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One time I visited a military surplus dealer in the South of France and they had Hotchkiss Jeeps for £1200 and Unimogs (the early version with canvas roof) for under £3000.
Many years ago I'd imagine sadly.One time I visited a military surplus dealer in the South of France and they had Hotchkiss Jeeps for £1200 and Unimogs (the early version with canvas roof) for under £3000.
I'll take a can of petrol
90 minutes considerably closer and it's French registered.fly to Spain/Portugal for ur hols and buy a Toyota.....then drive it Home.....easy....
Dont go to Greece they are twice the price......
Don't forget the matches.......
Ok, I’ve had numerous Land Rovers including a cummins powered 110, a V8 110, a TD5 110, a very early 2.25 petrol 110, god knows how many discoveries and rangies. The thing with Deafeners is....
They will break your back, make you deaf and smash your elbow.
Mechanically it is simple enough, although time consuming, to rebuild them on a galv chassis. But it will still break your back, make you deaf and smash your elbow. It will also cost more than the most acrimonious divorce on record.
Resale values are mental, bordering on the altogether loony bin level but all that proves is there are a lot of people with no common sense. Most of them are deaf and crippled by the way, and they have absolutely no idea of the value of money.
Then you get to all the bolt on tat to make them look like they were covered in superglue and driven through Halfords. Expensive tat at that, which of course is not obvious to the afflicted. Perhaps this is because their brains have been shaken as badly as their spines, who knows. And all that tat is tantamount to rolling a turd in glitter.
But hey, if you want to be a deaf version of Quazimodo then who am I to argue?
Best advice. Run, run for the hills, run fast and run long. I wouldn’t have another one if it was free. But that’s me.
Unfortunately. Probably 15 years ago - on the way back from Spain in my SWB SIIA Land Rover towing a car transporter with an Ebro Jeep on boardMany years ago I'd imagine sadly.
I WAS a big fan as besides the 5 x Series, and Defender also had 2 x Disco and 3 x Range Rover Classic including a 1972 two door. In the end got fed up of the need for replacement chassis, alloy corrosion and constant attention.Not a fan then?
I've just let Mrs Barking Mat read through this post and when she got to the above line, steam started pouring from her ears and well I can't repeat what she said on this forum verbatim.yep ,, thats do able ,, but seriously re read my post ,, buy in haste ,, repent at leisure.
If you have a '' need'' for a land rover , use your volvo .
You really have to appreciate it wont drive like the volvo , especially in the winter , you need wellingtons for the leaks , the only saving grace is that the water that leaks in will run out of the holes in a land rover ,
Ill not write more as Im starting to sound biased ,, but make sure her indoors gets to do the driving on a test drive , including a bit of reversing and a 3 point turn .
Fancy a week's holiday in Brittany, ha, ha, ha...4 of us changed a 110 chassis over a few weeks
the next one was done in 3 days drive in drive out
I would not want to be doing it full time,
I've just let Mrs Barking Mat read through this post and when she got to the above line, steam started pouring from her ears and well I can't repeat what she said on this forum verbatim.
we drove round Morocco, some years ago in one of these...
View attachment 252734Basically the French military equivalent.
Yeah, she knows what's she's doing. Power steering, so over rated...
Heater, what heater?thats total luxury compared to a 110.
she will need the steam coming out of her ears to keep warm in the winter as the heater wont work well enough to stay warm
trouble is the windows will mist up from the staem , and only the draughts from the ill fitting doors will clear them , as the blower wont.
Heater, what heater?
Heated windscreen and aircon and heated seats on mine as standard....heated seats and heated screen quite an easy retrofit. Though I also fitted a side vent kit so the blower clears the drivers and passengers windows. Every challenge has a solutionthats total luxury compared to a 110.
she will need the steam coming out of her ears to keep warm in the winter as the heater wont work well enough to stay warm
trouble is the windows will mist up from the staem , and only the draughts from the ill fitting doors will clear them , as the blower wont.