Re: LRO: Series IIa on a Defender chassis?

From: Jim Hall (jimfoo@qwest.net)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 18:46:07 EDT

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    The 110's wheelbase is 110", so states my ninety & one ten sales
    brochure(pre-defender).

    Peter Ogilvie wrote:
    >
    > It would appear that the names of the replacements for the Series III Rovers
    > was marketing, not reality, driven. Since the Defender Name hadn't been
    > attached yet, they needed a way to differentiat between the new trucks,
    > which should have been called the Series IVs, and the Series IIIs. Looks
    > like ersatz wheelbase numbers were the way they did it. the 93" wheelbase
    > became the 90 'cause it sounded better than a 93. No one has definitively
    > stated that the 110 is actually a 110" wheel base.

    -- 
    Jim Hall
    1966 88" Elephant Chaser
    http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo
    "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling 
    with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
    



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