And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's a Series 2A or later Land Rover since the headlights have been moved to the fenders. Just about every part is available for a Land Rover including replacement zinc-dipped frames. The factory offers a restoration service for a Series 1 if your pockets are very deep. https://www.landrover.com/explore-land-rover/land-rover-classic/classic-defender.html Mercedes-Benz will also restore any post WWII model as will Jaguar Rover Classic Works. Al_in_Ottawa
The Long Range Desert Patrol (predecessors of the SAS) mostly used 2-ton Ford 4WD trucks. The first LandRover prototype came out in 1946. By then the war was over; no more long range patrolling in the desert.
A few lads from some British regiment in Herefordshire circa 1968ff hasten to remind you that long range desert patrolling didn't suddenly go out of style merely because Nazis there did.
In the timeless words of Mona Lisa Vito, "It's a bullshit question." There is no boathouse at Hereford. The base is land-locked entirely, being a former RAF base.
They likely do most amphibious training at the SBS base (Joint Service Amphibious Warfare Centre) at RM Poole, on the Dorset coast, or the Army Sub Aqua Diving Centre, at Bovington, also in Dorset.
I knew it was a bullshit question when I heard it in the theatre, but Bean's character was found out because he was a bigger prat than DeNiro's character. The screenwriter always wins.
oh come on fellas! It needs part of barn around it and a tree through the engine compartment to any kind of a vehicle one can save and restore....some people say.
Curiously (for this commentariat), I am fascinated that none of the photo interpreters hereabouts have noted nor commented on the fact that this one, unlike anything fielded by HM Government, is left-hand drive (look at the location of the steering wheel!).
Unless somebody flipped the pic backwards (unlikely, as the air filter is on the correct right side, where it should be in a normal Rover engine compartment), methinks this may likelier be found somewhere west of the Mississippi, rather than east of Casablanca.
"discuss". ahh, what side do you think the Euros have steering wheels on ? Les Bleus for instance..... far more likely to be in Africa than in the Excited States.
Is it restorable to a six figure museum piece? Probably, almost all the parts are still available in the UK.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Series 2A or later Land Rover since the headlights have been moved to the fenders. Just about every part is available for a Land Rover including replacement zinc-dipped frames. The factory offers a restoration service for a Series 1 if your pockets are very deep.
Deletehttps://www.landrover.com/explore-land-rover/land-rover-classic/classic-defender.html
Mercedes-Benz will also restore any post WWII model as will Jaguar Rover Classic Works.
Al_in_Ottawa
It is a 2A, you can tell it's a 2 series by the windscreen hinges. The 2A had the headlights in the wings, the 2 had them in the grille.
DeleteIs it an early LR Defender?
ReplyDeleteWWII Long Range Desert Patrol vehicle?
ReplyDeleteThe Long Range Desert Patrol (predecessors of the SAS) mostly used 2-ton Ford 4WD trucks. The first LandRover prototype came out in 1946. By then the war was over; no more long range patrolling in the desert.
DeleteHerr Martin,
DeleteA few lads from some British regiment in Herefordshire circa 1968ff hasten to remind you that long range desert patrolling didn't suddenly go out of style merely because Nazis there did.
https://i.imgur.com/fkLGlWB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gmLBXFi.jpg
Oh yeah? What color is the boathouse at Hereford(shire)?
DeleteThe Pink Panther Rover. I'd love to have one.
Delete@Anon 5:40,
DeleteIn the timeless words of Mona Lisa Vito, "It's a bullshit question."
There is no boathouse at Hereford.
The base is land-locked entirely, being a former RAF base.
They likely do most amphibious training at the SBS base (Joint Service Amphibious Warfare Centre) at RM Poole, on the Dorset coast, or the Army Sub Aqua Diving Centre, at Bovington, also in Dorset.
I knew it was a bullshit question when I heard it in the theatre, but Bean's character was found out because he was a bigger prat than DeNiro's character. The screenwriter always wins.
The corrosion makes me thinks these sand dunes are right at the sea. Also no low ballers, I know what I got.
ReplyDeleteEither that or the ever present sand blasting.
DeleteOr an Imperial stormtrooper sitting astride a Bantha in the background.
ReplyDeleteThe Rat Patrol with Christoper George, anyone remember.
ReplyDeleteA staple of my after school childhood. That and Hogans Heroes.
Deleteoh come on fellas! It needs part of barn around it and a tree through the engine compartment to any kind of a vehicle one can save and restore....some people say.
ReplyDeleteCuriously (for this commentariat), I am fascinated that none of the photo interpreters hereabouts have noted nor commented on the fact that this one, unlike anything fielded by HM Government, is left-hand drive (look at the location of the steering wheel!).
ReplyDeleteUnless somebody flipped the pic backwards (unlikely, as the air filter is on the correct right side, where it should be in a normal Rover engine compartment), methinks this may likelier be found somewhere west of the Mississippi, rather than east of Casablanca.
Just spitballing.
Discuss.
"discuss". ahh, what side do you think the Euros have steering wheels on ?
DeleteLes Bleus for instance..... far more likely to be in Africa than in the Excited States.