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OLD FRIENDS AND

OLD LAND ROVERS
T “fun with old
he sunny weekend on the Welsh coast Such fun with old Land Rovers is a universal
that was the Land Rover Series One phenomenon that now encircles the globe
Club’s annual rally reaffirmed my transcending place and race. Deliberately, this Land Rovers
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for me, the whole weekend was made better
because, as well as some of the CLR team, I
was going to the rally with old friends.
Piling our camping gear into the back of EDITOR JOHN CARROLL
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Clare Westbrook met former Radio 2 traffic presenter

Lynn Bowles and her film star Land Rover
32 LOVE ISLAND
Fun with friends and old Land Rovers; a
great weekend on Anglesey with the Land
Rover Series One Club
38 A FRENCH FLUTTER
Two Frenchmen have a wager that they
can get to the Jubilé de Platiné in Forward
Controls - neither of them have one
46 SHAPE-SHIFTING
Eric Hayman visited Sri Lanka and stopped
off at an interesting Land Rover garage in
the capital Colombo.
52 BRAND LOYALTY 32
Bob Boagey’s life in Land Rovers - part one
58 ALFRED THE GREAT

Dave Neil had always wanted a classic Land Rover and
he couldn’t be more pleased with his Series III
66 THE TOWN CAR

A Land Rover which has been owned by the same family
from new and is unrestored and in incredible condition.
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38 92 CROSSING A CONTINENT
Part one of Louis Wyatt’s epic trans-Australia travels
TECH AND TOOLBOX

80 A POWER TAKE OFF SAW 80
Chris Mortimer decided he wanted to utilise his PTO by
running a log splitter from his Series II
86 MATT’S ENGINE
Part 3 of Matt Savage’s project to fit an old VW engine
into his Series One
88 RUNNING REPAIRS TO A SERIES IIA

Jim Willett introduces a friend’s 1961 IIA which needs
some repairs and re-assembly to get it back on the road
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REGULARS
12 NEWS AND VIEWS 79
Letters, news and other bits in this month’s round-up
50 CENTRESPREAD
21 EVENT LISTINGS A Series Two 109in hard-top seen at the Shackleton weekend,
Now that the kids have broken up from school, the at Sywell aerodrome April 13, 1962
summer is in full swing and there are events a-plenty to
occupy them 74 OUR LAND ROVERS
Emrys refits a 2,286cc petrol to his Series III, and John
19 BEHIND THE WHEEL - Carroll keeps us up-to-date with the magazine’s project
Hatch, match and despatch - Land Rovers are a part of Lightweight
life says Vicky Turner
79 VINTAGE ESSENTIALS
23 EVENT REVIEWS Craig Allen extols the virtue of the Vango Force 10 tent
Beaulieu, Capel, Glamis, Goodwood, Billing and a Series
2 Club meet in Yorkshire; we really have travelled the 98 LOOKING BACK
length and breadth of the UK this month 1960: Parading of The Queen’s Colour

SERIES IIA
Lynn learned to drive at an early age

- it’s a country thing - and passed her
test in a Series Land Rover

Henry Land Rover
WORDS CLARE WESTBROOK Clare Westbrook went along
PICTURES SIMON COOKE to meet former Radio 2 traffic
presenter Lynn Bowles and
her film star Land Rover
W
hen Lynn Bowles left Radio 2, Chris
Evans gave her a Series IIA as a
leaving present; but it wasn’t just any
old IIA, this one had appeared in the 2018 film
Peter Rabbit.
Lynn Bowles doesn’t usually name her cars but a
friend decided this one was a Henry, and it seems
to fit quite well with a Beatrix Potter-themed tale.
Beatrix was fiercely protective of her work and
in 1936, she refused permission for Walt Disney to
make a Peter Rabbit film. What she would have
thought of the animation by Sony Pictures has
been widely speculated upon.
There’s no doubt she would have been surprised
by the inclusion of a Land Rover as there isn’t
a vehicle of any sort in the original book (there
weren’t many around in 1893 when it was
first written).
This 1969 Series IIA is one of two Land Rovers
used in the filming. The other was used for
sequences filmed in Australia, but when the
production company needed to shoot on location
in the UK, rather than shipping it over they
approached TV and film vehicle specialist Action
99 Cars to provide a match.
Action 99 sourced a mechanically-sound vehicle
then worked from photos to match it to the
Australian Land Rover; changes included a full re-
spray, new seat covers and a host of smaller details.
The vehicle was used for filming on location in
Windermere and offered for auction in March 2018,
just one month after the film was released.
Henry on location in Windermere April 4, 2017
‘The Camel Trophy

trials were an amazing
experience and Lynn
was first reserve for
the actual event’
SERIES IIA
The third tailgate latch is a mystery; it doesn’t seem

to match the other Land Rover used in the film
‘Lynn vividly
remembers being
driven to her own
christening in a
Land Rover’
Classic and collectors’ auction house,

H&H, listed the car among 156 lots at its
Imperial War Museum Duxford auction and
the extensive pre-auction press campaign
was spotted by Chris Evans.
If you’re a Radio 2 listener, you may
remember the banter between Chris and
Lynn about the Land Rover and that he
missed the auction because he’d got the Lynn’s ‘not that struck’ by Range Rovers, Evoques
date wrong! Undeterred, Chris tracked the and the like; this is her perfect Land Rover
purchaser down and on Lynn’s last day, her
leaving card contained a set of keys. christen her until reminded by the vicar.
Chris knew Lynn loves Land Rovers, On the day, the ‘good’ car failed to start,
but he had no idea the Series II/IIA is her so the Land Rover was pressed into service;
absolute favourite. To her, it’s the one Lynn’s mother was not impressed! A
which looks like everyone imagines a Land love of vehicles runs in the family. Lynn’s
Rover to look: “Utterly charming”. father favoured Mercedes and Land Rovers
Lynn’s love of Land Rovers started early. and her grandfather had some amazing
Her family lived in the country; her father American cars back in the 1930s and 1940s.
always had Land Rovers and always Station Lynn has fond memories of her father’s
Wagons because of the great all-round Limestone Series II or IIA, and she passed
visibility. Lynn vividly remembers being her driving test in his Marine Blue Series
driven to her own christening in a Land III when she was 17. Fast forward to 1985
Rover: she was the last child in the family and Lynn’s father received an application
Henry came complete with a Peter Rabbit toy
and her parents had forgotten to form for the Camel Trophy and suggested
Lynn should fill it in. She was selected for
the trials and drove up to Beverley, East
Yorkshire, in her little Fiesta.
All she had was a map reference: if you
couldn’t find the location, it was curtains
before you’d started! It was December, the
weather was awful, conditions were muddy
and candidates didn’t get much sleep.
They were made to swim, run 13 miles
(though Lynn walked most of it), sew
badges onto a uniform at 3am, make a
fire (she was partnered with a chap called
Ian who was in fireworks and had a flare
with him, so they won that challenge!),
reverse up three hills at speed using only
mirrors and winch a Land Rover out of a
huge hole filled with water. Lynn admits
she didn’t really know what she was
doing or what a Land Rover could do.
The competitors’ vehicle that year was
the Ninety and she was ‘blown away’
tside by it; this was the moment she decided
Henry ou
counter with Land Rovers are ‘the absolute best’; she
Lynn’s first en e left Radi o 2
an H ou se on the day sh loves their ability to complete a task.
Wog

