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| 1 | "Stefan R. Jacob" [10004 | 29 | Re: Strange Land Rover |
| 2 | "Stefan R. Jacob" [10004 | 28 | Re: Discovery - changed flat tire |
| 3 | S|ren Vels Christensen [ | 41 | Re: Strange Land Rover |
Date: 17 Sep 94 15:39:28 EDT From: "Stefan R. Jacob" <100043.2400@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Strange Land Rover Spenny, > Stefan, could it be the Portugese 1 ton? Maybe ?? :-\ It did have a lot to carry on that occasion, so it would've made sense to use a 1 ton. Been about 2 years since I indulged in that film, so my memories aren't _that_ vivid anymore... > there was also a hungarian or german version built under license. That's right. Don't know what became of the hungarian production, but the german assembly line was stopped some years back, _incidentally_ the same year Mercedes presented its first G-Model. And of course it was the same coincidence that a year later the entire West German border guard troops changed from Land Rover to Mercedes-G. (That's what I call good lobby work). BTW the troops themselves were *not happy* about this, but then that's politics... To add to the confusion, they've begun assembling Land Rovers in licence some years ago in *Greece* (pure assembly though, no self-made parts, so you can rightly call those Greek vehicles *genuine* Land Rovers). Stefan LROC of Hessen ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940918 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 17 Sep 94 15:44:02 EDT From: "Stefan R. Jacob" <100043.2400@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Discovery - changed flat tire David Brown writes: <...snip...ship...> > enough. Also, that it takes forever to get parts, and that the vehicle > is very hot. (We live in Phoenix Arizona, 120+ degrees in summer (45 > Celsius).) I noticed that she had the dual air conditioner, and asked if <snip...> > BTW, the vehicle had leather, automatic, dual sunroofs, dual air, jump > seats, CD changer, rino bars, tinted windows, and tail light protectors. _Obviously_ it gets sizzling hot in that rig with _two_ sunroofs. In hot, constantly sunny areas (e.g. AZ, Sahara, Oz), transparent sunroofs are strictly *for the birds*: You can roast you chicken on them. The metallic mesh in those sunroofs acts like a sun collector, radiating heat into the vehicle's inside like a microwave. When we travel in North Africa we cover all rear and side windows with reflecting plastic foil and fit a roof rack covered with polished aluminium slates so the car sort of stands in its own shadow. The last thing you want is a hole in the roof that lets the sun in!? (Are you sure that woman wasn't blonde..?) Stefan <100043.2400@CompuServe.com> LROC of Hessen ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940918 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 04:08:28 +0200 (METDST) From: S|ren Vels Christensen <velssvch@inet.uni-c.dk> Subject: Re: Strange Land Rover On 17 Sep 1994, Stefan R. Jacob wrote: > Spenny, > > Stefan, could it be the Portugese 1 ton? none I'm almost certain that it was not the one-ton. I think the fenders were round and not straight/rhombe. I believe i would have noticed if the car was much different from a usual 109. The only funny detail i noticed was the front filler since it usually doesn't belong there on a LWB. And by mobilising my whole concentration and looking very carefully i decided that perhaps it wasn't a Cuthbertson :-) > Maybe ?? :-\ It did have a lot to carry on that occasion, so it would've > made sense to use a 1 ton. Been about 2 years since I indulged in that film, [ truncated by lro-digester (was 13 lines)] > troops changed from Land Rover to Mercedes-G. (That's what I call good > lobby work). BTW the troops themselves were *not happy* about this, but > then that's politics... Yeah..they did exactly the same thing up here. Now the navy has one lr and the army has 1 1/2! And the men are complaining that the GD is underpowered. Politics, and perhaps a good lunch! > To add to the confusion, they've begun assembling Land Rovers in licence > some years ago in *Greece* (pure assembly though, no self-made parts, [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > <100043.2400@CompuServe.com> > LROC of Hessen +----------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Soren Vels | 1976 sIII 109" 2.25 petrol | | velssvch@inet.uni-c.dk | "Lawrence of Arabia" | ((|||)) | Royal Danish Air Force | Dansk Land-Rover Klub no. 3564 | ((|||)) | Communications Specialist | DL-RK: Approx. 1000 members. | ((|||)) +----------------------------+--------------------------------+__((|||))______ ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940918 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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