Sunday 8 January 2012

Land rover



There are still mushrooms about
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The apple tree in the garden of plas cae crown old peoples home.

On my walk to Lidle's store today  I saw this old land rover  in the car park of Pavilion court,  its a shame really  as the registration alone is worth a few pounds,  land rover is  also  a welsh thoroughbred,



the registration of the vehicle is worth quite a lot of money,
The design for the original Land Rover vehicle was started in 1947 by Maurice Wilks, chief designer at the Rover Company, on his farm in Newborough, Anglesey.
This particular example is the 88" 2.0 litre petrol. Very similar to the previous 86" but stretched by 2" to accommodate a new diesel engine. It was produced for a very short time and is the last of the 'Series I' vehicles before the introduction of the Series II in 1958. Many enthusiasts you speak too might not even know that there was an 88" Series I.
All of that extra 2" was added in front of the bulkhead. Behind the bulkhead it was largely unchanged from the previous 86"
Anything of this vintage is going to need careful maintenance and lots of TLC unless you're lucky enough to find a fully restored or original vehicle,

1 comment:

  1. Do you eat those hot peppers? Will have to show the Rover post to Mike. Anything cars interests him.

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