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From: "T.F. Mills" <tomills@du.edu>
Subject: LR current cite (5 in 1)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 01:32:01 -0700 (MST)

OPEN ROAD, Road & Track's seminannual 4x4 magazine, has no less than 5 
articles of interest in its Fall/Winter 1995 issue:

Lamm, John
"La Ruta Maya"
p. 22-33

Lamm, John
"Fraser Island, wherein life's a beach 75 miles long"
p. 80-84
[there's a red Disco in 6 of the 10 photos]

Bornhop, Andrew
"Range Rover 4.0 SE, more dignified than ever in an adverse world"
p. 88-93

Spell, Tim
"Camel cruise: filthy accomodations, first-class adventure"
p. 124-129
[perhaps the most comprehensive story on the Camel Trophy 94 to appear in 
print in the US]

Murray, Spence
"Of camel toes & sand traps"
p. 130-131, 134
[how to drive in sand; no mention of LR, but 2 of the 3 photos are Rovers]

 
T. F. Mills                                              tomills@du.edu
University of Denver Library  2150 E. Evans Ave.  Denver  CO 80208  USA

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From: mtalbot@interserv.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 07:56:59 -0800
Subject: Re: Red line in a Land Rover

All, 

Heck who cares, getting the thing over 55 mph is the only redline !!!! 

Mark

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From: mtalbot@interserv.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 07:57:05 -0800
Subject: Re: Wide wheels and tyres

All, 

I wnat to put 16 X 7 white spokes on my Land Rover, anyone recommend any good 
wheels and possibly tyres (TIRES) to fit on them. I was thinking BF Goodrich 
all terrain. Any used those ? Anyone have an idealy of the widest tyre that 
will fit on a 7" rim ? I was thinking 265x70 

Mark 

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From: mtalbot@interserv.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 07:56:52 -0800
Subject: Re: Common parts

All, 

Land Rover reversing lights are the same as MGB's. Also, the lamp assemblies 
are STANDARD B.L parts. Almost all B.L models from 67 to 75 should fit Land 
Rovers

Mark

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Subject: Re: equipment
From: dixon@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (dixon kenner)
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 22:19:50 -0500

Roger Sinasohn <sinasohn@crl.com> writes:

> So that means for my 4000lb 109", a 10,000lb winch would be appropriate.  Is 
> there anything bad about getting too big (strong?) a winch?  That is, would I
> be a wicked, wicked person if I got a 12,000lb winch instead?  Should I not 
> plan on being able to swap one winch between my 88" and 109"?  Thanks in 
> advance!

        Simply put, you want the biggest that you can reasonably afford.
        (Malonry, the Koenig came with the 109.  I'd rather have a Hillman)
        Your slight problem is that as the size of the winch grows, and you
        get into real winches (unlike those electric jobs) the weight rises
        quickly, they are physically attached to the engine or gearbox,
        resulting in a situation were it will not easily or happily move
        bewteen vehicles.  No matter, it makes it harder for someone
        to swipe...

        Rgds,

--
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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Date: 04 Dec 94 17:21:08 EST
From: "Stephen O'Hearn" <72700.3262@compuserve.com>
Subject: 90 Armrests / Tape vs. CD

No armrests :(

Can't rest your arm on the door top with the side windows either :(

This has caused me to keep both hands on the steering wheel more :)

This in turn has adversely affected my wave response time :(

Tape vs. CD: I'd stick with a tape player, they are cheaper, more robust,
and tapes are easier to handle while driving. Sure a changer takes care
of this but I'm not so sure one can handle an abusive environment (dust
and moisture which get everywhere). Regarding contamination of tapes I
have found that CD's aren't too tolerant of being scratched.

Wishing I was treading lightly on the Donner Summit...

Stephen O'Hearn
'94 Defender 90

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From: "Jurgen Klus" <PSJK@psy1.ssn.flinders.edu.au>
Date:          Mon, 5 Dec 1994 09:36:54 GMT-0930
Subject:       Disco height

Could a few of you Discovery owners do me a favour?
I think my Discovery is a bit low at the front.
Could you please post the distance between the very top of the front 
axle and the bottom of the rubber bump stop?
It needs to be a V8i, preferrably 3.5 ltr, 5 speed. (Although I don't 
think the 3.9 weighs any more!)
Thanks.
Jurgen Klus    Voice 618 201 2413
               Fax 618 201 3877

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From: sohearn@interserv.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 16:18:03 -0800
Subject: An Internet Wave to All

Sorry, but I couldn't help playing with my new way to
access the Internet. I hope you'll all forgive me!

Treading Lightly...

Stephen

+----------------------------------------------------+
| Stephen O'Hearn                      Land Rover    |
| '94 Defender 90                   The Best 4x4xFar |
+----------------------------------------------------+

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Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 23:17:44 -0800
From: Roger Sinasohn <sinasohn@crl.com>
Subject: Re: Electric Land-Rovers

 From Jory (>) and Granville (>>)

>>Wilde Evolutions also sent me a copy of an article, just published, from
>>Winter 1994 issue of _Electric_Car_ magazine.  It may still be on the
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 14 lines)]
>There is also a
>picture of that electric same rover (at least I think it's the same) in
>Home Power magazine last month.

I found two copies of _Electric_Car_ magazine at the magazine *kiosk* (near 
the food court) in Serramonte Shopping Center.  One is mine, the other is 
available for whoever wants it for cover cost + shipping.  

I'm *drooling*!  From the article, it sounds like they've sorta made the 
Rover a stock conversion.  Anyone know what they want for it?  (he says 
wincing in anticipation.)  If I remember rightly, Drive Electric in Sacto 
charges (I think) around $9,000 for the conversion alone. 

>I think I put ("Uncle") Roger in touch with the owner of the EV rover (he
>is also a friend of the guy I was just doing EV work for). Roger has his
>contract info, etc...
>>(no great surpize, that).  In the article is a photo of the Land-Rover

There were two addresses on the message you forwarded me...  One responded 
saying it was t'other who owned the rover;  I never heard from them.  Anyway, 
the supposed owner of the electric rover is brickard@olympus.net.

Thanks for keeping me posted!  (he says, dreaming about that engineless 88 in 
PA.)

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Uncle Roger                         "There is pleasure pure in being mad
sinasohn@crl.com                                that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California                               

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