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Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:26 pm
by SteveClem
Just looked today at a '89 defender fitted with a rover v8 and auto box . The boss says I can only have it if I sell one of the minors. Tempting...

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:06 am
by chickenjohn
amgrave wrote:ha ha, volunteers one step forward.
Its not so bad! I work on classic cars and drive wedding cars as my businesses. The Landy owner has a wedding car company that gets me and Dibble (convertible) lots of weddings. At least a Land Rover should be easy to work on!

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:11 pm
by SteveClem
I've just bought the '89 Defender! MOT was done in April and no advisories. Rover V8 and sounds faster than it is. Very exciting!

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:34 pm
by samuria
sounds good, but not the same as early series landrovers :wink:

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:42 am
by irmscher
Its still a Land rover Les :D

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:37 pm
by SteveClem
First big trip out today. Haven't driven one since the late eighties,but very familiar...like riding a bike again. Yes, I would have preferred an earlier one,but at £5k and 10 years history with bills nearly £20k seems better than money in the bank. More importantly it's fun...just like the others...and if the winter is as bad as forecast it could be useful. Only obvious problem is a weeping rocker cover gasket .

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:06 pm
by SteveClem
Easy to work on aren't they... And easy to get under despite arthritic knees.

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:41 pm
by samuria
post a photo steve :D

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:57 pm
by SteveClem
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Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:02 pm
by SteveClem
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Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:04 pm
by SteveClem
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Don't know why they are all upside down!!

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:06 pm
by gtt1951
SteveClem wrote: Don't know why they are all upside down!!
Did you use an iPhone?

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:08 pm
by SteveClem
No, an ancient iPad thing. I'm slowly catching up on technology.... 2 years ago I couldn't even do one finger typing. Thought I was so clever posting my first ever picture. Pride comes before a fall!

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:33 pm
by amgrave
And I though I was the Techno Dinasuar round here :o :lol:

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:45 pm
by gtt1951
iPhone, iPad - all the same Apple stable. None of them can get pictures the right way up!
What you need to do is save the images to another medium. Use a picture viewing/editing piece of software that allows you to rotate the image. then re-save.
Post up that saved image.

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:50 pm
by gtt1951
Alternatively, get someone like me to save the images, rotate them, and then repost them - see below[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]
Regards, George.

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:56 am
by SteveClem
Thanks for that George. I'll continue to work on improving my IT skills...

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:17 am
by irmscher
Steve that was nice the special post for Australian members :lol: :lol: .The three cars are lovely :)

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 3:06 pm
by SteveClem
irmscher wrote:Steve that was nice the special post for Australian members :lol: :lol: .The three cars are lovely :)
Thanks for the compliment! Distant ancestors were Aussie convicts so the accidental inversion was serendipitous. If I get the camera/posting thing sorted I'll try to post a picture of the whole fleet... The old Beetle is being painted this week,should get her back later this month... And I've been allowed to keep the '61 MM. Saloon because the Landy is too high to go in the garage! We only pass this way once so you have to have fun.

Re: Anyone else own a Land rover

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 1:29 am
by irmscher
I am useless at putting pictures on :( .What other cars have you got Steve??