Thread: Why ?

Originally Posted by rovercare

Don't worry Pat, as much as I disagree with you here sometimes...........I'd love an L322

I enjoy our ''differences'' on here,it livens the place up.I'm a defender man through and through but RR's are just,how do you say it,they are a classic.One day I'm going to restore a seventies two door,they are may fav. Pat

Originally Posted by olbod

Biggles would have driven Landies.
Thats good enough for me.

Nar, Biggles would have driven an Aston Martin, Algy was the Landy Man!

Never owned or thought of being a lr man I sort of bought one by chance was looking for a run about ute for my business in the centre of 2nd hand cars at parra rd five dock, came across this bloody! D1, a 93 5sp man v8I of all things.

All the car dealers I knew were gonna find me a cheap little toyo/dato ute not a gas guzzling zero boot space gear crunching sad 12yr old lr with 2 previous owners & 160k,s.

It wouldn,t even start when I went back to look at it! they put petrol in it jumped the battery no go! I should of said good onya & left it, heck it didn't even go that good on the first drive.

I,d always wanted another 4wd & could justify the 8 grand by being able to drive along a beach or head into the bush & go camping with the missus & kids, 5 years & $15k later still enjoying it.
It's incredible capability off road the way it easily gets over difficult looking stuff & then gets stopped by a misplaced rock or rut just did a full arb locker install myself last week, I love playing with it then driving it to see if it's better.

They really do have character inside them as someone on here said, I just really enjoy this great example of british mechanical engineering & wizadry.

You bring back old memories djam1 , had the pleasure of spending a few days out in the Real Pilbara bush with a bloke called Jeff Stubbs of JRA fame , thrashing the crap out of his project perentie 6 x 6 (was a red extended Tray back 130 type wheelbase , triple maxidrive strengthened diff locked diffs, and about 50 jerry cans strapped int a special cradle to act as a permanent payload . The engine was the Isuzu 4 banger with a big snail on it . I Though that was impressive until he said that he'll take my Range rover and show me what they can do .(5 litre , maxidrives front and back diff locks). That guys "Rolls" landrover product for a living , boy could he drive !!! He put it on angles that scared the crap out of me !! Still , this way back in 1985 or 1986 .(It was all about JRA paying me back for fixing door locks on the 85 County , but thats another story !!!)