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From: Spenny@aol.com
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 11:48:03 -0500
Subject: Re: Wheels/Paint color schemes

Phil asks about wheel color, and since i am getting close to painting, i have
some questions.

First I should explain about my rover-the PO painted it black, originally it
was poppy red (the interior still is)
the roof is still limestone, but the sides are maroon primer.

I am going to paint it poppy red, but am unsure what bits to paint what color

so here are my questions
1st, - there is no white, only limestone, Correct?
2nd, - wheels are always painted limestone except for SVOs?
3rd, - door tops are body colour?
4th, - Rear door gets painted body colour?

5th - window side-panels get painted limestone or body colour?

if this is any help it is an export LHD Late IIA 1969 SWB

Rgds...
Spenny

Spencer K. C. Norcross                               Spenny@aol.com
Haverhill, Mass. USA
508-373-1788 (W)                                508-521-4093 (H)
508-521-1380 (FAX)
===--===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===--===
1969 IIA SWB - The Wayback Machine
Now with most of the Federally requred electrics!

Land Rovers on the Information Superhighway!
What will they think of next!

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Subject: Re: LRNA LURKER 
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1995 15:14:04 -0700
From: Benjamin Allan Smith <bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil>

In message <199504032137.WAA00890@chunnel.uk.stratus.com>you wrote:
> when someone posted that they had a new domain registered
> i checked it out.  They're a uunet customer but they
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 6 lines)]
> haven't brought up a host yet - mail to landrover.com
> bounces.

	I checked last week and got the same answer.  rs.internic.net had 
the domain name, but no IP (that's issued by another organization.)
I just checked and they have an IP number.  It looks like thay have the
C class subnet 204.253.87.*.  A broadcast ping, however, brings back nothing,
so it appears that they don't have a machine that handles icmp traffic up
yet.

	Here's the internic info (and I think the update date is really
3 April 95 not 3 Mar)

gopher: (rs.internic.net) InterNIC Registration Services ->
        InterNIC Registration Archives -> pub -> rwhois
anonymous ftp: (rs.internic.net) /pub/rwhois
Cmdinter Ver 1.3 Mon Apr  3 18:02:30 1995 EST
[xterms] InterNIC > whois landrover
Connecting to the rs Database . . . . . .
Connected to the rs Database
Land Rover North America Inc. (NET-LANDROVER)
   4390 Parliament Place
   Lanham, MD 20706
   US
 
   Netname: LANDROVER
   Netnumber: 204.253.87.0
 
   Coordinator:
      Awalt, Andrew  (AA91)  postmaster@LANDROVER.COM
      (301) 731-8529
 
   Record last updated on 03-Mar-95.

-Benjamin Smith
----------------
 Science Applications International Corporation
 Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake
 bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil
 1972 Land Rover Series III 88

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From: rpeng@cadev6.intel.com
Subject: re: D-90 destroys tire
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 95 16:16:11 PDT

If you're interested in getting some new BF Goodrich tires,
the Super Shops are having a tire-sale. I got four 30 inch Radial 
All-Terrains at just $80 each. Currently they probably have the
best prices around on BFG's.

I am not affiliated with the Super Shops in any way, just a customer.

-- 
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Roger Peng                                     (408)765-7863
Intel Corporation
Design Technology, Physical CAD
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 09:57:58 +1000
From: Lloyd Allison <lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au>
Subject: films

This is the film list I have collected to date

see:
<A HREF="http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/">Land-Rover</A>
(look under films or try the contents page)
additions, corrections and extra details welcome.
btw. anyone interested in films should visit the Cardiff movie database
http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/

I have a challenge for the collective might of the LRO list:
how can we get a some (legal) stills or a quicktime movie excerpt of LRs in
some of the best LR films such as The Gods ..., or 4 Weddings and a Funeral ?

