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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 09:13:02 GMT
From: mfarrall@well.ox.ac.uk (Martin Farrall)
Subject: Discovery accessories

We bought the following extras from LR (UK) for our TDi:

Rubber car mats	- essential

Retractable back step - useful when doing up ski-boots and
for clambering into the back

Tow-bar

Front fog lamps - would have chosen driving lamps instead, the standard
headlamps do not seem very powerful to me.

Lockable Cubbybox between front seats - very useful

Martin Farrall

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 09:15:06 GMT
From: mfarrall@well.ox.ac.uk (Martin Farrall)
Subject: LR accessories

I forgot the most useful thing of all - seat covers made of a nylon
type of fabric - essential for all equestrian related activities.

Martin Farrall

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 11:26:43 EST
From: "Lapa, Hank" <hlapa@Zeus.signalcorp.com>
Subject: Subscribe Info

     
     Dear Administrator,
     
     Please tell me how I may subscribe to the LRO list server.  I am an 
     American owner of a 1960 Series II 109" Station Wagon Deluxe.  Thank 
     you.
     
     Hank Lapa
     hlapa@zeus.signalcorp.com

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 08:33:18 -0700
From: "TeriAnn Wakeman"  <twakeman@apple.com>
Subject: Re: OHV parks and trips

In message <199410260043.RAA20438@pathos.Berkeley.EDU> Morgan Hannaford writes:
> Granville,
> Those parks sound great, if I had known I would have gone there
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 25 lines)]
> who drives her red IIA 88" up to Laytonville.  I followed her up 
> from Cloverdale to Willits on 101, she must have thought I was nuts.

SOunds like it might be fun if my 109 was working.

Is the woman's red 88 look like it was freshly painted & nice & shiny?  I passed
one going the oposit direction when I was returning from a trip up the Oregon 
coast in my 109.  It was on 101 in that general vacinity & I noticed a woman was
driving.

TeriAnn Wakeman        Large format photographers look at the world
twakeman@apple.com     upside down and backwards     
LINK: TWAKEMAN              
408-974-2344                         TR3A - TS75519L, 
                       MGBGT - GHD4U149572G, Land Rover 109 - 164000561

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Subject: Re: lro & military lrs and a question 
From: dixon@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (dixon kenner)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 09:33:56 -0500

Mike Fredette <mfredett@ichips.intel.com> writes:

> 	Yikes, you scared me a second there with your point about 
> maintenance costs on the Defender vs Series.

        Time will tell.  There is no point to get into nitty gritty
        specifics over what a whole vehicle adds up to in parts
        costs.

> No big deal just interesting that some things are worse (ok a lot worse) and 
> things are better price wise Defender to Series. But come clean here, if you 
> offered a choice between an 88 and a Defender, free of charge, which would yo

        If that is the only choice, I would like to try the TDi.  A petrol,
        well, play with it for a while and then sell it.  I am still not
        convinced on the longevity of these vehicles.

        That aside, you miss a whole pile of my points in my last missive...

> 	As an aside, does anyone out there have the address and or phone # to the
> folks at Koenig. I understand they are still in bussiness and I need the driv
> one of their PTO winches.

        Don't have the Koenig Inron Works number off hand, but some parts
        may be available from American Gear & Supply in Houston.  Their
        number is (713) 643-4321.  AGS used the Koenig winches for years
        on their drilling rigs.  Koenig has a few bits kicking about, but
        for the most part the stock , as told to me by Koenig, was sold to
        a California Land Rover Club years ago.  If you just need the prop
        shaft for the winch, a visit to a tractor dealership for a "clone"
        would be far cheaper, and probably a little less of a problem.

        Rgds,

        Dixon

--
dixon kenner, dixon@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

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From: Mike Rooth <M.J.Rooth@lut.ac.uk>
Subject: To Lead or Unlead
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 16:24:00 GMT

