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Ya cant fix stupid!! Just bought my first land rover
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:04 am
by robertstr
That was a direct quote from the wife....god bless...
Any way I just bought an x army 109 stage one from NZ on Ebay, should arrive in Florida in about 55 days or so. Still cant believe i did it, but drove em in Africa and sorta loved em from that point on.
I know jack about em cept they need special love and attention, like most British cars I grew up around, dad always had vintage jags around.
Anyway, was dam glad to see an entire forum about this version, so will be sucking a lot of info, and asking a ton of noob questions so bear with me.
Cheers Everybody
Robert
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:43 am
by disco2hse
Hi. Welcome.
Great to see them spreading themselves around. Not too sure about that colour scheme, I think you'd want to repaint it with some decent colour.
Anyway, some info about yours:
Make: LANDROVER
Model: 109"V8
Year: 1985
Main colour: Green
VIN: SALLBCAV1AF562111
Plate: MM985
Plate type: Standard
Engine no: 10G09993
Date of registration: 1986, January 16th
Latest odometer reading: 16,503 Km (more likely 116503km or 72392 miles)
I assume you have the tilt?
Wow
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:48 am
by robertstr
Hmm, how the heck did you know that? I did know half of it,
and whats a tilt? The title?..if so, I have no idea
Thanks for the info though!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:18 pm
by firemanshort
Robert -
"Tilt" is non-American speak for the soft top canvas.
That is a real looker. I really like that fact that you got the seat belt bar - those are non-standard on civilian models and slightly tricky to find or buy here in the US.
Disco2hse was using the registration (license plate) numbers and referencing the military database. The army rovers have a lot of good documented history available to those that know where to look.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:04 pm
by Greenmobile
Hello,
Welcome to the club!
If the NZ military are anything like the British, that paint will be more than a few layers thick...(if it's not moving, paint it!).
Thanks!!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:32 pm
by robertstr
Yeah i suspect that paint goes hmmm, more than skin deep, but since i realy actually like the look of her, I will only mod as i like, but the look will stay pretty much the same. (I say that now)
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:31 am
by noexitroad
good on ya mate. i bought mine a few years ago and it has been a bit of a money pit ever since. but i have nearly got it the way i want it, actually it will never really be finished because thats the way they are. as for your landy.
they are slow and noisy, but thats the british for you.
just kidding.
god save the queen..........