Lloyd
Dept. of Computer Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, AUSTRALIA
tel: 61 3 905 5205       fax: 61 3 905 5146       email: lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au

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%T An Angel at My Table
%D 1990
%K Angel at my table, film, movie, Frame, Land-Rover
%X Look fast, real fast, and you'll see backlit shot of L-R as N.Z.
   writer Janet Frame character narrates journey segue.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Clarence The Cross-Eyed Lion.
%D 1965
%K Clarence, Disney(?), film, movie, Land-Rover, ST
%X ...my favourite scene has Clarence driving an open-top S1 or S2
   through a couple's safari campsite. The wife exclaims `wasn't that a lion
   driving a jeep?' and the husband says `It was a Land-Rover actually.'
   - Michael Loiodice  landrover@delphi.com  2/95

%T Cliffhanger.
%D 1993
%K Cliff hanger, cliff hanger, film, movie, Stallone, Sly, LWB, Land-Rover
%X Sylvester Stallone drives a 109
   - David Brown (debrown@srp.gov) [3/'95]

%T Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
%D 1977
%K Close Encounters, Land-Rover, film, movie
%X Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 23:25:37 -0500 (EST)
   Another movie - in the opening scenes of "Close Encounters" there is a shot
   of a Rover driving through some sort of sandstorm...
   - Mike   From: LANDROVER@delphi.com

%T Crack In The World
%D 1965
%K Crack, world, film, movie, Land-Rover
%X Date: 02 Feb 95 08:51:30 EST
    ...  Crack in the World (which is also loaded with Land Rovers) ...
   - R. Pierce Reid    From: Pierce Reid (70004.4011@compuserve.com)

%T Cry Freedom
%D 1987
%K Cry Freedom, film, movie, South Africa, SA, Land-Rover, SA
%X Movie about South Africa featured S.A. police using various models
   of L-R as squad vehicles and paddy wagons.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Darling Buds of May
%D 1993 ?
%K Darling buds of May, TV, series, UK, Land-Rover
%X UK TV series, once featured a pristine S1
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Dr. No
%D 1962
%K Doctor No, Dr., James Bond, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress,
   film, movie, Land-Rover
%X First James Bond movie featured tricked-up L-R as flamethrower
   equipped "dragon." [LA: always wondered what was under that.]
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Dr. Who
%D 1960's 1970's
%K Doctor Who, Dr., UK, TV, series, science fiction, SciFi,
   time travel, Land-Rover
%X misc' LRs esp' for `Unit' elite (?) military squad.

%T The Dogs of War.
%D 1980
%K Dogs of War, film, movie, Land-Rover
%X I caught bits and pieces of THE DOGS OF WAR with Cristopher Walken
   while surfing the TV last night.  Old Landys everywhere, although the line
   `Your Jeep is waiting, sir' pops up from time to time.  They must have
   corraled every Land Rover in Costa Rica when they shot this thing.
   From: Sanna@aol.com  [3/95]

%T Dry White Season
%D 1989
%K Cry Freedom, film, movie, South Africa, SA, Land-Rover, SA
%X Movie about South Africa featured S.A. police using various models
   of L-R as squad vehicles and paddy wagons.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Four Weddings and a Funeral.
%D 1994
%K Four, film, movie, UK, Grant, MacDowell, comedy, funny,
   Land-Rover, S2, SWB, HT, 110, SW
%X Features a series 2 or 2A SWB HT, especially in the opening minutes (great
   dialogue too). Also a glimpse of a 110 Station-Wagon at one of the weddings.
   *****

%T FX
%D mid 1980's ?
%K FX, film, movie, Brown, Dennehy, Range Rover, RR
%X Brian Brown, Brian Dennehy drive off in white Range Rover in final shot.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T The Gods Must be Crazy.
%D 1980
%K Gods, God, film, movie, comedy, Africa, Land-Rover, S1, SWB
%X S1 SWB (the anti-christ) should have won an Oscar for best leading vehicle.
   Highlights - the broken hand-brake sequence, LR winching itself up a tree,
   the bushman driving the LR in reverse.
   *****

%T Heart-Beat
%D 1993-
%K Heart Beat, TV, UK, Yorkshire, series, Land-Rover S1, S2
%X UK TV series about a policeman and his doctor wife in rural Yorkshire.
   Features several S1s and S2s, not to mention the barmaid's bubble car.

%T Ice Cold in Alex
%D 1959
%K Ice Cold in Alex, film, movie, Mills, Sims, blunder, mistake, Land-Rover
%X Great war drama, British, stars John Mills, Sylvia Sims. Set in WWII,
   but closing shot catches L-R parked on sidestreet!
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]
   [LA: 1st production LR in 1948!]