Those readers of this list on the far side of the Puddle
might be interested in the latest findings of our ever
inane politicains and their even more incompetent "scientists".
Now,ladies and gentlemen,it may be told.Unleaded petrol is *bad*
for you.Apparently the connection between brain damage and lead
fumes was always tenuous at best.It goes without saying that
the aforementioned politicians and scientists remain *totally*
UNdamaged,since their is no eveidence that they had a brain in
the first place.
This has had the following effect on yours truly.I now dont
give a flying fart about the environment,since I dont beleive
there was anything wrong with it in the first place.I shall
happily motor round this fair land puthering out clouds of
unburnt diesel to my hearts content,rather than spending good
money on having the injectors seen to.The money I save thereby
I shall spend on cigarettes,which I shall continue to smoke,
with great enjoyment,only in increased quantities.I will *not*
subject my dogs to the indignities of worming,and shall encourage
them to tip their trucks wherever they feel like it.
I refuse to beleive the outpourings of feckess academics,medical,
engineering,biological or whatever,whose only ambition appears to
get their useless names in print.The credibility gap has widened.
It is now a chasm.
The only "recycling" I shall now do is to continue to use seconhand
parts on the Land Rover.They can sort the bloody bottles into clear
and coloured themselves.I'm *extremely* happy to announce that the
Limestone paint I used on the Land Rover wheels is lead based(and
therefore stands a better chance of staying put than the plastic
rubbish),and shall positively *encourage* all the obnoxious children
of my aquaintance to chew the wheels,provided the daft little buggers
leave the tyres alone.I've got plenty of paint left over.I'm debating
whether to install a coal fire at home,to be run with insufficient top
air so it covers the surrouding washing with the soot so beloved of
those of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties.And I've *always*
been a fan of the steam locomotive.My brake linings will,from
henceforth be firmly asbestos based,and will probably last a lot
longer.The brakes will be applied *hard*,particularly when there are
passers by to cover in brake dust.
I'm cross,too.

Cheers
Mike Rooth

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:26:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Humphrey <jh5r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Tootsie Toy Land-Rovers

T.F. scribbleth to Brian:

>< good taste!)  It is valued at about $2-$3 in mint condition according to
>< "Collectable Toys."  Anyone who has one for sale at a reasonable price can
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 13 lines)]
>(especially when you consider that she runs better than my Solihull
>model right now).  Of course, if you are in to gummy Norwegians, you
>might be able to bribe Jon.
______________________________________________________
T.F. I too, feel as you do,
 about my teeny tiny gummy Red Rover.   But****
 only one power on earth could cause me to forsake my newly aquired gem.

That power would be***The request of "The fair damsel DIANA".
 
As you probably know, She is coming to the U.S. soon, BUT what is LITTLE
KNOWN is that she is coming to Pittsburgh to ask to see MY gummy
norwegian red rover with the gummy man in the back.
As I fancy myself a Prince Charles look alike. She may consider staying
here and we could play as royalty over looking the picturesque
Monongahala and Allegheny rivers. We would be deleriously happy, riding
through the Fort Pitt tunnels in the 109 at rush hour, and doing other
fun Pittsburgh things.
I would promise that she could have complete control of me and be as
jealous as she liked, as she was of the real Charles. I would be her
slave!!! 
I also would grant her possesion of the gummy red rover, should she ask.
 
But ***I would never sell the gummy one to any one else.

Sorry if I've offended anyone with this, but if Baloney and Russ can
have their fantasies, I want one too.  (no flames please) 
Later       Jon

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:44:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Humphrey <jh5r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Babes that like Land Rovers?

Dale, I met that same lady here in Pittsburgh last week. 

>Land  Rovers as a Babe Magnet?  Where do you meet women that like Land 
>Rovers Russ and Bill.   I met a lady and when I showed her my Land Rover. 
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 13 lines)]
>parked topless under a tree for a week, during the transition from 
>soft top to hard top.  Just got the top on that morning.  And NO 
>SEATBELTS! 

Later    Jon

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:55:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jan Hilborn <jhilborn@moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: Tootsie Toy Land-Rovers

 
 Jon,
  you only get to gift the Princess of Wales with the gummy Norwegian 
Rover if she agrees to write some silly poetry for the mini-rover silly 
poetry collection (or was that the silly rover mini-poetry collection... 
or the silly mini rover peotry... or.. um, yeah, well, you get the drift...
 
 jan

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 18:23:40 +0200 (METDST)
From: S|ren Vels Christensen <velssvch@inet.uni-c.dk>
Subject: Re: Fuel consumption

Country: Denmark.

92oct unleaded (lowest oct avail here) approx $0.97/LITRE.

95oct unleaded approx $1.07/L

98oct leaded (on the way out) approx $1.15/L

Perspective: Car tax (new cars) 180%

Commercial vehicles don't pay 180%. 

Result: 50+% of all taxies are Mercedes Benz.

+----------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 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.   |    ((|||))
+----------------------------+--------------------------------+__((|||))______

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From: JFisk1120@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 13:26:56 -0400
Subject: what a Girl!!

