Why do we waste money on 4wds? Rebuilding Old Landrover's?

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Originally Posted by 4x4 MORE

WHAT MAKES
Landrovers/4wds special to you guys?:confused:

have you been picked on for fixing up a rusty beat up old Landy?:confused:

Thanks from Ind

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Hello from Brisbane.

Hard to say really - history I guess.

When I was a kid we had about 20 Land Rovers spread across a very large farm family - so I grew up with them I suppose. Getting a SWB and a VW beetle were a bit of a coming of age thing in the 60s for each of my cousins as they were set up on their own properties. I was given one of my grandfather's hand me downs (1954 86") when I was still at school. Great truck to learn to drive in and play about the local hills with.

Over time the fleet diminished with successive generations of cousins etc walking away from the marque towards Toyotas - until my late Dad's 2A 6 cylinder 109" was the last one still earning an honest living up to the late 90s. Entirely used for paddock work and generally unroadworthy.

A few years back I read a news clipping about the 60th anniversary bash planned for Cooma. Chewing it over with my father-in-law (a dedicated Landcruiser owner - 5 traytops in the earthmoving business and 100 Series for getting around) for a few minutes we decided it might be a project to clean the 109" up and head for the Snowys.

Didn't actually happen at the time - my Dad had given the truck to a neighbour who didn't want to sell it back, and my father-in-law passed away around that time. So, Cooma came and went without input from us.

Cutting to the quick, the idea didn't go away and I finally bought a 1975 SWB in need of some TLC a couple of years back, and who's to know it might get to Cooma yet for a 70th or whatever?

Criticism? Heaps, but the family at least put it on par with a mental illness to be tolerated - that or find another excuse for sitting in the shed muttering and cursing interspersed with the odd lullaby.

Concerned? Nope..................

Will it make money? Not before hell freezes over.................

Do it again? More than likely.................

Cheers,

Hello All,

I suppose one reason why I am interested in older vehicles occurred to me between during one of my frequent drives between Bundaberg and Brisbane. It was a couple of years ago now.

For the whole drive I could not count any motor vehicle which had real character and stood out of the crowd for the whole trip.

None where you saw them approaching in the distance and you kept your head turning as they went past and said to yourself, "That is one beautiful car!" How you felt happy for seeing it on the road still going under its own power.

These are cars which are still being driven when nearly every other car on the road will not be tootling down a road when it is at least 20 years old - let alone how old some of the Series Land Rovers are.

Call it preserving motoring history. A time when obsolescence was not the main engineering factor built into the vehicle.

Kind Regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by rijidij

If they have to ask why you like Land Rovers and Zooks, they will never understand, no matter how well you explain it.

One reason (among many) why I love Land Rovers is because I'm not a sheep :D

Cheers, Murray

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x2 so true Could not have said it better :D
Imagine how boring life would be if there was just Collingwood and Commodores:p

Dunno why, I just wanted one. No need to justify it, not even to myself. Heck, I was a student with a casual job and a boringly reliable Corolla I could barely afford upkeep on.
After a year or so of looking around I found my IIa, didn't even own a socket set at the time, another 5 years later and it was registered, now I drive it when the mood strikes.
I can't recall anyone questioning me on owning or driving my IIa, a few have questioned me on owning my County mind you!

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Originally Posted by bee utey

I learn new hand skills because it's a challenge, not because it's easy. And upstaging a typical Toypoojero owner in an old Landy/Zook etc makes it all worth while.:p

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But if you like challenges, why are you upstaging Toypoojeros? :confused: :p

its simple. true motoring enthusiests like particular vehicles that strike their eyes, hearts and memories. it doesnt matter what breed, age or shape. if you like it you are generally buying it to enjoy what it is. non enthusiests will never understand it and trying to explain it is like trying to teach a fish to drive, its never going to work. you build relationships with cars, the more time you spend doing them up, modifying them, fixing them the more the relationship grows and the less you seem to care about the costs invloved in what your doing.

Thanks guys

By the way this is what I am talking about, needs a LOT of work!



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I can add to this argument,

With the current issues my D2 has, my work mates take great joy in telling me I should have bought a toyota..nissan....etc.

But as one of my workmates knows, who keeps having a go at me while my D2 is in the shop.... my stock standard D2 is able to go where his Landcruiser has problems accessing.... we went out on a group weekend a few months ago, and he would look at some situations, and say..nope not going there.... but my D2 looked at it, smiled, and said to me "what ya standing still for, this is what I was built for".......

Unfortunately or Fortunately, owning/driving a land rover gets into your blood stream and you dont want to own anything else.

Everyone else can laugh, and have a go at you for owning a Land Rover, but we know what they are capable of... whether it be a series, defender, discovery or dare I say it a freelander:wasntme:

Cheers

Matt

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

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Originally Posted by bee utey

I learn new hand skills because it's a challenge, not because it's easy. And upstaging a typical Toypoojero owner in an old Landy/Zook etc makes it all worth while.:p

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But if you like challenges, why are you upstaging Toypoojeros? :confused: :p

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Because Toypoojero owners are the masters of 'hand skills'. :D :angel:

Well you can`t drive your golf clubs to work after the weekend and they won`t get you out into the wilds. Simple really for me I prefer to spend my cash on some thing that delivers enjoyment and usefulness all the time. Plus as posted a vehicle that is a iconic 4wd that has character not some shapeless conforming thing that could be any other brand of four wheel drive.
Cheers Hall