%T Killer Force
%D 1975
%K killer force, film, movie, Fonda, Savalas, Lee, Adams, war,
   Land-Rover, S3, LWB
%X Peter Fonda, Telly Savalas, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams,
   S2 and S3 LWBs, lots of LR action
   -- John R. Benham  benham@wfoclan.usbm.gov  1/95

%T Lethal Ninja
%D ?
%K Lethal Ninja, film, movie, S3, SWB, LWB, SW, Land-Rover
%X set in Africa: ninja in back of 109 gives guy the
   death grip; 2 blown up LRs 88 and 109; S3 109 SW (heroes')
   - Morgan Hannaford (morgan@nature.Berkeley.edu) [3/95]
   (who is embarassed for having watched this one)

%T The Living Daylights.
%D 1987
%K Living, James Bond, 007, film, movie, Dalton, d'Abo, adventure,
   Land-Rover, S3, SWB, ST
%X In the opening sequence 007 battles an enemy agent on and in an army
   S3 SWB ST on Gibraltar. The vehicle plunges over a cliff killing the enemy
   while 007 bails out, to a happy landing, with the aid of a parachute.
   Near the end of the film, the Russian army in Afghanistan seems to
   have mysteriously acquired at least one S3 LWB.
   The regulation Aston-Martin is also featured and
   the vodka martini is `shaken not stirred'.
      James Bond 007  Timothy Dalton
      Kara Milovy     Maryam d'Abo
      Producers       A. R. Broccoli and ?
      Director        John Glenn
   ***

%T The Man With The Golden Gun.
%D 1974
%K Man, golden gun, film, movie, Moore, Land-Rover, S2, S2A, LWB
%X Hong Kong police arrive at a murder scene in a nice S2/S2A 109
   with a tropical roof and police paint scheme
   - Jimmy Patrick  jimmyp@cksp.demon.co.uk  1/95

%T Mogambo
%D ?
%K Mogambo, Gable, S1, movie, film, Africa, Land-Rover
%X The local PBS station ran "Mogambo" a couple times in the last week or 
   so.  I was surprised to see Ol' Clark at the wheel of what must've 
   been a fairly new Series I, all the while stealing the wife of the 
   hapless Brit he was escorting into deepest darkest Africa.
   Could this have been the earliest L-R appearance in a major picture?
   - Hank Lapa (hlapa@Zeus.signalcorp.com)  [4/'95]

%T Mountain Rescue
%D 1994 ?
%K mountain rescue, TV, USA, Land-Rover, S3
%X recent adventure show pilot had Robert Conrad driving a super equipped S3
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Orca
%D 1977
%K Orca, film, movie, Charlotte Rampling, Derek, Land-Rover
%X - Roger Sinasohn   sinasohn@crl.com  1/95
   Cast includes Charlotte Rampling (owns the L-R) and Bo Derek
   - T.F.Mills  tomills@du.edu

%T Outbreak
%D 1995
%K Outbreak, film, movie, LWB, Land-Rover
%X In the opening scenes you see some mercenaries driving a topless 3 door
   (?) 109 driving away from the camera in the background.  I few minutes
   later they have a fuel air explosion and you see the shock wave hit the
   side of a SII/SIIA Land Rover (the front of the LR is facing the camera).
   The nice thing is that the scene is 1967 and they actually had a period
   Land Rover.  Very  refreshing.   
   I found the rest of the movie entertaining and would watch it again.
   - Benjamin Allan Smith (bens@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us) [3/'95]

%T The Passenger
%D 1975
%K Passenger, film, movie, S3, SIII, SW, Land-Rover
%X directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
   I saw a blue S3 SW bogged in sand -
   in short clip shown at the '95 Academy Awards - LA.

%T Patriot Games.
%D 1992
%K Patriot games, film, movie, Clancy, Belfast,
   Land-Rover, Defender, D110, 110, 127, army, military, armoured
%X In case noone else caught it... There is an awesome-looking black
   110 (or 127) armored car in Tom Clancy's patriot games.  Great shot
   of it sitting next to a checkpoint in Belfast.  FYI, it appears that
   all the Clancy Movies feature Land Rovers "somewhere" in them.
   From: Pierce Reid (70004.4011@compuserve.com)  [2/'95]

