Re: What do you think about Land Rovers as MV's

From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 08:18:27 PST


I don't own one but would not mind a Series 109.
However looking at the Haynes manual, reading online
and getting the Rovers North catalogs you realize that
parts are not cheap, frames rust out, particularly
underpowered and Brits don't seem to like them that
much.

Rick

--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:

> At 6:16 PM -0800 2/14/06, Jack Lee wrote:
> >Anyone have any comments, good or bad, about
> ex-military Land Rovers? I thought one might be
> nice to own, but have zero experience with them.
> Had a quite a bit of "unpleasant" experience with
> Jaguars over the past years, which sort of soured me
> on British vehicles, until I bought a Ferret. Now
> that was a marvel of simplicity and ingenuity.
>
> I can't say that I have any experience with them
> other than in passing, but a Land Rover 101" Forward
> Control has been on my short list of Post War MVs
> for some time. I can't decide between the artillery
> tractor version with the break down sides or an
> ambulance or command/wireless version.
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