Thread: Why do old farts love their Series Land Rovers

Landrovers are NOTHING like meccano

I've built several dozen meccano sets and

1. All the holes are in a nice even pattern, all the same size all the same spacing
2. When you put the kits together you cant reach your hand into some of the gaps in the panel work
3. no roof ever cracked off on any of the vehicle models
4. When I was working on meccano stuff at no point did I ever have to stop, look at the fixtures, ponder the tool box and ask myself now is that one metric, imperial, whitworth or BSP?
5. None of the meccano sets I build leaked oil.

Well as a kid I had lego and meccano.
But I am a bit shy and personal about the real reason I like early landies.
Well I am sort of hooked...........I love the smell of freshly filed or welded Birmabrite

No other vehicles use birmabrite.