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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superseded by the Association of Rover Clubs.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" shot. |
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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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