Just received my latest issue of "InStyle" (a new magazine published by
"People") and included is a great article and gorgeous photos of Chris Evert
and Andy Mill's home in Aspen, Colorado.

Andy apparently collects Native American art and pieces by a variety of
artists.  "Andy's the art lover," says Chris.  "I'd rather have a Range Rover
than a $40,000 painting."

I knew there was a reason why I liked her!!

Jan Fisk
"I brake for mud puddles"
Springfield, Missouri

1964 Land Rover Series IIA
1991 Range Rover County

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 13:25:35 EDT
From: CXKS46A@prodigy.com (MR ALEXANDER P GRICE)
Subject: Knobby knees - not!

Roy and Bill- Glad you caught the episode...however, anyone who has seen
these meaty legs would not use the term "knobby", especially the last
orthopedic surgeon to work on 'em.   There were two chaps with
clipboards....I hung out over by the Rover and the hat was a *genuine* LR
baseball cap.  So there!  In the closing scene, I was just over John-Rhys'
shoulder, standing by the theodolite.

The Rover photographs faily well...I mean from that distance you can't tell
the marine blue is all faded out with dings and scratches all over.  Just
the other day, the city's new high-falutin', automated trash truck put a 1
meter gouge down the driver's side.  Now that the Rover is an international
star, maybe I can get the city to pay for a complete re-spray!

    *----"Jeep may be famous, LAND-ROVER is Legendary"-----*
    |                                                      |
    |  Sandy Grice,  Rover Owners' Association of Virginia |
    |  E-Mail: CXKS46A@prodigy.com       FAX: 804-622-7056 |
    |  Voice: 804-622-7054 (Days)  804-423-4898 (Evenings) |
    |    1633 Melrose Pkwy., Norfolk, VA, 23508-1730 USA   |
    *------------------------------------------------------*

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From: "John R. Benham" <BENHAM@WFOCLAN.USBM.GOV>
Date:          Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:54:59 +1100
Subject:       Toy Range Rovers

Dear LRO's,

    Last year I was in France and while in Rouen, I spotted a Range 
Rover model at a model/train shop (the Minitrain Shop).  It is made by 
Burago of Italy at 1/25 scale (@ 9 in long).  Bonnet, tail gate, tail 
window, and doors all work.  Body is metal with plastic accessaries. 
It is expedition equiped by ELF.  It also has a roof rack with two 
spare tires, petro cans, two tool kits w/tools, an undefined 
barrel, Rhino guard, and four running lights.  It's a great model 
with lots of details and only cost me F40. or $7.27 US at that time 
and exchange.  Unfortunately, that was the beginning of my trip and I 
had to haul it around my back pack for the next three weeks!  Nothing 
broke though.  It now sits on my bookshelf at work!  Who knows, maybe 
that store in Rouen will ship to US?
    Uh oh, I just noticed it's right hand drive - one might have 
trouble getting into the US...

Later,

John R. Benham - Editor
N.3616 Dowdy Road                 `The Rover Runner'
Spokane, WA  99204  USA               ______
                                     |______\_____
1968 88 IIA Marine Blue      *---   [|_/-\____/-\_|}
  The `BWANA' Mobile           *---    (O)    (O)        

509.747.0692 (H); 509.353.2700 (W); E-Mail: benham@wfoclan.usbm.gov

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 14:10:11 -0400
From: maloney@wings.attmail.com (maloney)
Subject: Jon Shows Di His Tootsie

Jon writes:

none
That power would be***The request of "The fair damsel DIANA".
 
As you probably know, She is coming to the U.S. soon, 
none

I think she already came. ;-)

none
BUT what is LITTLE
KNOWN is that she is coming to Pittsburgh to ask to see MY gummy
norwegian red rover with the gummy man in the back.
none

Yea, but is it big enough for her?  My Dinky is twice the size of your 
Tootsie.

none
As I fancy myself a Prince Charles look alike.
none

Actually, this is quite true.  Except Jon doesn't have the dorky hair.  And 
Chuck doesn't have Lassie.

none
She may consider staying here and we could play as royalty over looking the 
picturesque Monongahala and Allegheny rivers. 
none

Be careful.  If you play as royalty we may wind up seeing you on Hard Copy 
with all the lurid details of your past life for all to see.  It might even 
overshadow OJ.

none
We would be deleriously happy, riding through the Fort Pitt tunnels in the 109 
at rush hour, and doing other fun Pittsburgh things.
none

What other fun Pittsburgh things???

none
I would promise that she could have complete control of me and be as jealous 
as she liked, as she was of the real Charles. I would be her slave!!!  I also 
would grant her possesion of the gummy red rover, should she ask.
none

Sounds like you would be, as the alien said last night on "Alien Nation", 
"Kitty Whipped".
 

none
Sorry if I've offended anyone with this, but if Baloney and Russ can
have their fantasies, I want one too.  
none

If you haven't, I'm sure I made up for it.

