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Neals' Vehicle pages
As well as
our 'normal family cars'
(a BMW X3 2.0d and a BMW 118d, for those sad enough to be
interested),
we have two Land Rovers:
We have owned Land Rovers since 1973.
This is a bit of our history:
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1973 - 1983
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Series 1 80"
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This was Ian's first vehicle, which he got when he was
16 as a 'non-runner'. It took him through learning to drive, then through
University. It was a 1952 80" - a real original! He bought it for
�45 from the far north of Scotland, and his poor parents had to trailer
it down - a long story that he will be happy to recount if you ask.
There are a few more pics
of the Land
Rover Series 1 here, although not
many exist!
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1993 - 2005
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Discovery
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We got this new, and ran it until Land Rover could not
supply spare parts for it any more. Only ten years - but Land Rover were
going through a rather bad period at that time - they were owned by BMW and
then Ford at the time, who really didn't understand that people might want
to keep their vehicles beyond a few years!
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1998 - 2008
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Series 3 88"
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This was a Series 3, SWB. When we bought it, it was diesel but
we put in a petrol engine. It had a galvanised chassis, cloth seats and a
GRP headlining. It had free wheeling front hubs
and overdrive, and we fitted Parabolic Springs and gas filled shock
absorbers. Lois used it every day in winter (when it's not motorcycling
weather) to get to work, and the old problems of being cut up on
roundabouts that she had in her Peugeot 205 went away! But it wasn't
powerful enough to tow our caravan. It was still a really good runner when
we sold it on eBay to buy the Defender.
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2000 -
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101 Forward control
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General
information
Service history
Military Service
history
Conversion history
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Resources
Engine swap
LPG installation
Towbar
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2008 -
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Defender 90 Station Wagon
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And we used to have
two motorcycles, but we're too old for those now!!!
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Honda NT650V Deauville
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The Deauville is there for Ian to pose on - he was that
age, you know!
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Honda CB600 Hornet
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This is Lois on her bike.
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