Land Rover Timeline

**JDNSW** · 12th March 2008, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by Ian

Started off making sewing machines? Like so many other motor manufacturers, both sides of the Atlantic. Good one Ron.

When I was at primary school, our family car was a Swift, my mother's bicycle was a Swift, and her sewing machine was a Swift - all made by the same company in about 1931, 1900, 1860 respectively.

(Swift of Coventry failed in 1931, and the engines intended for them by the company that later became Coventry Climax were used in generators and pumps (named SM model) as part of Britain's rearmament in the late 1930s)

John

**paulthepilot_5** · 12th March 2008, 07:53 AM

Mmmmmmm, I like the idea of a turbine rover.

PT6 powered Defender

now that would be a great truck.

All worries about fuel consumption would very shortly be forgotten once you hit the starter on that baby

**87County** · 12th March 2008, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by paulthepilot_5

Mmmmmmm, I like the idea of a turbine rover.

PT6 powered Defender

now that would be a great truck.

All worries about fuel consumption would very shortly be forgotten once you hit the starter on that baby

there'd be a market for "turbine timers" for an idle-down period

**paulthepilot_5** · 12th March 2008, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by 87County

there'd be a market for "turbine timers" for an idle-down period

Might also start a market for some big ass "Turbine Hyclones"

Ha ha, the Rice Boys would wet themselves over a product like that

**Xtreme** · 12th March 2008, 09:31 AM

getting back on track with the 'Timeline' theme, following is a link to an up tp date 'Family Tree' of the development of the Land Rover

http://perso.wanadoo.es/serraiperalta/land-rover/family-tree.html

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