Re: RE: SER1 OT: Remanufactured Landys

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Poppycock !

Although infinately better than the Series 111,they
were not the best Land Rovers ever made !

The best Land Rovers were made in the Fifties ,compare
the thickness of the chassis steel and the quality of
the chrome swivels ,well made doors and fittings and
genuine pride in workmanship - don't yer know !

The obese styling of the series 2 was also a
retrograde step - by gad !

Your servant 
Maj Bunty Golightly .


--- Eighty Inch <eightyinch@xxx.xxx.xx> wrote:

> The best Land Rovers ever made were the late series
> 2a suffix d gearbox
> models with the headlamps in the mudguards
> (wings/fenders, some people
> called them Series II b)  before British Leyland
> when they lost their
> morals.
> 
> But there is something quaint and special about the
> cross eyed models!
> 
> Cheers
> Diana
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <wperrin@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:19 PM
> 
> 
> I believe Rover's North here in America will do a
> complete rebuild to
> expedition spec but an uninformed guess is that
> you'd be paying close to
> Defender prices by the time you are done.
> Wayne Perrin
> Hollis, NH
> From: "Lyndon Wortley" <LWortley@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Date: 2005/09/15 Thu AM 09:05:39 EDT
> 
> There are a number of companies based in the UK who
> refurbish S2 and S3
> landrovers but as far as I am aware they are rebuilt
> to more or less
> original spec although I guess a purchaser could
> specify their own
> overall build spec.  I do know that some companies
> rebuild with 2.5
> litre engines as standard.
> 
> Lyndon E.A. Wortley
> 
> Employment Development Officer - Compliance,
> Employment Development Division.
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> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of George E Sollish
> Sent: 15 September 2005 14:09
> 
> Just thinking out loud, but is anyone
> remanufacturing complete Series
> IIA/III's?  I was thinking expedition-ready, with
> new frames,
> alternators,
> wiring and lights, faster axles, disc brakes, etc.
> but still
> field-maintainable (no electronics in
> mission-critical functions).
> 
> I was thinking something that could be purchased by
> companies and
> institutions that wouldn't look twice at a used or
> 'restored' Landy.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> George E Sollish Chief Engineer Auto Gear Equipment
>   Project Manager The Payne Lake Project
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 



		
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