Re: SER1 Work Shop Manual Downloads

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On 29 Sep 2005, at 13:34, Tom Wykes wrote:

> It would be lovely to see the "series" re-manufactured. Trouble is  
> they would never pass any of today's laws governing new cars. It  
> would be interesting to compile a list of what they would and  
> wouldn't pass.

It is a lovely idea: i detest the school run barges that Land Rover  
build now. They've travelled from elegant simplicity to the worst  
kind of bloated excess. No car should weigh nearly 3 tons.

I'd love to see a stripped-down workhorse that does what's needed and  
nothing else, but if they just modernise the series one for the  
benefit of sentimentalists like me it would be a redundant nostalgia  
project. If they want to recapture the spirit of the original land  
rover they should build something brand new, utterly simple and  
suddenly, startlingly useful.

Some of the original requirements would still apply - it should be  
mendable by its users, able to run on almost anything and to travel  
across almost anything - but they should start with what's possible  
now and - for once! - aim for bold simplicity instead of bloody  
satnav-and-leather.

How about a fuel-cell 4x4 with biodiesel generator capacity, a motor  
in each big hub, an electric PTO and a modular upper that can accept  
anything from a flatbed to a 7 seater? give it two little round  
headlamps and that implacable-puppy demeanor we enjoy so much and  
you've got a winner.

i'd buy one, anyway.

best

will


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