Lynn’s father was a marine engineer and
she was brought up to understand and
appreciate good machinery

SERIES IIA
The dent in the grill is thought to be from the

film when Peter gets ‘splatted’ on the front of
the Land Rover
Parabolic springs all round
The seats were re-covered for the film
The Camel Trophy trials were an amazing

experience and Lynn was first reserve for
‘She passed her
the actual event, but no-one pulled out so driving test in his Someone’s fitted a new carburettor
she didn’t get to go to Borneo.
Instead, she finished her degree, worked marine blue Series
for a while in American TV, spent a long
time unemployed back in the UK and then III when she was 17’ place, knows it’s burning oil and has
concerns about the chassis.
‘fell into’ traffic and travel presenting on Lynn likes things to be right, so is going to
the radio - but not before she failed an in London. Now she’s back in Wales and have Henry checked over by Philip Bashall
interview and was rejected for the job! A has two: Henry the Series IIA and a more and expects a list of issues to fix. Once
few weeks later, the company rang to ask modern Defender. fettled, Lynn plans to simply trundle gently
if she’d do a few quiet weekend shifts, Henry is a 1969 88in with a 2,286cc petrol round her local country lanes and perhaps
so Lynn started early Sunday slots and engine and 20 previous owners. It’s known drive it to work at BBC Radio Wales. She’s
daytime reports, but never Breakfast or to have spent time in Gloucestershire going to keep the truck cab, but maybe add
Drive-time, as she wasn’t good enough! and the registration number corresponds a three-quarter canvas.
LBC led to Radio 5 Live, which then led to those issued by Westmorland County Loads of people have asked Lynn if she’s
to Radio 2 with Ken Bruce and Chris Evans. Council. Apart from that, nothing is going to sell Henry; her reaction is: “Why
The rest, as they say, is history. Lynn knew known of Henry’s past, which makes Lynn would I?” One: it would be awfully rude
she’d get another Land Rover one day, a little nervous. She had issues with fuel and two: well, why? As she says: “Some
but didn’t need one while she was living starvation on the drive home from Chris’ people just don’t ‘get it”. a
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2019 Date for

Opheers Confirmed
According to John Stokes the

most recent Opheers event was
the best ever, despite not having a
campfire because of a govern-
ment ban due to the dry condi-
tions and fire-risks. Forty-five
Series Land Rovers went this year
from seven countries.
Opheers Mark X will take place
July 3-7, 2018 in the small village
of Opheers, 75km east of Brussels.
There is an extra day for the 10th
Keith Smith Revisits

anniversary of this event and prob-
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are in the planning stages now...
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From my point of view it was a fabulous
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actual route - it’s quite discombobulating to look to try several cupfuls to be sure...) you know that the new Fender
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The Summer Pudding Run

Yorkshire is blessed to have some stunning byways and green lanes
that are well-maintained and accessible, so it’s no surprise that The Se-
ries 2 Club Yorkshire area members meet up at Masham for a weekend
every June to have their annual ‘Summer Pudding Run’ in the Dales.
Led by Yorkshire rep, Gordon Lowe and John Cramphorn, a small group
enjoyed Fremington Edge, a steep, rocky scramble out of Swaledale, the
hidden ravine at Goat’s Bridge and the picturesque climb out of Crack-
pot over Summer Lodge Moor.
The club also meets in Masham for a winter event called the Christmas
Pudding Run, more of a social gathering with a steady green lane run
that’s open to non-members. Visit the Land Rover Series 2 Club Face-
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part of the Oude Hollandse Waterlinie. Its three parking lots were I’d like to express my thanks to
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The second Defend- – I’m very happy indeed with the results, and you have my deepest
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We recently held our annual Summer Gala
event at the Evesham Vale Light Railway genuine 48k miles on the clock and a six- cylinder engine.
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NEWS & VIEWS
Hollowell
Steam
Fair
The hills were
For the past 32 years the lanes historic vehicles and the Land
around Hollowell in North- Rover marque was well repre-
amptonshire have tested the sented in this, the 70th year.
alive to the sound

patience of many motorists as East Northants Land Rover
they crawl along behind various Club put on a fine display with
steam, diesel, paraffin and a 1970 Dormobile fitted with a
petrol- powered vehicles making Tdi engine taking centre stage.
of Solihull
their way to the annual Hollowell Others in their line up were an
Steam Fair. The show has interesting 6x6 conversion and a
grown each year and attracts very smart restored 80in. Else-
a crowd of about 60,000 over where there were other classic
a weekend in July. These days Land Rovers including a lovely
Malvern Land Rover Show 2018
it has opened its gates to other pair of 80in examples. TS
Arriving late meant the show had quietened down by the time we
got there, but that added to the relaxed atmosphere. Walking round
snapping pictures showed there was a healthy variety of models on
display in the clubs’ stand area, and a reasonable number of stands in
the autojumble sections, selling everything from rare Series One parts
up to bolt-on trinkets in the indoor bit.
For me this was the first Malvern show where it hadn’t rained, and
Patina National RTV
In conjunction
that made a welcome change .
with the nice folk
While it’s not the biggest it does have a nice vibe to it. VD
at the YLROC -
Tom Benson in
particular – CLR
Special edition
has organised
a trials site and
campsite for
the 2018 Patina
National RTV
Land Rover special- on September
ists for more than 40 15 at Helmsley
years, Jake Wright, in North York-
has created a Land shire.
Rover special edition The Patina
to look just like the National is pre-
recently announced dominantly for non-shiny, road legal, leaf-sprung
factory-built 70th 80, 86 and 88in Land Rovers but is open to all leafers including
anniversary reborn Jeeps, Austin Gipsys etc. Trials classes will be as follows; Leaf
edition. springs ‘up to 87in’, ‘over 87in’ and ‘95in and over’.
It is based on a Door tops not required, seat belts (minimum lap belt), hood
300Tdi 90 and has sticks and windscreens required.
been rebuilt from the Drivers must be in an MSA-registered club and bring their mem-
ground up with many bership card to prove it, scrutineering to MSA regs.
new parts. Trophies for three trials classes and one for highest placed
It even has a WKS registration number just like the works 70th Non-Land Rover as well as others; Long Distance (for the entrant
editions. More details from John Wright on 01943 863530. who drives his/her Land Rover the furthest to enter). Best Dressed
Crew (for the duo most suit-
ably dressed to suit the age
www.firstfour.co.uk
of their Land Rover). Editor’s

Choice (for something to be
NEC Classic Expands Gathering decided on the day). Spirit of

the Event (for the entrant who
most enters into the spirit of
Of Classic Motoring Clubs the event).