%T Peter's Friends
%D 1992
%K Peter's friends, film, movie, Fry, Branagh, Brannagh, Emma Thompson, Laurie,
   Land-Rover, S2A, LWB, SW
%X Near beginning some of Peter's friends (stars Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh.
   Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie.) are driven to his stately home in an immaculate
   SerIIA 109 SW.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T The Player
%D 1992
%K Player, film, movie, Altman, Robbins, Land-Rover, Range Rover, RR, Robbins
%X Tim Robbins Hollywood mogul character drives black Range Rover.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Point Break
%D 1991
%K point break, film, movie, Reeves, Land-Rover, S2A, SW, surf, SWB
%X Surfers have what looks like SEr.IIA SW on beach in night surfing scene.  In
   final sequence, set in Australia, Keanu Reeves drives canvastop IIA 88, RHD.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Revenge of the Pink Panther
%D 1978
%K Revenge, film, movie, comedy, Land-Rover, SWB, HT
%X Date: 30 Jan 95 08:29:01 EST
   From: Pierce Reid (70004.4011@compuserve.com)
   In "Revenge of the Pink Panther", there is a Portuguese-built 88 hardtop
   visible for a few seconds at a border crossing.

%T Romancing The Stone.
%D 1980 's
%K Romancing, film, movie, Douglas, Turner, adventure, Land-Rover, S2, SWB
%X Near the beginning, Michael Douglas' Land-Rover is written off
   by the bus carrying Kathleen Turner.
   ***

%T Roxanne
%D 1987
%K Roxanne, film, movie, Martin, Schepsi, Hannah, comedy, romance, Land-Rover
%X Based on Edmond Rostand's romantic tragi-comedy, Cyrano de Bergerac.
   Director - Fred Schepsi
   Steve Martin - C. D. Bales, fire chief, large(!) nose
   Daryl Hannah - Roxanne, astronomer
   SM woos DH for a hunk (friend) at the fire station but gets her in the end.
   Set in an off-season Washington state ski resort,
   the film was shot in Nelson B.C.
   SM's character owns a Land-Rover
   (I have only ever seen the last part, does he drive it?)
   ***

%T Shark aka Maneater
%D 1969
%K Shark, film, movie, Reynolds, Land-Rover, S2A
%X Opening scenes of Burt Reynolds action turkey have gunrunner Burt dodging
   Arab-type military police by chucking dynamite in front of their
   SerIIA so it runs into rocks.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Sheena
%D 1984
%K Sheena, film, movie, Roberts, Range Rover, RR, Land-Rover, LR, S3
%X Good guys drive white Range Rover in early scenes. Bad guys have Ser.III
   in their convoy, also stars Tanya Roberts wearing skimpy costume.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]
   [LA: is this the movie where it is demonstrated that the weight of
   a grown Lion sitting on a RR roof will bend it ?!]

%T Simba
%D 1955 +-
%K simba, film, movie, Africa, Land-Rover, S1, SWB, ST
%X old British technicolour movie,
   action feature to do with the Mau-Mau uprising in colonial Kenya.
   Many S1s -- at one stage a lion jumps into an open SWB to say
   howzit to the hero ... and gets a knife in its ribs ...
   - Keith Coman  bakc@giraffe.ru.ac.za   1/95

%T 633 Squadron
%D ?
%K Six Three Three Squadron, 633, war, film, movie, blooper, England, Land-Rover
%X In the film '633 Squadron', Land Rovers can be seen during the closing 
   sequence.  Since this is set in the '39-'45 war (some 3 years before the 
   things were invented!) I think this must the earliest sighting...
   - Martin Richards (mr@datcon.co.uk) [4/'95]

%T Stand By Me.
%D 1986
%K Stand, film, movie, King, Land-Rover, LWB, SW
%X Date: 30 Jan 95 08:29:01 EST
   In Stephen King's "Stand By Me" there is a gorgeous 109 safari featured in
   both the beginning and the end of the movie.
   - From: Pierce Reid (70004.4011@compuserve.com)

