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Neals' Land Rover pages
We
have owned Land Rovers since 1973.
This is a bit of our history.
These
are scans of rather poor quality black and white photos -
all were originally taken between 1974 and 1978.
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Around 1976. This is in a car
park at Keele University. The vehicle went
through a number of reincarnations - at this
point you'll see it had a truck cab on it, and
nothing over the back. Later it had a tilt over
the load area. On the roof is Lucy, who later
became a flatmate. I'm not sure why she was on
the roof, but it made a nice pic! The badge on
the nearside front is from the Brackland Land
Rover Club - I was a member for some years (they
still exisit - http://www.brecklandlrc.co.uk/).
The one in te middle is the Rover Owners'
Association who had a brilliant rally every year.
They don't exist any more but were superseded by
the Association of Rover Clubs.
The horm below the nearside headlamp was from
a scrapyard and was VERY loud!
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Probably 1978. The obligatory
"Land-Rover-on-hill" shot. I'm not sure
where this was or who took it, but at a guess it
was around Stoke on Trent somewhere. Obviously
the truck cab has been left behind - we used to
have long hot Summers in those days! The girl
is Jane - again she became a flatmate then we
lost touch.
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I think this was about 1974 -
this is the "Land Rover down a quarry"
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1975. This got a laugh or two. I
overhauled the engine, doing a full top and
bottom end overhaul including regrind od the
crackshaft and rebore. However, it was very, very
tight when I'd finished, and during the running
in period, when it got hot it seized until it
cooled down a bit. The bike in the back was just
in case it didn't unseize, and the notice was to
apologise for the slowness of the vehicle. It
read "I have a tight bid end. Running in.
Max 30 MPH SORRY". It kept everyone happy.
After 150 miles or so, it was fine, by the way. The
caravan in the backgraound actually belonged to
my grandmother. A mate and I towed it to
Southport and the Lake District for a great
holiday just before University.
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