Camping nearby within
walking distance of a pub.
YLROC is holding an RTV on
The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery,
Sunday 16 so there’s scope
already the UK’s biggest indoor classic vehicle exhibition, is now
to enter two trials in one
even bigger for 2018! Adding an extra hall, the show is inviting
weekend or drive a couple of
even more clubs to display at the event to create the World’s
local scenic green lanes.
biggest gathering of classic motoring clubs.
The entry forms for the Patina
Held at Birmingham’s NEC from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 No- National RTV trial are now
vember, around 300 classic car and classic motorbike clubs will available courtesy of the
showcase vehicles owned by members, interpreting this year’s YLROC, find them at https://
show theme of ‘Built to Last.’ tinyurl.com/y9f25hq9
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BEHIND THE WHEEL
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Land Rovers have been there during
WORDS VICKY TURNER
every milestone of Vicky Turner’s life ILLUSTRATION LOUISE LIMB
‘I consider myself not

just the owner but the
custodian of Bluetit’
being responsible for another’s life. in turn, my own greatest legacy to my
My, now two, teenage children have had children, is a sense of freedom, the self
the conversation with me about Bluetit, my confidence to try anything, a belief that you
1968 Series IIA Searle Safari Sleeper, being can overcome any problem, a go anywhere
their prom transport of choice. mentality that seems to go hand in hand
These kids’ first drive will be in it as soon with Land Rover ownership? I consider
R
eading Louise Limb’s article in as they can reach the pedals and turn the myself not just the owner but the custodian
last month’s CLR about Paul Tait’s wheel safely. I also have a campervan and of Bluetit and one day, hopefully a very
Series III restoration with his father on my demise, they have agreed to share long time in the future, I look forward to
made me think again about how much it and the Land Rover between them. I handing the keys over for its history to
to me, and to many of you reading these suppose I should be grateful that they can continue under the right foot of one or both
pages, our Land Rovers mean to us. They agree on this at least after my death, even of my kids and even grandchildren - who
are so much more than soulless machines. if they are seemingly unable to agree on knows? Each Land Rover we feature seems
They are our hobby, our relaxation, the anything while I am alive and in the role to have the story of the families that have
drain on our bank accounts, our social of parent mediator. owned them interwoven into their very
life and more. They really are part of the I suppose my own interest in Land fabric; it is for that reason I will never
family and with us through some of life’s Rovers stems from my father, a Somerset tire of Land Rover life, meeting the people
seminal moments; a means of transport farmer’s son who served in the British and hearing the story of their vehicle and
yes, but also a conduit through life. Army and who fondly remembers incidentally the story of their life. To do so
For me, Land Rovers are an integral part spending many hours driving Land Rovers is fascinating and a privilege and so much
of life, not just because of the job. I learned in places like Kenya and Aden during his more than rivets and rust. On Facebook
to drive in my friend’s dad’s Series One service. Sadly he is no longer with us but or round the campfire, we should all try
farm hack, that still exists in a barn in he would have been tickled pink to know harder to remember what is important; is it
Wiltshire awaiting my friend’s retirement what I have ended up doing. what someone has done with their lights or
for its resurrection. My son was brought How many weddings these days see the wheels? Which stickers someone chooses?
home from hospital in the Land Rover I bride or groom arrive and leave in a Land Which engine? No matter how divided we
owned at the time; I well remember how Rover? And it is not uncommon to see a are over paint or patina or which model of
tricky it was to strap in the child seat for convoy of Land Rovers behind the formal the marque we perceive to be best, we all
the first time and how daunting to then funeral procession; a fitting tribute to have love and loss and life in common.
drive away with this tiny creature, not yet members of our tribe. A sad celebration If I ever get married again, I’d probably
having a clue how to be a mum but already of one life lived. Perhaps my father’s and a
drive myself there in Bluetit...

Events
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Motorsport
Camping
Points of interest
with our at-a-glance guide b Beer Tent
August
2-5
Series 2 Club Rally
Wing Hall, Wing on the banks of Rutland Water
Contact John Stokes on email:
eastmidlands@series2club.co.uk
or the events page on Facebook www.facebook.com/
events/77793625239430
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Raby Castle Classics in the Park
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co Durham, DL2 3AH
016974 51882
info@markwoodwardclassicevents.com
www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com
17-19
Bal des Series, Le Temps Des Series
Château de Périgères, Mons, 63310
www.le-temps-des-series.com
19 September Warwickshire CV37 9SE

4x4trading@talk21.com to register interest and book.
Cumbria Classic and
Motorsport Show
2
Wigton Motor Club, Dalemain House near Ullswater Brimfield Vintage Working Day 30
(on A592) Vintage tractors and machinery including a display of Newbury 4x4 and Vintage Spares Day
Specific classes for Land Rovers and Military Vehicles static and working Land Rovers Traders from 7-9.30am, public 10am-2pm, £6.50 per
www.wigtonmc.co.uk/John Graham 01228 534483 Nr Ludlow SY8 4LW adult, under 15s free, free parking, dogs welcome
camping available www.brimfieldvintageclub.co.uk Newbury Show Ground, Chieveley, Berkshire, RG18 9QZ
special celebration of 70 years of Land Rover 016974 51882
Entries close Aug 3 2 info@markwoodwardclassicevents.com
www.4X4SparesDay.co.uk
Classics at Hoghton Tower
24-26
Leafers at t’Pit
Hoghton Tower, Hoghton, Nr Preston, PR5 0SH
Classic cars, motorcycles, light commercials, ex-army and
October
Leaf-sprung Land Rover gathering classic 4x4s plus club stands 6-7
National Coal Mining Museum For England, Wakefield, 016974 51882 Autumn Tractor World Show plus
West Yorks info@markwoodwardclassicevents.com
www.seriouslyseries.co.uk www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com Sunday Classic Commercial Show
Displays of veteran, vintage, classic and new tractors and
pit 8 implements, trade stands, specialist parts suppliers
Newbury Showground, Chieveley, Berkshire, RG18 9QZ
26 Norwegian Land Rover Club 016974 51882
annual meet info@markwoodwardclassicevents.com
Ripon Summer Classic Car and Bike Combined Series and classic Range Rover event,
Show & Auto Jumble activities including barbecue and talks 14
Prestegarden, Kirkeveien 19, 1540 Vestby, Norway
Ripon Racecourse, North Yorks, HG4 1UG Classic Land Rover Day
More than 500 classic cars, motorcycles, vans, trucks,
ex-military plus classic Land Rover display, arena and
lpti Amberley Museum, Sussex
www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
commentary.
Autojumble/trade plots £25 each, adults £7, child £2.50, 9 lc
10am-4pm Speech House Vintage Show
016974 51882
info@markwoodwardclassicevents.com
Hosted by the Forest Vintage Vehicle and Machinery Club 14
in the Royal Forest of Dean. A family day out, raising
www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com money for local charities. Ripon 4x4 Vintage Spares Day
email: jim@jwlrs.co.uk to exhibit Ripon Racecourse, Boroughbridge Road, Ripon, North
www.fvvmc.co.uk Yorkshire, HG4 1UG
Free parking, well behaved dogs welcome, admission
adults £4, under 15s free
14-16 Traders from 7-9am, public 9am-1pm
The Patina National www.4x4sparesday.co.uk
For non-shiny, road legal, leaf-sprung 80, 86 and 88in
Land Rovers. A camping weekend and an eight-section
RTV trial with YLROC
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Helmsley, North Yorkshire Malvern 4x4 Spares Day and Land
www.facebook.com/events/199005137323641 Rover Autojumble
tcbpm Wye Halls, Three Counties Showground, Malvern,
Worcestershire, WR13 6NW
016974 51882
28-30 info@markwoodwardclassicevents.com.
Adventure Overland Show
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centre of the racecourse. details to vicky.turner@keypublishing.com
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WORDS VICKY TURNER PICTURES JLR EVENTS AND RALLIES
Land Rover celebrated 70 years

