RE: [lro] Text of NY Times Article

From: Rick Grant (rickgrant@telus.net)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 15:20:30 EST

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    The one thing that grabs me about that article, apart from the ridiculous
    prices (which aren't the fault of the reporter), is the following quote. . .

    "At least 85 percent of all old Land Rovers on the road today are patched
    back together with odd parts, just like the American cars in Cuba," said
    Charles Kellog, owner of British Northwest Land Rovers in Olympia, Wash.,
    which does restorations rather than patch-ups. "They are owned by people
    who don't have a clue how beautifully and magnificently a properly turned
    out Land Rover can run."

    I just take the greatest exception to somebody characterizing Series owners
    as fist handed australopiths bodging whatever parts they can scrounge into
    a vehicle they can't appreciate.

    I don't get out as much as some but I've met a swack of Series owners and
    their vehicles and I have not seen anything to justify Mr Kellog's libel.

    I think a great follow up article would be a piece about the lunatics who
    buy Mr Kellog's (et al) vehicles.

                                             Rick Grant
                                             1959 SII 88"
                                             VORIZO

    Calgary Alberta
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