%T The Ugly American
%D 1963
%K ugly american, Brando, Land-Rover, S2, LWB, film, movie
%X The Ugly American (1963) Stars Marlon Brando. Nice title sequence has
   Ser.II travelling to jungle road construction site. It later appears in
   scenes at mission school. During later montage, SerII 109 PU is ambushed
   by guerrillas and piles into ditch. Guerrillas also have topless SerII in
   their convoy, along with what I believe are called "jeeps."
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Watcher in the Woods.
%D 1980
%K Watcher in the woods, film, movie, Lynn Holly Johnston,
   Land-Rover, S2A, LWB, PU
%X About middle of movie, farm lad drives heroine (Lynn-Holly Johnston)
   home in a light blue SerIIA 109 pickup with bubbletop cab and deluxe bonnet.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T Wild Geese II
%D 1985
%K Wild geese two, film, movie, Olivier, Land-Rover, LW
%X Turkey actioner has mercenaries in Berlin who impersonate British provost
   officers to kidnap Rudolph Hess (Laurence Olivier!) using military
   lightweight L-Rs.
   From: Mark Perry (email: rxq281@winnie.freenet.mb.ca)  [2/'95]

%T On Wings of Eagles
%D 1986
%K Wings of eagles, film, movie, Perot, Burt Lancaster, Land-Rover
%X Ross Perot's rescue of his employees from Iran during the revolution.
   Burt Lancaster in lead role.  (Range Rovers used in real life.)
   - Granville Pool  mcdpw@pacific.pacific.net

%T Wolf
%D 1994
%K Wolf, film, movie, Pfeiffer, Nicholson, were wolf, werewolf, Range Rover, RR
%X Michelle Pfeiffer drives a Range Rover and is a werewolf
   - Sanna@aol.com [3/'95]

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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 01:18:35 -0600 (CST)
From: "S.Vels Christensen" <velssvch@inet.uni-c.dk>
Subject: Charge Probs (yet another)

Hi

Today i had to submit myself to public transportation. Lawrence refused
to start. The problem is a flat battery. What puzzles me is that the charge
bulb is always on when starting and goes out immediately when the engine
turns. So it must be charging i guess. I couldn't even crankstart it. I
checked for water where there's not supposed to be any. All OK. I could also
get a spark on the thin coil/distributor wire with the key in ignition.

I believe i have quite a good understanding about how the electrics works.
And everything seems to be ok. Could it just be a defect battery? It's not
quite new but its an expensive and well kept Volvo battery. Not an off the
shelf 20pounds supermarket type of Ducellier. The fluid level seems to be
ok.

Any clues appreciated. I'll have to take the bus when i go home from work
on thursday. Sympathy also appreciated. Thanks.

sv/aurens (more or less)

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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 22:07:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Francis J. Twarog" <ftwarog@moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: LRNA Reps

Roy Caldwell stated on yesterday's lro-digest that there was a LRNA rep 
roaming the list and assured us all that he/she was making note of our 
comments.  Well, here goes...
1. Will the Def. 90 be available for 1996? - If not, what legislation 
changes make it unavailable to the US?
2. Will there ever be spare aluminum hardtop parts available to the 
general public - specifically the pieces that mount to the tailgate lid 
allowing for it to be raised by hydralics?  I'd like to purchase a set 
for my IIA's tailgate lid (the rods are definitely tedious).
3. Will I be able to get retro-fit doorpockets and the pieces that make 
the driver/passenger doors stay open for my '94 Def. 90?
4. Is there any conceivable way to get an aluminum hardtop kit through 
LRNA - esp. the different type elbow pieces that attach the front section of 
the safari cage to the hardtop itself?  (I would be planning to remove the 
rest of the cage during the months that the top was on)

If said rep were willing to respond to my questions directly (in 
order to save face on the digest) I would greatly, GREATLY appreciate it.
Thanks very much
Frank Twarog
Vermont, USA

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From: JFisk1120@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 22:57:10 -0400
Subject: Toronto here I come!

I have a business meeting in Toronto this Saturday the 8th, arriving mid-day
and then departing on Wednesday the 12th.

If you know of any Rover activities in this area while I am there, please
email me direct.  Also I would like to visit the Rover dealership in
Toronto...and do they have one of the new "Adventure Rover Wear" boutiques
(this question from my wife of course)?

Thank you for assistance in this matter.  I would enjoy meeting any Rovers in
the area.

J. Howard Fisk
Springfield, Missouri

1964 Series IIA 88"
1970 Series IIA 109"
1991 Ranger Rover

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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 08:22:06 +0200
From: vortex@worldaccess.nl (Bert Palte)
Subject: Terje's Speedo problem - Part One

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