Re: SER1 Land Rover family tree update

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> I don't know that Land Rover ever called them "pick ups" and after all 
> the
> seminal vehicle of that type anywhere in the world was the 1936 Ford
> Australia "Utility" and in Australia Land Rovers of that type are 
> always
> called "Utes".
>
> So to acknowledge some history I and most other Aussies would be happy 
> with
> the term 107" and 109" Utes.  (Even the 86" and 88" are called Utes 
> when
> fitted with a truck cab)
>


Ute is not a term that has ever seen use in the UK.  Land Rover 107" 
Pick-ups were officially designated "Pick Up Truck" to distinguish them 
from the Station Wagon.  Not sure this was ever applied (except 
retrospectively ) to earlier models by Land Rover, though I have a 
feeling that 86" were termed this way on the Station Wagon was 
available

For an example of correct official use in a Land Rover advert see 
page1.jpg of 1955 Land Rover  Pick up truck brochure in the documents 
section of the garage.

assuming you are logged into the garage http://tinyurl.com/aly43 should 
work

Jon


> Cheers  :-)))
> Diana
>
> P.S. Real men drive a ute!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeremy Brooks" <jh_brooks@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:37 AM
> Subject: RE: SER1 Land Rover family tree update
>
>
> Hi Francesc,
>
> nice work but I think you should change the caption  from 109" PickUp 
> to to
> 107" Pick up, since the prototype was 107" and the producion vehicles 
> were
> 107" from 1954 to 1957.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeremy
>
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Jon Hutchings
NSMS Systems Administrator
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