with the largest ever collection of
On Parade
vehicles on Goodwood Hill
There was a four-mile road run

from the meeting point to the
A Camel Trophy Discovery leads the start of the official parade and
way ahead of its younger siblings hill climb on the circuit
A ‘The procession was led by a

record parade of 70 Land Rovers,
from first prototypes to the latest
Range Rover Sport SVR drove the recreation of the very first Land Rover’
famous hill climb on the Goodwood Circuit
at the Festival of Speed on June12. the Darien Gap on the Trans-Americas On a warm and sticky day, I was lucky
The procession was led by a recreation of expedition; the fire engines included a enough to be in the comfort and air
the very first Land Rover – a Centre Steer TACR2, there were police cars - one 2004 conditioning of the last Range Rover L322
prototype driven by Phil Bashall from the example was driven by the ex-traffic cop off the production lines. Being a 2012 it was
Dunsfold Collection and HUE 166; the first who drove it while it was in service, Sue not a classic, in our sense of the word, but
Series One pre-production prototype. Cummings’s ex-SAS Pink Panther and a simply a stunning vehicle and with a 4l V8,
Show-goers were able to see all Camel Trophy-winning Defender, Martin it had a lot of horses under the bonnet and
four generations of Range Rover, five Port’s ‘Trans Africa’, Emrys Kirby’s ‘RHP’ consequently, was fun to drive. Representing
generations of Discovery – including the Stage One were all in attendance strutting Land Rover’s very latest crop of off-road
millionth built as well, of course, as each their stuff in front of a sell-out crowd vehicles was an example of each of the
model in the current range. There were at the historic racetrack. All the vehicles latest line-up; Range Rover, Range Rover
round-the-world expedition cars like highlighted Land Rover’s dedication to Sport, Velar, Discovery, Discovery Sport,
the 1971 Range Rover which survived adventure and go-anywhere capability. Evoque and Evoque Convertible. a
EVENTS AND RALLIES WORDS VIOLET DEACON PICTURES VIOLET DEACON AND STE MORECROFT
Series vehicles on display in the show ground
Violet Deacon and Ste Morecroft

were at the Billing Off-Road Show
Breaking Records
A
fter changing the head gasket on
Tak, my 1955 Series One 86in we ‘There was a
arrived at Billing on the Friday.
It’s a quiet day; the main show isn’t open definite lump in
to the public as the stands were setting up.
However, the seldom-used and traditional the throat as the
Riverside off-road course was open, so
we went off to enjoy that in convoy - Tak
first vehicles to
with Rosie, Ste’s twin-turbo V8 Discovery
One.
finish crossed
Sadly, about a third of the way round the line’
somebody up ahead missed a turn and
101FC on the off-road course ended up on their side, fortunately unhurt,
but the recovery closed the course.
Saturday morning greeted us with more The final figure was 915 Land Rovers in
sunshine, so we went to see, and take the convoy, which was an incredible sight.
pictures of, the Lakeside course before At the time of writing this, the official
Saturday’s big event – the record attempt verdict on the record is still being awaited
for the most Land Rovers in a convoy. from Guinness as they review the evidence
In the background of the entrance to the collected on the day, but rest assured it’ll
off-road course from about noon there had be in CLR when it’s known.
been a steady flow of Land Rovers into Saturday evening afforded the chance
the registration and staging area for the to get Tak and Oxford together, an
convoy attempt. opportunity not to be missed.
Re-torqueing the cylinder head Once registered, vehicles were parked up Sunday was the final day of the show,
and could be left before the official return so a good day to walk around the
Series III HCPU, not common, to vehicles’ time of 4.30pm. As always showground trying to get some last-
especially with the roof off with these kinds of things there was a minute deals from the sellers: “Saves
delay, but the convoy started at just gone you taking it home, right?” and taking
5pm, only minutes after the announced time to watch the Challenge South West
start time. folks doing their high-speed display and
Positioned just after the finish line for rides in the dust of the top field course,
pics and video, there was a definite lump spectacular to see.
in my throat as the first vehicles crossed Everybody asked said a variation of the
the line, made all the more poignant with same thing, that the show had a fantastic
them being a Royal Review Series One, atmosphere and they would be back again
and the ever awesome Oxford. next year! a
EVENTS AND RALLIES WORDS AND PICTURES VIOLET DEACON
Adorable Series One from the Netherlands
Rummaging
Around
Violet Deacon had an enjoyable day
Wares spread in the sunshine
out at Beaulieu Land Rover Rummage
T
he Land Rover Rummage at the MoD paint sharing stand space with
National Motor Museum at Beaulieu footballs and a Stage One bonnet.
in Hampshire’s New Forest took After walking to the rummage, we had
place on May 20. It was an early start from time to look around the museum’s varied
the Midlands, but with the sunrise hinting collection, including a very fitting pre-
at good weather and plenty of strong production Series One 80in (admittance
coffee it made for a good beginning. A was included with the entry fee to the
smooth four hours later we arrived and autojumble and rummage), before heading
pulling into the car park lead to the not Series One in the show/sale, rubbing back out through the beautiful New Forest
too difficult game of ‘spot the Land Rover’ shoulders with an E-Type scenery and back home.
among the classics and moderns. There
were some definite cuties among them, Minerva for sale
In all a thoroughly enjoyable day. a
including a Series One 86in Station Wagon
all the way from The Netherlands and, a Ingenious solution to the space restrictions
of a short-wheelbase
personal favourite to me, a Series III 88in
soft-top.
The rummage itself was located at the far
side of the autojumble, so a sedate amble
through it and the show/sale section lead
to the entrance. While the rummage was
smaller than in some previous years, it
did mean each seller had room to display
their wares and buyers weren’t tripping
over each other to see them. And what
‘What they lacked in
they lacked in number the sellers made up
for in quality of items, highlights being an
number the sellers
ex-Belgian Military Series One Minerva made up for in
brought all the way from its native
country, a 24v generator in distinctive quality of items’
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EVENTS AND RALLIES WORDS AND PICTURES LOUISE LIMB
An ‘honest’ farmer’s hack, an original sticker