How's your steering relay anyway?  Did you have a chance to pull the drain and 
filler plugs and flush it out?

More Bull$#!+ from Baloney

maloney@wings.attmail.com

PS. Jon - Sorry I couldn't respond direct too.  My mail header didn't give me 
a usable return address.

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 12:33:56 MDT
From: rhcaldw@nma.mnet.uswest.com ( ROY CALDWELL )
Subject: The Hat

Sandy,

Well, I have to admit my focus was on your Rover, for the
most part.  The hat I saw was obviously not on your head.
It was a very broad brim affair, which looked like straw.

Now that you mention the baseball cap, I did see you.
I don't know about the socks and shorts, but your Rover
sure stands proud.  Say, wasn't your Rover of preistine
body just before that garbage truck motored by?  It sure
looked it on film.  It seems to me that the fair city owes
you some paint and body work.

Roy - Rovers in the Rockies - Rovers, nothing famous but the name.  

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 13:21:58 MDT
From: rhcaldw@nma.mnet.uswest.com ( ROY CALDWELL )
Subject: Diana

Ok Jon and Bill,

You hit a button regarding Chuck.

As a military kinda guy, I use to respect Chuck a great deal.
However, after this little tell all, especially the details
regarding Camillia, he may be an officer, but is not a gent.
No matter from where he came.  As for Diana and your small
toys, just look in an old issue of Al Workhorse and you can
see a photo of my, all wood, working tail gate, accurate tires
and wheels 62 IIA Rover, that is at the 1/20th scale.  Plus it
says right on the bottom, right there for all to see, Roy`s Toy.
I am sure Diana would push both you posers out of the way to live
with my toy and the three real Rovers, up here in the Big Sky Country. 
Plus I don't tell stories out of the bedroom, like the Chuck fellow.
In the Cav, he wouldn't be good enough to even mount an M1A1-HA
much less command one.  

You know what they say: " You ain't Cav, You ain't shit! "

Roy - Rovers in the Rockies - Waiting for lovely Diana.

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:34:15 -0700
From: mcdpw@pacific.pacific.net (Granville Pool)
Subject: Re: OHV parks and trips

TerriAnn, good to hear from you!

>Sounds like it might be fun if my 109 was working.

We can wait.  I have to do a bit of work on one of mine before I'd be ready.

>Is the woman's red 88 look like it was freshly painted & nice & shiny? 

Yes.  It has, as I recall, shiny fire-engine red paint below the beltline 
and all alpine white above.  A Series II hardtop with fixed side windows.  
Her name is Helma Schwindig and she's a member of LROA,NA.  Very nice lady.  
I spoke to her a number of years ago and got the impression that the 
Land-Rover is her daily driver and she lives in the City!  

Melanie and I once drove all over the City in our camo 88.  Driving the 
hills in such a rig is "entertaining".  That Land-Rover has a huge 
longer-than-the-roof safari rack and whip antenna (for my since stolen CB).  
Well, we went to dinner at the Fairmont Hotel and you should have seen the 
look on the face of the parking garage attendent!  He madly waved to me to 
stop!  I looked out and found that I had about 1/2" of clearance overhead.  
He made me go to a more plebian garage down the street. : )

My best, Granville

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:33:16 -0700
From: mcdpw@pacific.pacific.net (Granville Pool)
Subject: Re: Land Rover question

Kendall Robinson writes:

>          The following ad appeared in the local paper recently:
>          "Land Rover 59 Model 109, 24K, Ultimate off road vehicle!
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 12 lines)]
>          Kendall
>          kendallr@chey.com
Kendall, 

In responding to your query, I am posting a copy to the Land-Rover Owners 
network, officially land-rover-owner@team.net (or lro@team.net), which I 
call the "Rover-Net" (and its participants "Net-Rovers"), so others can 
comment.  If you would like to join the "Rover-Net", you can get information 
about how to subscribe by posting the message "info lro-digest" to the 
e-mail address: 

