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| 1 | S|ren Vels Christensen [ | 32 | TV rover |
| 2 | William Caloccia [calocc | 30 | [not specified] |
| 3 | Malcolm956@aol.com | 39 | A) Newport & B) dwell |
| 4 | jory@MIT.EDU (jory bell) | 31 | Re: Sweepstakes w/ Defender 90 |
| 5 | rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca | 23 | [not specified] |
| 6 | rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca | 35 | [not specified] |
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 02:00:24 +0200 (METDST) From: S|ren Vels Christensen <velssvch@inet.uni-c.dk> Subject: TV rover Hi all. Spotted another landie on tv tonight. A real one this time. I was watching a report on Eigil Knuth's 90'th birthday on natl tv. Knuth is a scientist and archeologist (sp?) and he has lived most of his life in the northernmost part of Greenland. He was to be driven to the cabin for the celebration. The tele company working in these parts provided the vehicle. It was a SII Land-Rover in absolutely mint condition. Not a scratch in the paint or a dent in the body. Even the interior looked brand new. The climate is extremely dry so rust and rot has some difficulties having a feast on cars and machines. There was also some footage from Station Nord and a guy called Henning was interviewed. Hey - i used to speak on the radio with him a while ago. And play chess. Small world ain't it. Later +----------------------------+--------------------------------+ | 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 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 941003 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Top Ten indicators you've just bought a rover
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 94 21:24:45 -0400
From: William Caloccia <caloccia@sw.stratus.com>
10. You buy Rover models at car boot sales.
9. You buy Witworth tools at car boot sales.
8. You run out and join the AA.
7. Your insurance agent asks you if you've got the letter/s reversed.
6. You're applying for petrol credit cards.
5. You keep on hearing your self say: "No, its the other L-reg".
4. Your friends are buying stock in the petrol company.
3. The vehicle has a history.
2. The vehicle comes with a boot full of spares & shop manual.
1. You wipe all the dust off of your tool box and
swap all the metric spanners for English ones.
--bill caloccia@Team.Net caloccia@Stratus.Com
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]From: Malcolm956@aol.com Date: Sun, 02 Oct 94 21:59:27 EDT Subject: A) Newport & B) dwell Part A) > Ladies, gentleman, members of the jury: > Please allow me to plead my case. I am not sure who is on the jury, but, if I am included, I have been thoughtful in my deliberations and have not read any tabloid accounts of your adventures. Where does the balance point lie: Brooke Shields or a three weight? Either is expensive, but three weights come a great deal closer to my budget (and interest), so I think that I will go that way. A 3 will probably be next in my 5, 7 and 10 (salt) collection. As to the testimony, and I quote, "Lemme tell ya folks, Nige, the li'l woman and I were *stylin'*." Amen!!! Further, I suggest that if any "li'l woman" is willing to put up with what you and Nigel have undoubtedly put her through, she might be well worth hanging on to. I courted my wife of more than thirty years in a TD which had Lucas wipers and no heater, Smiths or otherwise. In any event, as to the pleading of your case, I award you a NINE POINT NINE. I would of done a TEN except that somewhere, sometime there MAY be a better story. Part B: The mundane. Can anyone give me point gap in terms of degrees dwell for a '65 SWB IIa? A later model distributor has been installed, with a square-ish distributor cap rather than the earlier round one, if that makes any difference. Thanx: Malcolm ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 941003 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 22:29:22 EDT
From: jory@MIT.EDU (jory bell)
Subject: Re: Sweepstakes w/ Defender 90
Did anyone ever get the rules to this [defender] sweepstakes? I sent in a
SASE several weeks back and received no reply. I'd really like to enter!
-jory
p.s. Recently, I am having a problem where I have an oil pressure drop
("seen" via dummy light) when I come to a stop (or whenever there is a drop
to idle-speed). However, it only happens after the car is well warmed up.
When the light comes on, continuously applying just a little bit of gas
will turn it off again (you may recall that I am temporarily without an oil
pressure gauge, after mine self-destructed last month, spraying oil all
over my engine compartment, etc). It seems like this problem would likely
be related to temprature-dependent changes in the oil viscosity, but I am
unsure exactly what is occurring... or if I should worry about it. I am
running synthetic oil in the engine.
One the one hand, I think the pressure is just a tad low for the sensor,
and I shouldn't really be concerned. The I think of the true import of the
green dummy light, and all the money involved, and I start to get
nervous... Any suggestions?
>Hello all,
>I just opened my October edition of OUTSIDE magazine and on page 171 found the
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>Andrew/ Dayton Ohio
>87 RR and one mixed Grey Hound/Great Dane.
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]Subject: 90 rear tailgate From: rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (Robin Craig) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 17:01:18 -0500 I have been around a number of North American spec 90's now. One of the points I have notcied is the amount of slop / play at the lacth side of the rear tailgate at the top when you close the tailgate with the door bearing the momentum of the wheel on the swing mount. Has anyone else noticed this ? How about all you owners of 90's on the net, what is your reaction? Regards Robin Craig Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Robin Craig, rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca FourFold Symmetry, | Ottawa Valley Land Rovers Nepean, Ontario, Canada | 1016 Normandy Crescent, Nepean (OVLR's InterNet site) | Ontario, Canada, K2C 0L4 ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 941003 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: toy 90 for sale, offers pls
From: rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (Robin Craig)
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 17:47:17 -0500
FOR SALE
In original box, torn one corner though, Briatins 90 British Telecom
livery, yellow. Has not been played with so is in very best shape
otherwise.