on the nearside windscreen of Les Georgeson’s
IIA truck cab says, ‘Border Collie, Brains
before Beauty’
King
The Series 2 Club North West Area learns about
working cotton mill engines and tea towels
That’s dedication; volunteer stoker loads
his ‘honest’ truck cab from Maghull, once
owned by a Welsh hill farmer and sporting
Cotton
Bancroft Mill’s restored and beautiful a painted home-made cover. Over from
Cornish Boiler on a very hot Sunday Germany on work experience in Blackpool,
young Cato Bohlens was in his element, his
fondness for Land Rovers indulged when he
found Jon and the Series 2 Club.
The sun must have prompted quite a few
car clubs to go out into the country as the
gathering was joined unexpectedly by the
Bramley (Leeds) Car Club in a variety of
classics. Neither of the clubs seemed phased
by this and once the assorted sporty numbers
A
s well as a chance to drive their were shoe-horned in, the car park felt more Jon Hayes’ Westmorland Fire Service
classic Land Rovers in convoy to like a ferry deck. Bancroft Mill Engine Trust fire engine views for attention with Jim
the Lancashire and Yorkshire border turned out to be justifiably popular. Gardiner’s sunshine yellow 6x6 tow truck
country around Barnoldswick, members of A guided tour enabled the club members
the North West Area of the Series 2 Club to take full advantage of the site and one Trip organiser John Cramphorn’s 101 GS is a fa-
were treated to a fascinating tour round the could only feel admiration for the volunteer miliar and largely original vehicle, Simon Maltby’s
distinctive Series IIA Forward Control likewise
working steam engines, boiler and loom at stoker cheerfully loading pallets into
Bancroft Mill, once part of a thriving cotton the hell-fire of the Cornish Boiler when
industry in the town: at one time there were the temperature outside was pushing 30
13 working cotton mills in Barnoldswick. degrees.
Part of a regular calendar of interesting With a volunteer guide to explain every
events co-ordinated by regional rep and aspect of the massive 600bhp, 16ft diameter
one-time Series 2 Club chairman Jon
Hayes, this excursion, on one of the
sunniest Sundays of the year, saw 13 ‘Jim Gardiner
Land Rovers line up in the mill’s bijou car
park, including Simon Maltby’s Series IIA brought his freshly fly-wheel, steam-powered mill engine and
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EVENTS AND RALLIES WORDS AND PICTURES VICKY TURNER
Snatch Land Rovers and WMIKs were here too
Down On
The Farm
An ambulance in desert colours. Vehicle owners here go to town
with their displays showing their vehicles off as they would have
been used by the military
Vicky Turner
reports on
Capel Military
Vehicle Show
I
t is unusual for a military vehicle show This 1976 101 has been lovingly restored
to feature such an impressive line-up of over a number of years. It is now in tiptop
rare and fantastic Land Rovers - many original condition and exhibiting its military
these days limit the numbers on display purpose as a mortar truck
so as not to be overwhelmed by them, but
Capel, held annually in July at Aldhurst on a farm by volunteers who do it to raise
Farm in Capel, Surrey is the exception. money for good causes, many in aid of
It is certainly worth considering showing veterans’ charities. There are lots of things
your vehicle there next year if you own a This Wolf is hiding between Ferrets to see and do from the funfair for the kids,
model with a services history as you will be mock battles with German vehicles against
An ex-British Army Series III bomb disposal
made very welcome. There’s a fine selection truck complete with a fascinating collection
the Allies, loud bangs and pyrotechnics and
of varied dioramas and living history of bombs and shell cases a Chinook flyby.
displays that include these stalwarts of the This year the vehicles included vintage
British forces. tractors as well as Scammell Pioneers, a
It is a small and friendly show organised Foden recovery truck and a Ward Lafrance
wrecker. The arena played host to among
other things a running Russian T-34, OT90
It is a small and and a Sherman. There are a few trade stands
offering parts, food, vintage clothing and
friendly show militaria but it is a show mostly about
having fun while learning about history
organised on a and the vehicles, with live entertainment
farm by volunteers and dance lessons in the evening to round
everything off nicely. a
WORDS AND PICTURES CRAIG ALLEN EVENTS AND RALLIES
‘The more recent

Wolf XD types
are starting to
filter through to
civilian hands’
The Tay 4x4 Off-road Club had a couple of

‘non shiny’ Series Ones on display
North of
the Border
Craig Allen was at
the Scottish Transport
Extravaganza in the Ex-Royal Navy Series IIA dive support vehicle
grounds of historic
Glamis Castle
T
his event is now in its 44th year and A very original Series IIA Fire Tender on
from small beginnings has grown display
into one of the largest gatherings of
classic vehicles in Scotland with a record There were more Series Ones on display at
breaking 1,600 exhibits in attendance the Tay 4x4 Off-road Club but these examples Wolf XD Ambulance decommissioned and
including some from 1890. were a little less shiny and obviously saw re-vamped as a mobile coffee wagon
Organised and run by the Strathmore some serious use. More Land Rovers were
Vintage Vehicle Club (SVVC) it always to be seen in the military section with Popular when in service for their powerful V8
includes a strong showing from Land Rover an interesting Series IIA Station Wagon engines many have been retrofitted with Tdis
enthusiasts. It also boasts an impressive originally in Royal Navy hands - possibly as for economy and with a hard back fitted they
array of classic vehicles from all eras and a support vehicle for clearance divers. make a very capable overland truck.
with its numerous stalls and food outlets The more recent Wolf XD types are starting At the lower end of the display ground
makes for a great family day out. to filter through to civilian hands and I there was a nice line up of Series models
My wife Cathy and I once again made a spotted two ambulance-bodied examples from a restored rolling chassis to pristine
weekend of it camping out in our roof tent one converted to a camper and another in examples of Series IIs and IIAs. As always
for the first time this season. use as a mobile coffee shop. There was also they were a credit to the effort put in by
After exploring the various traders looking a nice canvas backed 90 of 1980s vintage on the owners to get them to this condition
for bargains I found myself at the Series the military stand. I remember having one and the weekend at Glamis offers a great
One Club stand in conversation with David of these as a daily driver and range wagon opportunity to display them. All praise
Cockburn. He had brought his early 80in when I was still serving. must go to the SVVC for establishing and
which he has owned for 25 years and Another familiar Land Rover model from continuing to run this event which this
restored himself. Impressively it boasts only my past was the FC101 or ‘one tonney’. There year saw impressive numbers attending and
one previous owner a doctor from Strathdon were a number on display and I saw one enjoying the experience in glorious summer
who used it as his winter car. being used as a camper van by a stall holder. weather. a
EVENTS AND RALLIES
Love Island
Fun with friends and old Land Rovers, John Carroll had
a great weekend on Anglesey with the Land Rover Series One Club
T ‘I figured that it wasn’t worth having

his year there have been numerous
events to mark Land Rover’s 70th
anniversary put on by organisations
as diverse as manufacturer Jaguar Land
two Series Ones if I couldn’t share one of
Rover and small model-specific clubs. them with some of my best friends’
Somewhere in the middle of this spectrum
is the Land Rover Series One Club (LRSOC)
whose annual National Rally would also
mark this year’s anniversary. Knowing
the Land Rover’s historic connection with
the Welsh island of Anglesey - Ynys Môn
- the club planned its event to take place
there and, from the first announcement,
everyone knew it would be great.
A word of warning, if you’re expecting
an unbiased report, stop reading now.
The LRSOC is said to be the biggest Land
Rover Club in the world and will celebrate
Land Rovers were coralled into the silhouette
its 40th anniversary in 2019. It had been
The queue to get onto the sands of Red Wharf Bay shape of a Land Rover

