombungee, an old international AB 130. Every morning I'd have to blow aerostart down its neck to kick her over. I had to wait till I was about 10 so I had enough weight to push the clutch in. Inherited it of the grandfather at about 15 and would love to restore it, but she's just sitting in the paddock rotting away. :(

The first 4wd I owned was a 4.2 100 series front and rear lockers and fully worked. I found it far to fancy and I'd spent so much money on it, so I upgraded to a td5 130. And I won't be looking back.

[Carzee]

Grew up around Landys but I was into hot Minis on my P plates and when I wanted a 4wd for shooting and trailer-the-Mini sort of things a short TLC was at a Queanbeyan used car yard.

Here it is in Commonwealth Park, Canberra, 1981.
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Kept one (33yrs now) but sold the other.

The TLC gave trouble on easy stuff like wet grassy banks at a steam railway restoration yard and on the beach and didn't do things I knew a proper 4wd should do. I wasn't impressed -why were they the most popular 4wd for so many years?

In 1981, during the first 4 weeks of ownership, the TLC got stuck on roadside snow/ice after a LR Club local snow convoy to Mt Franklin ACT had to halt due to a Subaru "4wd" wgn getting bogged up ahead:

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Later that day we were snowed in and the park Ranger blocked the return road saying it would risk "Road erosion" and was unsafe to go home. So the club sat there freezing for about 2 hours. Was a snow plough gonna rescue us or something?

That road is a long dead end road. It was "Closed" at the far end somewhere due to the snowy weather. We were stopped about mid-length at a forestry picnic spot with toilets and a few tables. But from far end of the track, somewhere in the "Road Closed" wilderness, we could hear bulldozers approaching. Why would they re-open the road from the cul-de-sac end and not the Piccadilly Circus/civilisation end?? If the road was open to dozers, why were the club vehicles going to cause a increase in the "road erosion"?

After 15 minutes of multiple mechanical noises somewhere down the track, the noise and rumbling in the mist grew louder and the ground was trembling under boot. Snow fell out of treetops. Mothers picked up their kids just to be safe. Dogs barked. The ranger's were on the two way shouting to be heard. They didn't know what was going on either.

Out of the whiteness appeared a line of Tanks, Armoured Scout cars, Ferrets, 6x6 Trucks, Jeeps, Blitz trucks, etc etc etc. The whip antennaes and pennants fluttered in the wind as they went by the hapless ranger trying to direct them. The guys in helmets and great coats wearing a coat of snow waved and smiled. They didn't slow down at all - snow was flying off the tank tracks and half-track trucks and the variety of engine and gear noise was incredible. Everyone grabbed their kids and prams and jumped in their 4wds and followed them back to the main road out of the Brindabellas.

"Rescued by heavy metal" in my first real off-road club outing.

[Chops]

My first. Not sure of the year, but a SWB ute which was on a farm somewhere in the Albury Wodonga region. She was in a sorry state when I got her. Had grass growing in the rear window sill, in the tub and even some in the roof gutter.
Drove her for a few weeks, then put new suspension under her, new wheels and tyres, and away she went, all over the High Country and beyond.
She was a great little car, went everywhere I pointed her.
Learnt all about lowering tyre pressures in this pic :D

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=93482&d=1430745071

[Bushie]

First 4WD was a 1976 Rangie (bought it in 1982, it wasn't a classic then). Had the Rangie through to 1998 when I bought my current defender.

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Gosses Bluff 1985


Martyn

[Slunnie]

1999 Holden Frontera SE V6 (LWB). Loved the car but didn't feel comfortable it was a long term proposition and after 2 years sold it and bought a Disco2 Td5.

Interestingly, I don't see many Frontera V6's on the road, so my feelings may have been right.

[d2dave]

1974 FJ40 Landcruiser. Purchased in 1988 sold in 1990 to raise funds to help finance shifting to a better suburb and bigger house.

SWMBO got pregnant the same year, so going to one wage for a while could not afford another 4x4.

Always had a love of Range Rovers and when a 1983 four door came into where I worked, bought in by a car yard as just traded, it was going to cost more than the yard wanted to spend, so they sold it at cost, just to unload it.

Going price then was around 20k and I got this for 11k and being able to do all the work myself it did not cost much to get it up to scratch.

The love story began...................

[jimr1]

My first Land Rover was in 1973. A 1969 109 series 2a hard top with rear door . with a BMC 2.4 diesel . I brought It from Finch Motors of Chesterfield , in Derbyshire . It cost me 1100 pounds , and almost my marriage . It was Marine Blue and White . I loved that truck , since then Land Rover have been my vehicle of choice , having owned many . I still have 3 . A 1986 110 ,a td5 extreme110 , plus a 1959 shorty project . I think my last will be a new 110 that should be here in the end of June . Jim :D:D

[Avion8]

My first was a 1951 Series 1 80":

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/05/1158.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Lionel/P1070186.jpg.html)

I did get to play with a lot of RAF owned Land Rovers back in the 70's/80's.

[jonesfam]

In 1989 we bought a Datsun 720 4X4 duel cab. It had a 2.2 diesel & was very slow hence we called it the Slug. Sold it around 1992.


Then a series of work supplied 4X4's that were mostly Toyota tray backs.


In 2005 we bought a New Terracan traded in 2008 for a Nissan Pathfinder.


SWMBO hated the Pathfinder (it was a bit ordinary) & convinced me to look at the D3.


We have had the D3 since 2009, still love it. Good on you Mrs Jonesfam:D
Jonesfam

[crash]

1952 M38 Wilys Jeep with a small block Chevy. Being such a short wheel base it loved to swap direction if too much throttle was applied. No photos, but currently being rebuilt.

[Cliffy]

First was a 69' IIa done up to look like a 90.
Still trying to find it.

[mick88]

My first four wheel drive was purchased in 1974 and it was an 86 inch Series one which i travelled a lot of miles in. Eventually the motor started using more oil than fuel and a Holden 186 transplant was a far cheaper option than reconditioning the Landy engine. After about four or five years this vehicle was replaced by a Series one 109 which I also fitted out with a Holden 186 conversion. Sold this one off in about 1983.


My first motorbike was in 1969, a CZ 125, then three BSA Bantams followed, then a Honda Benley 125cc twin.


Cheers, Mick.

[Aguy]

My First all wheel drive,

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=93657&d=1431164658

Had it for 11 years and loved it. Wasn't big enough when the second dog came. Had to get rid of it.


First 4x4 I drove for some time,

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=93658&d=1431164669

Wasn't mine technically, just a work car that I had for about 1 year. Took it away a couple of time. Great car.


My first 4x4 that I owned,

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=93659&d=1431164682

Love it and will be a keeper! :D