        <majordomo@chunnel.uk.stratus.com>

Your interest in Land-Rovers is most welcome, I think we are a friendly and 
open group of enthusiasts.  : )  As to the price of that 109:  Well, it 
depends on a lot of considerations.  One is the authenticity of the recorded 
mileage.  It is very unlikely but possible.  If true, it should be either 
obvious from the condition or, preferably, fully documented with service 
records.  I have owned 14 Land-Rovers (and counting 8*o) and don't recall 
having had even one with a working odometer.  If the mileage is correct and 
if the Rover appears to have been properly maintained, has service records, 
and runs and drives well (as determined by someone experienced with 
Land-Rovers), it is probably well worth the price.  If it deviates 
significantly from this description, it could cost a whole lot more before 
you brought it up to snuff.

In your part of the country (I assume eastern U.S. or Canada, based upon the 
time of your message, namely that it was EST), you must check very carefully 
for rot in the frame and bulkhead (aka firewall/a-pillars)(the only major 
parts of the body structure which are not alumin[i]um).  Look for leaks.  
Yes, it's British and therefore supposed to leak but if it has been sitting 
unused for very long (likely, if the mileage is accurate) you had best 
assume that every rubber seal in the brake system, fuel system, drivetrain, 
and body (did I miss anything?) will be shot.  The rear main seal of the 
engine is particularly nasty to replace.  Count on having to rebuild the 
entire brake system.  My [formerly] daily driver, a 1970 88, had all 
apparently good seals when I parked it less than three years ago and now 
both the clutch and brake pedals are going right to the floor.

If you post a message on the Rover-Net saying where you live, there is 
probably someone experienced in these matters nearby who can help.

Regards, Granville
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ Granville Pool (Redwood Valley, CA) Appraiser, R/W Agent, LR aficionado ]
[ e-mail: mcdpw@pacific.pacific.net ** Ph:(707)485-7220 H,(707)463-4265 W ]

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:33:40 -0700
From: mcdpw@pacific.pacific.net (Granville Pool)
Subject: Re: OHV parks and trips

Morgan Hannaford (U.C. Bizerkely)writes:

>Those parks sound great, if I had known I would have gone there
>to kill my radiator!  The trip through the Mendocino National 
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 12 lines)]
>fun!).  
>So, if any Rover netters are interested in the above mentioned dirt-
>fest, let's organize.

Yes, let's.  If I hurry, maybe I can get a Land-Rover back on, er, rather, 
off the road by spring... (maybe sooner, in a pinch).  Got to quick design 
and build a shop.  Well, first step completed last night:  Installed 
TurboCAD for Windows on my new Pentium.  Now I gotta teach myself how to use 
CAD, design and build a shop, etc. ;~>

P.S. Granville, I finally did meet up with the woman from the city
>who drives her red IIA 88" up to Laytonville.  I followed her up 
>from Cloverdale to Willits on 101, she must have thought I was nuts.

Yes, Helma Schwindig, a member of LROA,NA.  She probably didn't; neat lady...

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ Granville Pool (Redwood Valley, CA) Appraiser, R/W Agent, LR aficionado ]
[ e-mail: mcdpw@pacific.pacific.net ** Ph:(707)485-7220 H,(707)463-4265 W ]

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:42:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jan Hilborn <jhilborn@moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: Jon Shows Di His Tootsie

On Wed, 26 Oct 1994, maloney wrote:

> Actually, this is quite true.  Except Jon doesn't have the dorky hair.  And 
> Chuck doesn't have Lassie.
 
 Jon has Lassie? oh, Jon, had i known that you would have gotten all the 
mini-Rovers... gummy, Tootsie, and maybe even the red corgi...
 too late now...

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 19:05:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gregory Brown <brow7767@mstr.hgc.edu>
Subject: Rebuild of Dual Master Cylinder

Dave, your pistons (plungers) should always return freely from the 
internal spring pressure.  I have not rebuilt a rover master but I am a 
Brake Engineer for EIS Brake Parts, an aftermarket supplier of brake 
components.  You indicated that you rehoned the cylinder, recheck for any 
burrs on the bore or pistons.  Did you acquire the correct seals.  I know 
that some English cars have seals designed for minerial based brake 
fluid.  These will not work in DOT spec. glycol based fluid and 
visa-versa.  If you still have problems send me a message and I'll try to 
help further.