Minervas and Tickfords mingled with the
crowd at Red Wharf Bay
Vibs Sillars in her 80in
Convoys of Series Ones were marshalled onto

the sands
The weather ensured it was roofs off and

screens down
going for around a decade when I joined to

buy used parts from its newsletter’s small
ads to rebuild my ’58 88in but I have been
WORDS JOHN CARROLL a member continuously ever since. Without
PICTURES IAN CLEGG, LOUISE LIMB AND JOHN CARROLL doubt, it is my favourite Land Rover club
- despite what some people say, it isn’t just
for shiny or standard Land Rovers – and
the rally was held in my favourite part of
the world.
In recent years, the move
to having an annual rally
instead of one that marked
five-year anniversaries has
given the club a new impetus.
What’s more, it is never the
same twice, it moves around
so attracts an overlapping,
but different, crowd each
year. The LRSOC National
Rally has taken me to venues
as far apart as Sussex, North
Yorkshire, Scotland and, in 2017,
to Wicklow in the Republic of
Ireland.
In recent years, the link
between the first Land Rovers
and Anglesey may have assumed
greater importance in the Land
Rover story, it may have been
sketched in the sand as the
holidaying Wilks brothers chatted
Steve Hennesse but it wasn’t an engineering
y from Undercov
of Tom Pickford er Covers in one drawing as some seem to think.
’s 80ins
Nonetheless, holiday photos and

EVENTS AND RALLIES
old film show early Land Rover vehicles

on the sand at Red Wharf Bay and in the
sand dunes at Newborough and this would
undoubtedly boost attendance at the rally.
This island must have been dear to Maurice
Wilks as, after his death in 1963, he was
buried at St Mary’s church in Llanfair yn
Cwmwd near Newborough.
Once the date and venue were announced,
there was an online buzz and bookings
flooded in. On the Friday of the rally, roads This driver’s mascot came too
through Wales - especially the A55 coast
road - were awash with Series Ones. People Picnics were de rigueur
were posting pictures on Facebook and
asking what was occurring? One of my
cousins, a Series IIA owner, texted me to
say that “there are loads of nice Series Ones
on the A55,” and I was able to reply, “Yes,
two of them are mine - we’ve just got to
Chester Gateway Services!”
I figured that it wasn’t worth having two
Series Ones if I couldn’t share one of them
with some of my best friends - 90 owners
Anne and Mark Stephenson - so together
‘We cracked the cold

ones, lit the barbecue
and didn’t venture
l sizes and ages
far from our tents’
vers and enthusiasts of al
Land Ro
Camping at Anglesey show ground with
with Ro we convoyed over from Yorkshire
Snowdonia’s peaks in view in the sunshine. Something that was obvious
on the A55 was which Series Ones had Tdi
conversions - they blew by us 2,286cc types
as though we were standing still! For a while
we did actually stop and just watch others
go by, sitting in the sun outside a coastal
pub for half an hour to give ear drums and
buttocks a rest before the last stretch of dual
carriageway, the Britannia Bridge and the
run up to the Anglesey showground where
the rally was based.
In years past, in club Land Rover circles,
the Association of Land Rover Clubs’
National Rally was the biggest thing in
the calendar but, this weekend here was,
at least, on a par and most of the vehicles
on site were Series Ones. The established
timetable for these rallies involves a Friday
night chip shop run from the campsite and
a lengthy line of Series Ones left for this
while we were pitching camp.
Another couple of mates - Ian and
Louise - were scheduled to join us in their
90 which was booked in as our ’support’
vehicle although it’d stay on the campsite
the following day. In order to rendezvous
with them, we had an unofficial chip shop
run and met up in its car park.

Trialler with recent event stickers on the doors
A bit of height made it easier to see the outline

of the Land Rover in the sand
Tim Dines’s pre-production 80in recently back

from a 70th anniversary event in Spain
Catching the sun with an 80in as deck chair
Seen on the woodland drive, Paolo Turinetti’s

HUE 222 brought from Italy to the event
Saturday dawned sunny and bright and, in families. Our little group just opted to drive JC was pleased to see another Marine Blue 80in
a holiday frame of mind, we lingered over about in the sunshine so we went to Moelfre
breakfast before joining in with scheduled for a beer and an ice cream sitting in the
activities including using Series Ones to sunshine and gossiped like the old mates we
create a huge outline of a Land Rover on are. We went to the other side of Red Wharf
the hallowed sands of Red Wharf Bay. To be Bay on the way back to the campsite and,
honest, there was a lot of hanging around as we waved to other Land Rover drivers,
while this happened and lots of people in marvelled at how just many Series Ones
hi-viz jackets milling about. The relaxed were to be seen on the island’s roads.
format of the weekend and the friendly There were in excess of 400 registered for
nature of the attendees meant no one cared; the event which is why the club opted for
strangers struck up conversations and took a Guinness Book of Records attempt for
photos of each other’s Land Rovers. the largest gathering of Series Ones which
The organisers had prepared information we joined in with - we weren’t the last into
and maps that allowed participants to go the line-up but our tickets were numbered
and see the places associated with the Wilks above 300. At the time of writing, Weller 8-spokes are a nice ‘70s accessory

EVENTS AND RALLIES
Woodland scenic drive took the groups of Land

Rovers to the sand dunes at Newborough where
the Wilks brothers drove off-road
adjudication of the records is awaited. group went its separate ways.

We met up with others on the CLR team We all live in different parts of the
in the form of Emrys Kirby and Louise country and, for more than 30 years, seeing
Limb, cracked the cold ones, lit the barbecue friends’ taillights, especially after the best of
and didn’t venture far from our tents. Many weekends, has been the cause of a moment’s
of the attendees went to a pre-booked meal introspection. Still, there were good things
- another LRSOC rally regular occurrence. ahead, not least, for us in the 88in, a drive
The weather undoubtedly carried the rally through the woodlands near Newborough
as the camping facilities were a bit grim and Warren and the sand dunes where the off-
being an open showground, had it rained it road abilities of early 80in models were put to There were broad grins all weekend
would have been quite a miserable place to the test. The groups were led by, Chris Davies,
be. Luckily, we got away with it and no one one of the chaps behind the Tacla Taid
had to worry. Transport Museum and proved to be most
Sunday also dawned sunny and it was enjoyable. At the end of the run, the beach
early enough in the 2018 heatwave to be car park in the edge of the woods tuned into
noteworthy. We lingered over breakfast another Series One Land Rover show from
before taking tents down and our little which no one hurried to leave. a
Stefan Lange brought his Series One from
Germany for the event
The campsite at Anglesey showground was

awash with Series Ones
Contacts
Tacla Taid Transport Museum
The collection includes some Land Rovers
and all sorts of other fascinating things.
Glamping in a Leyland Hippo and a
101 is possible too
http://angleseytransportmuseum.co.uk
Land Rover Series One Club

The LRSOC will be celebrating its
40th anniversary in Norfolk in 2019
www.lrsoc.com

FORWARD CONTROL
They did not participate in the vehicle parade at the Jubilé de Platine as they
knew they had a long journey home, so they parked up and just enjoyed the event
WORDS VICKY TURNER