Interested in swapping for the following $32 usd including sufrace
shipping within North America
OR
what have you in the way of original old sales brochures and material
such as decals etc manuals / books. Particularly looking for Shpperds
desert crossing in 101's book.
Will accept offers until midnight 7 october. Will close and decide then.
Please reply directly to me
Regards
Robin Craig
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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FourFold Symmetry, | Ottawa Valley Land Rovers
Nepean, Ontario, Canada | 1016 Normandy Crescent, Nepean
(OVLR's InterNet site) | Ontario, Canada, K2C 0L4
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]Subject: Re: Discovery, Some problems From: dd@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (Dale Desprey) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 10:18:57 -0500 brabyn@skivs.ski.org (John Brabyn) writes: > I imagine the Discovery uses the same power steering box as the RR, and I can > testify that leaking is its normal state! I had mine fixed at great expense o [ truncated by lro-digester (was 6 lines)] > occasionally! I don't know why a decent steering box and/or seal hasn't been > adopted after all these years. Maybe we'll get a BMW one soon! I heard a rumour that one car company made a steering box that leaked an incredible amount. The idea was that they could save money if they didn't have to plane the mating surfaces of the cast metal.<yuck!> The solution - use a lubricating wax. The cool outside surfaces are sealed with hard wax, the moving parts are in liquid lubricant. -- Dale Desprey, dd@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca FourFold Symmetry, | Ottawa Valley Land Rovers Nepean, Ontario, Canada | 1016 Normandy Crescent, Nepean (OVLR's InterNet site) | Ontario, Canada, K2C 0L4 ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 941003 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: possible sale of 127 in Canada From: rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (Robin Craig) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 20:27:51 -0500 There is a good possibility that a Land Rover 127 will come up for sale soon. here are the details at present. Vehicle is currently road registered in Canada. Has 3.5 V8 engine, as standard. originally was a military ambulance but was damaged and has now been fitted with a flat rear body and has kept the original truck cab. Is currently in civilian hands. Any one who wishes to be informed of anymore details on this vehicle should reply directly to me. I am not the seller but have just heard about the vehicle through a friend. No idea on price as yet, not even a ball park figure. regds Robin -- Robin Craig, rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca FourFold Symmetry, | Ottawa Valley Land Rovers Nepean, Ontario, Canada | 1016 Normandy Crescent, Nepean (OVLR's InterNet site) | Ontario, Canada, K2C 0L4 ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 941003 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: lotsa stuff From: rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (Robin Craig) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 19:37:00 -0500 Did anyone know that Mike Potter the top dog at Cognos drives a Range Rover? great chap, very personable when I worked on his house last year. rgds Robin Craig -- Robin Craig, rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca FourFold Symmetry, | Ottawa Valley Land Rovers Nepean, Ontario, Canada | 1016 Normandy Crescent, Nepean (OVLR's InterNet site) | Ontario, Canada, K2C 0L4 ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 941003 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Hard Top for NAS 90
From: rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (Robin Craig)
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 17:06:32 -0500
HARD TOP FOR NORTH AMERCIAN 90'S
Land Rover are currently developing a hard top for the North American 90.
It will be made of two sided gel coated GRP in a low pressure molding
process. It will be made of four pieces along the lines of a Series type
hard top. there will be a roof section, including a side skylight on the
sides. The side panels join the roof panel exactly half way up the roll
over cage, so the side and roof panels have have half the cut out for the
cage. The side panels have a full lenght big window in it, theredoes not
appear any opening mechanism, just a fixed window. The side pices appear
to wrap around at the rear , just like the series panels and have a small
window either side of the tailgate. the rear door upper piece is the last
panel. According to the pictures i have and the description it is a
horizontally hinged piece that is hinged to the roof section and lifts up
after the tailgate has been swung away.
To me this was pretty predictable for a number of reasons.
The North Amercian Standard (NAS as Land Rover call it) 90 has had
problem in getting of the lot. To potential buyers the idea of an
insecure vehcile is not going over well, in addition the road noise of
the soft top is a constant feature of just about test review of the
vehcile.
There are a number of refinements to be done but this is basically the
final version.
The colour of the hard top will be similar to that of the current soft
top, a kind of graphite grey black. It will retail for about $3000 and
will be available in the fourth quarter LR say.
All these details are subject to fine tuning and change of course.
I understand from another sources that the next model year of 90's might
have a hard top fitted as standard and that it will be aluminum and will
be painted the same colour as the rest of the vehcile.
BTW the GRP version is designed to fit with all of the roll cage
structure intact.
Regards
Robin Craig
Ottawa , Ontario, Canada.
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FourFold Symmetry, | Ottawa Valley Land Rovers
Nepean, Ontario, Canada | 1016 Normandy Crescent, Nepean
(OVLR's InterNet site) | Ontario, Canada, K2C 0L4
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