Greg
'71 Series IIA 88

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From: "Jurgen Klus" <PSJK@psy1.ssn.flinders.edu.au>
Date:          Thu, 27 Oct 1994 09:44:22 GMT-0930
Subject:       LRO

When we purchased our Discovery, we also started buying the LRO 
magazine. Thank goodness that soon after the LRW (Land Rover World) 
magazine came out. I got absolutely sick of reading about the 
self-ingratiating clap-trap adventures of the Editor and his mates. 
What a reptitious bore they are.
The LRW is a superior magazine, well at least at the moment.
Try it and see. Its also cheaper than LRO, so you reallly win both 
ways!
Jurgen Klus  Tel 618 201 2413    Fax 618 201 3877
When the going gets tough..the tough get Land Rover!

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 20:55:34 -0600 (MDT)
From: Henry Stevens <stevensh@cuug.ab.ca>
Subject: Landy on publication cover

Now I normally don't pick up "Men's Journal" magazine, but two things 
caught my eye from the newsstand. First of all is the cover story "Off 
Highway -- The Best of America's Back Roads", and the second was the 
vehicle in the middle distance, driving toward the camera. A US-spec 
Defender 90. Haven't read the article yet, but a quick glance shows the 
Landy in operation at various places 'round the lower 48. Article 
contains a short list of places to get off-road instruction too.

FWIW, might be worth a glance at the newsagents.

-- Henry "Still landy-less, but thinking about one all the time" Stevens
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

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From: LANDROVER@delphi.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 01:20:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: To Lead or Unlead

Mike Rooth Sounds Off!!!
> Those readers of this list on the far side of the Puddle
> might be interested in the latest findings of our ever
> inane politicains and their even more incompetent "scientists".
> Now,ladies and gentlemen,it may be told.Unleaded petrol is *bad*
none

snip - Oh, oh... what's he been reading??? 
 
> This has had the following effect on yours truly.I now dont
> give a flying fart about the environment,since I dont beleive

snip - Mike, your an island of sanity in a sea of idiots!

> happily motor round this fair land puthering out clouds of
> unburnt diesel to my hearts content,rather than spending good

snip - AS IS YOUR RIGHT

> money on having the injectors seen to.The money I save thereby
> I shall spend on cigarettes,which I shall continue to smoke,
> with great enjoyment,only in increased quantities.I will *not*
> subject my dogs to the indignities of worming,and shall encourage
> them to tip their trucks wherever they feel like it.

snip - "tip thier trucks" - we say "Look out for the land mines" here :)

> The only "recycling" I shall now do is to continue to use seconhand
> parts on the Land Rover.They can sort the bloody bottles into clear
> and coloured themselves.I'm *extremely* happy to announce that the

- Right! Get some of the bozo's off the dole and let 'em sort the refuse!

> Limestone paint I used on the Land Rover wheels is lead based(and
> therefore stands a better chance of staying put than the plastic
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> leave the tyres alone.I've got plenty of paint left over.I'm debating
> whether to install a coal fire at home,to be run with insufficient top

- It's much better heat anyway...

> air so it covers the surrouding washing with the soot so beloved of
> those of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties.And I've *always*
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> passers by to cover in brake dust.
> I'm cross,too.
Here, here..  Mike, I'm laughing so hard the tears are running down my face!

Cheers
  Michael Loiodice       E-MAIL   landrover@delphi.com              
  166 W.Fulton St.       VOICE    (518) 773-2697                    
  Gloversville                                                      
  NY, 12078              1972 Ser III 88 Petrol (Fern)

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From: LANDROVER@delphi.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 01:20:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Toy Range Rovers

John pushes his Rangy through the mountains of paper on his desk...

>     Last year I was in France and while in Rouen, I spotted a Range 
> Rover model at a model/train shop (the Minitrain Shop).  It is made by 
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> spare tires, petro cans, two tool kits w/tools, an undefined 
> barrel, Rhino guard, and four running lights.  It's a great model 

snip!

John,
I picked up something similar at a model shop here in the US a few years
ago. Also a Burago, 1/24 scale - but a Ser III 109. This was a kit, so I got
to detail it a bit more than Burago had provided. It also has opening
bonnet, doors and rear door, steering wheel (RHD) actually turns the wheels.
Similar type of luggage rack & accessories. It came with really gaudy decals
(Alitalia, Nestle, Agip, Carello with yellow & white stripes) which I did
not use...

Cheers
  Michael Loiodice       E-MAIL   landrover@delphi.com              
  166 W.Fulton St.       VOICE    (518) 773-2697                    
  Gloversville                                                      
  NY, 12078              1972 Ser III 88 Petrol (Fern)       

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