AND PICTURES SIMON VIGNT AND JULIEN GRADOS
Two friends wager they can get to
A
the Jubilé de Platiné in Forward
Controls
French Flutter
Proudly flying both the Tricolore and the Union Flag at the Jubilé. The grey
Forward Control looks fabulous under the breaking clouds
‘The 101 trembled

enormously and was
very unpleasant to
drive and a part of
the rear transmission
was cracked’

FORWARD CONTROL
Julien and Simon met up with Alain, son of

the dentist who owns the 109in here. This
vehicle was featured in CLR February 2018
‘Sebastien is a great collector of

Land Rovers, owning at least a hundred,
many of which are extremely rare’
S
imon Vignt and Julien Grados have
been friends for years, they met
at college where they were both
studying motor mechanics and they shared
an interest in British vehicles. They have
remained close in the decade since they
qualified and are occasionally known to
have a drink and come up with silly ideas.
At the beginning of 2017 they had a small
wager; that they would both try get to the
When he bought it, it had no brakes or
steering, had not been started for a few
Jubilé De Platiné in Thaumiers, central
years, had no front shock absorbers and France, in April 2018, to join 600 other
was lacking brake drums French Land Rover enthusiasts as they
Simon, left, with his father Thierry, right, on
celebrated the marques 70th birthday - in
the day the deal for the Series IIB was struck
Forward Controls.
When hands were shaken, the celebration
was less than a year away; Simon had 1970 Series IIB 110 2,286cc diesel LHD
access to his father’s Forward Control, Forward Control in 2004 from a beekeeper
although it hadn’t run for some time having and honey maker who, as he had aged,
been sitting idle in a barn for a decade but found that the flatbed had become too high
Julien didn’t have one and finding one for him to easily load it with the hives.
would be difficult as they are very rare Back then the Forward Control had had a
in France. little TLC in order to get it through technical
This truck was once owned by a beekeeper
and honey maker but he found the truck
But a bet is a bet and reputations were control, the French equivalent of the British
bed too high for comfortably moving hives at stake. MoT, and it had been used for a couple of
around when he got older Simon’s father Thierry had bought his years by the family as a useful workhorse

enabling the trimming of hedges and the
collecting of firewood.
In more recent years, having developed an
unnerving problem with its brakes, it had
been consigned to storage in a barn being
only turned over and taken round the block
once every few years. A lot of work would
be needed to get it back in a roadworthy
condition and ready for its 600km road trip
to Thaumiers from where the family live.
In November 2017, the Forward Control
was retrieved from storage and taken back
to Simon’s dad’s house so that work could
begin. With Christmas between, there was
only four months before the Jubilé, which
Thierry begins the overhaul of the vehicle
was to be held on the last weekend of April
five months before the Jubilé de Platiné in
May 2018
2018. The pair worked together to complete
Finally the day came for its first run and a

test, so Julien and Simon piled in to the 101
with the objective of reaching a local bakery
The work was undertaken at Julien’s

workshops Retrograd, in Arcis Sur Aube

FORWARD CONTROL
The Forward
Control
The concept of the Forward Control grew
out of increased demand in the 1950s for
greater load carrying capacity. Based on
the 109in chassis, by 1962 designers had
placed the cab over the top of the engine
with a new rear sub-frame - this increased
the loadspace and gave it a carrying rate
of 30cwt on-road and 25cwt off. It had
heavy-duty axles and larger tyres to give
it greater ground clearance but proved an
economic design requiring only minimal
new parts to be manufactured. Initially the
2,286cc engine was used but as the vehicle
was heavier than other models that used
this engine, the result was rather poor,
underpowered performance. In 1966, the
Series IIB Forward Control came on line
with the option of having a 2,286cc diesel
engine - exports could have a 2,600cc
petrol engine. The other changes the
redesign instigated was a wheelbase that
was longer by an inch and the wheel tracks
by four, the rears springs were revised and
it was fitted with a front anti-roll bar, its
head lamps were lowered and the side
lights raised.
Forward Control manufacturing ended in
1974 when the vehicle range was revised,
Is successor was the 101, although that
was never intended for the civilian market
Exploring the local scenery as the work on

the newly-repaired Forward Control gets
tested
a full overhaul which included servicing a little creativity, they managed to get
and replacing all the brakes, ball joints everything done and the 600km road trip
and the steering box, hubs, bearings, the to Thaumiers was completed in 14 hours
dynamo, the regulator, the belt, the seats, without any problems.
floor and the rear tub. Julien had a slightly more difficult task
The most difficult aspect of the build was ahead of him to meet the terms of the
sourcing the parts as there are certain bits challenge, but as with a lot in life it’s as
that are specific to the Forward Control much who you know as what you know. He
and not readily found in the UK, let alone made contact with a friend, Sebastien Conte,
in France. However, with persistence and to whom Julien feels he owes a debt of

gratitude for his kindness and expertise. Julien’s business Retrograd specialises in
Sebastien is a great collector of Land classic cars and in particular British classics
Rovers, owning at least a hundred, many
of which are extremely rare. Julien bought
this 101 from Sebastien who acquired it in
2009 - all that is known of its history is that
it was purchased by someone who lived in
Oxford in 1992 and it is then that it changed
from military to civilian ownership.
It is a 1976 left-hand drive Land Rover
101 with a 3.5-litre V8 engine an LT95
gearbox and when it changed hands last
December, it had no brakes or steering, had
not been started for a few years, had no
front shock absorbers and was lacking brake
drums.
Work began in earnest in Julien’s
workshops Retrograd in Arcis Sur Aube,
north of Troyes, as it needed a full overhaul
ahead of its impending long journey. With
help from his friends, after a day of work it
fired up. They took care to clean the engine
oil pan which was full of dirt, re-primed the
Interior of Thierry’s 1970 Series IIB 110

2,286cc diesel LHD Forward Control
‘The most
difficult aspect
of the build
was sourcing
the parts’ This 101 was chosen to enter the Concourse de
Elegance at the French Land Rover 70th Birthday
Bash - it came away with 3rd prize

FORWARD CONTROL
The boys loved every minute of the Jubilé party and are rightly proud
of their achievement to get themselves and both these vehicles there
On the day of departure, Theophile, son

