Harry Butlers old Landrover...

[Robmacca]

I came across on the Exploroz forum, thought it might be of interest:

Not sure if this LINK will work but here goes:
Harry Butler's Land Rover (https://www.exploroz.com/forum/view.aspx'tw=1&fq=138182&p=%2fforum%3fmd%3d17%252f04%252f2019%2b10%253a12%2 53a00%2bam%26pn%3d1)

Harry's BIO: Harry Butler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Butler)

basically, a fella on the EO just purchased Harry's old Series Landy
https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/forum/uploads/482_223__TN1000x800.jpg?gid=165352

[weeds]

Nice find....and the link worked

Oh had no idea who he was

[grey_ghost]

No idea who Harry Butler was? Sacrilege!

[weeds]

No idea who Harry Butler was? Sacrilege!

Not really.....if nobody enlightens me than how em i to know

[DiscoMick]

Harry was a legend.

[goingbush]

Have a look on Youtube , the bloke was a pioneer in the field with his "In the Wild" shows ,
good stuff, one of the few shows I looked forward to watching. Never knew it was in colour as we only had B&W TV in those days.


https://youtu.be/touNFs_235w

Actually this episode features his LandRover, and that silhouette behind the lizard is unmistakable Series diff.

https://youtu.be/utj7FfqHXxY

[rick130]

'In the Wild' with Harry Butler was must see viewing in our household as a kid.

[Redtail]

Not really.....if nobody enlightens me than how em i to know
Fair point!
I'm guessing you're under 50?

Jack Absolom, The Leyland Brothers, Alby Mangels and Malcolm Douglas would all be strangers to you?
Just don't add Les Hiddins to that list. I think you can get banned from this forum for not knowing who he is! [biggrin]

[Redtail]

As for HB's Landy, what's with the "roof" rack? Quite an odd configuration that one. Anyone know why it was so?

[weeds]

Fair point!
I'm guessing you're under 50?

Jack Absolom, The Leyland Brothers, Alby Mangels and Malcolm Douglas would all be strangers to you?
Just don't add Les Hiddins to that list. I think you can get banned from this forum for not knowing who he is! [biggrin]

Yep under 50

Know of the Leyland brothers, Alby and Malcolm....wasn’t a fan of Les (probably more military related)

Haven’t heard of Jack

[Chops]

Old Australian nature shows,, was there ever anything better??

[Saitch]

Old Australian nature shows,, was there ever anything better??

Albey Mangel's offsiders!

[ian4002000]

i hope they preserve the Landy as it is rather than trying to improve it.
I saw Tom Cruises truck in its restored state and it is a shame when people cant preserve vehicles in their original condition

Ian
Bittern

[JDNSW]

i hope they preserve the Landy as it is rather than trying to improve it.
I saw Tom Cruises truck in its restored state and it is a shame when people cant preserve vehicles in their original condition

Ian
Bittern

What is original? When it left the factory? When you remember what it was like on TV? (or when your father had it etc.)

[Chops]

Albey Mangel's offsiders!


Yep,,, like I said,, is there anything better [wink11]

[ian4002000]

Original means as it is as it is now, with small improvements to be made if it needs to be driven and roadworthy.
If it doesn't need to be driven just stop the rust if it has any.
Refurbishing it and making it shiny wont add to its character.


Ian
Bittern

[travelrover]

Harry was a legend.

Still is isn’t he?

[harry]

As for HB's Landy, what's with the "roof" rack? Quite an odd configuration that one. Anyone know why it was so?

Just a guess, but I would guess that it was so overloaded in the tail that he needed some weight up front, also giving him some shade in our unforgiving outback heat.

[Gregz]

Fair point!
I'm guessing you're under 50?

Jack Absolom, The Leyland Brothers, Alby Mangels and Malcolm Douglas would all be strangers to you?
Just don't add Les Hiddins to that list. I think you can get banned from this forum for not knowing who he is! [biggrin]

You can add Vincent Serventy to the list. but I think he had an early nissan patrol.

[grey_ghost]

I’m under 50 and now all of those names (well apart from Vince Serventy).

[bemm52]

Albey Mangel's offsiders!

Yep he was good at finding the eye candy[bigwhistle]

Met him many years ago when he was taking his films and showing them in bush town halls (went to one of his screenings) buggered if I can remember where though[bigsad]

Cheers Paul

[EastFreo]

He was a legend when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s (albeit I grew up in the country and was for a long time limited to only watching ABC tv so not a lot of choice!).

I work for Chevron and had a couple of years on Barrow Island which was Harry’s main focus in life.

Amazingly Harry was still advising Chevron and taking employees on Barrow out on tours and educating us all about how special the place is until just before his death a few years back.

Legend bloke and his legacy lives on at Barrow.

[nickm]

As for HB's Landy, what's with the "roof" rack? Quite an odd configuration that one. Anyone know why it was so?

Probably so he could get to it while standing on the floor of the cab, maybe as a filming platform?

[LRJim]

I reckon its a giant sunvisor

[Gibs]

Probably so he could get to it while standing on the floor of the cab, maybe as a filming platform?
Correct, it was a multi use platform, from holding his dingy, sunshade, cargo and filming, one stop platform of its day.
Harry or as we called him Uncle H was a long time family friend of my fathers, he was at teachers collage with both Harry and Rolf, my dad was real upset when he was told Uncle H had passed away.

[stuarth44]

watched him ,from NZ, just the opposite to that loudmouth, er um, ferget the name

[vnx205]

What is original? When it left the factory? When you remember what it was like on TV? (or when your father had it etc.)

I believe that some museums adopt the policy of preserving the item in the condition in which they receive it.

Hence Francis Birtles' Bean looks like this in the National Museum.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Bean_14.jpg/1280px-Bean_14.jpg

And the "Spirit of St Louis" looks like this.
https://www.maxpixel.net/static/photo/1x/Lindberg-Aviation-Smithsonian-Museum-Dc-2501720.jpg

Most people will remember that the cowling was silver. However in 1928, varnish was applied in an attempt to preserve the flags painted on the side. Over time the varnish has yellowed.

I read in one source that the decision of the Smithsonian was to preserve the plane as it was when it was put on display. However, I have also read that the varnish will be removed next time the plane is conserved.

[DiscoMick]

There is a theory that the history of the vehicle should be shown in the way it is preserved.

[ramblingboy42]

I saw Harry Butler with his film crew on location Lake Argyle , I think it was 1976.

There were a number of Land Rovers there.

I hope he kept his LR in better condition than his campsite.

[LR1953]

As for HB's Landy, what's with the "roof" rack? Quite an odd configuration that one. Anyone know why it was so?

(3 years later...) The roof rack configuration served 2 purposes: Firstly, provided some shade over the windscreen. Secondly provided a platform for a camera tripod to enable filming from about 3m above ground.(with the vehicle stationary, of course!) Do it myself with my 110 Defender.
Rob S

[Johnno1969]

Does anybody know the latest on Harry's Landy?

[Steve86]

Does anybody know the latest on Harry's Landy?

A work colleague has it in Perth. He worked with Harry on various environmental projects back in the day.

He has a number of Series 1 & 2s so the guy Harry gave it too passed it on to him.

No work done on it yet due to time constraints, he's also conscious of the history of the vehicle & not wanting to change it from how Harry had it.

Edit - pics are old - it's not stored outside

181890
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[Johnno1969]

Thanks for that. Great to know that Harry's Landy is safe and sound.

John