They used to do odd ball, tongue in cheek, tests occasionally. Seem to
remember a steam engine (train) test or the like. Of course a Series was a
state of the art 4x4 so they may have just been trying to cover all the
bases. Those were back in the days of Payola, who knows, Rover may have
bribed the editor with wine, women, or money to get the truck reveiwed.
Find it funny people would buy a series truck to tow something. It would be
fine for towing a boat up a launch ramp. A top speed of 35mph
in 3rd gear, with the trailer on behind, hardly seems a useful highway tow
vehicle, however. Only thing I've towed is a 109 regular behind my 88 but
it would barely do 45mph on level ground in 4th gear. Couldn't see towing
anything very far in that situation. Europeans must have been really hard
up to HAVE to use a series to tow anything of reasonable size.
Aloha
Peter O.
>From: Keith Tanner <keith@miata.net>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: lro@Works.Team.Net
>Subject: Re: LRO: Land Rover Price in 1959?
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:35:05 -0400
>
>
>> > Sports Car Illustrated, 1961
>> > 109 Station Wagon: $3880 (West Coast)
>>
>>A 109" listed in Sports Car Illustrated, musta bin a typo :-{>}
>
>Funny, isn't it? They did a one-page writeup of the SII in 1958 (no prices
>mentioned) plus this test of the 109. Different kind of Sports than usual!
>
>Keith
>
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