of Alain, the dentist owner of the 109in
restored by Julien and previously featured
here (see CLR February 2018) set off
together with Julien. They drove to Auxerre
where they rendezvoused with Simon and
continued in convoy to Thaumiers.
Mr Vignt senior using the truck’s flat-bed to The boys had a fantastic time at the Jubilé
help cut the hedges. Not long after it developed de Platiné, despite the rain, both proud
a brake issue and was relegated to a barn
of themselves for not having reneged on
New brakes The vehicle changed hands in December 2017 the wager. Life is moving on now though,
- leaving fewer than four months for it to be Simon is modifying his 88in ahead of its
got ready for its long journey to the event at entry into the Santana Trophy and Julien
the end of April 2018 has just sold his 101 on to a Belgian
collector. He has other projects in the
oil pressure and repaired the ignition that pipeline including the full mechanical
was no longer working. They were relieved restoration of a Marine Blue 109in pick-
to discover it moved forward and backward up, which will be like new apart from its
while clutching normally. A lot of new parts original body and paintwork and the rebuild
were ordered and Julien completely replaced of an 88in Series IIA which he had hoped to
the brakes, shock absorbers and fuel tank. compete in the Santana Trophy 2019 with,
He restored the dashboard and the steering but this has sadly had to be postponed due
box, undertook a full rewire, handed the
headlights to LHD and fitted a new tilt.
to a recent back operation. a
Finally the day came for its first run and
a test, so Julien and Simon piled in to the It’s a Family Affair
101 with the objective of reaching a local
bakery. After 500m they were stopped by the Simon’s dad bought his first Land Rover
local gendarmes. Nothing was wrong, they a few months before Simon was born.
‘There was only just wanted to have a look and the lads were Simon’s first car was an 88in diesel that
he acquired when he was only 14 but still
sent on their way. The bakery was reached
four months before and chocolate bread consumed but the run owns today, now aged 27, and is about
to compete with it in the 2019 Santana
the Jubilé, which identified some snagging - a week before the
Jubilé – the clutch needed to be replaced; trophy. He also has a v8 Defender 90
was to be held on the 101 trembled enormously and was very
unpleasant to drive and a part of the rear
and a Discovery 300 Tdi. His girlfriend
has a Discovery 200 Tdi - in 2016 she
the last weekend transmission was cracked. With no margin
for errors or more breakages, these elements
participated in Le Trophée Roses des
Sables, the annual all female desert rally
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electric cooling fans behind the radiator
grille. Also the roll-down weather protection WORDS AND PICTURES ERIC HAYMAN
on the driver’s door
Shape-Shifting ut Eric Hayman visited Sri Lanka and

ing hook. B
trol. No tow
24-2756 Fo rw ar d C on
ings for rope
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D
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So Land Rovers both old and new are in Forward Controls look pretty standard at first
use, including many Series models. I visited glance – although one can never be sure.
a number of people involved in keeping The first of these is 24-2761 which was
Land Rovers on the road including Indhika bought from the Sri Lanka navy around
Sanjaya the managing director of LR Motors 2011. It has a 300 Tdi engine, and apart
in Colombo. from the double coils on the rear, the
Indhika told me how he was a great suspension is said to be to the original
off-road enthusiast and how his firm keeps specification. Note the twin electric fans
old and new Land Rovers on the road, as behind the radiator grille; the tubular
Suitably proud well as making modifications to satisfy the winch bumper and the front winch. Also
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on the left wing demand for either replacement items the rear section, the high-backed forward-
of a Defender
or those needed to satisfy customers’ facing seats for those on safaris can be seen

through the clear plastic side windows of
the roll-down fabric for overall protection
against bad weather and the sun.
It is shod with Cooper Discover STT
rubber that should have no trouble with dirt
roads or game parks. The Land Rover badge
on the radiator grille says Birmingham
England, but the one on the back says
Solihull Warwickshire England.
The second, 24-2756, belongs to one
of the many customers who come to LR
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a Solihull Warwickshire England plate
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side. With Bridgestone Dueler M/T tyres,
snorkel, front winch and a very heavy-duty
front diff guard, it is ready for some proper
A sad looking Series IIA LWB Station Wagon off-roading.
complete with tropical roof an unusual spare If four wheels are not enough, how about
wheel mount. Certainly not ready for the six? EA-0173 was originally a Range Rover
for servic ing bush any more. Any takers for a
ard Control. In from the Sri Lankan Navy. Converted to
24-2756 Forw sympathetic restoration? a Defender, it now offers two, four or six-
wheel drive. The original 3∙9 litre Range
there is a snorkel up to cab roof height, and Rover V8 petrol engine has been replaced
a ratchet jack is stowed by the driver’s door. by a Td5 diesel engine. With a full height
Fire tenders always catch the eye, and the snorkel and front winch, it is another fit-
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has a front mechanical winch from the island’s roads and tracks and the climate
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Weekly magazine Flight International’s
retail sales trailer was towed by a Series
Two 109in hard-top with an unusual roof
extension. It is seen here at the Shackleton
weekend at Sywell aerodrome on April 13,
1962 (Key archive)
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Brand Part One of Bob Boagey’s

life with Land Rovers
Loyalty
WORDS AND PICTURES BOB BOAGEY
KNS en route to eastern side of Lake Turkana. Split rims and inner tubes were invaluable on these roads
On the way to Scotland. Fuel costs prevented The Series IIA which started brand loyalty in mid-winter 1965. The Visitor from U
the blue rear door being re-painted border collie normally travelled in the back, but took every opportunity A1 in Northum
to be nearer to the heater

Lunch break in the Chalbi Desert
W
hat has proved to be a long- in 1968, and I set off to become a civil
term relationship with Land engineer.
Rovers began in late 1961 when In 1972 I joined-in the tail-end of the
my father brought home a brand-new, ‘motorway building boom’; becoming a
company-supplied Series IIA SWB – blue graduate engineer with John Mowlem Civil
with a cream hard-top, and a “rattly Engineering, on a large urban motorway
engine”. Dad worked for a local building west of Gateshead in County Durham. The
company and he used the Land Rover for main task for newly-minted graduates on
many years travelling between building site in those days was ‘setting-out’ – which
sites, some of which were in the North meant many hours out on site using survey
Yorkshire Moors. The owner of the building equipment. I vividly remember being given
company used to reclaim the Land Rover the keys for a bright orange Series III SWB,
several times each year for caravanning by my section manager, who asked if I
trips to “The Continent”, which explains the thought I could drive a Land Rover. We set
large mirror on the passenger side. off and found that some of the site was a
The Land Rover was a revelation to an quagmire: I enjoyed myself and he decided
11-year-old: it had a heater (with some that I could indeed drive a Land Rover.
form of demisting arrangement), windscreen In 1972 my wife Hilary and I decided
wipers that worked at any engine speed, to take up camping as a means of taking
and a commanding passenger position holidays, since we didn’t have enough spare
which gave astonishing visibility. As the money for ‘proper accommodation’. We
‘Less than 20 winter of 61-62 set-in, it snowed, and then
snowed some more, and the mystery of the
stretched our finances and bought a 1967
LWB truck cab. We had a hard-top fitted,
metres along the yellow and red-topped levers was explained. which further stretched our finances, and
Winters were harsh in north-east England in made our first long trip around Scotland.
track we gently those years and the run-up to the infamous The LWB was a fine vehicle for camping;
winter of ’63 was no exception. There were when it was really wet we stored our gear
slid sideways many trips after heavy snowfalls when the in the tent and slept in the back. Brand
into the ditch Land Rover was one of few vehicles making
any real progress and so, brand loyalty
loyalty grew stronger.
The LWB was also the key to weekend
and stopped’ began to form.
A school friend’s parents had a small farm
trips into the wilds of Northumberland and
it was put to the test in snow, slush and ice
somewhere in North Yorkshire, long before on many occasions. But in October 1973
hobby-farms were commonplace, and his the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and
UK comparing his commute on father had what must have been an early Syria and Israel broke out. As a result of
umberland with a desert trek ‘50s Series One - perhaps ex-military - the conflict, OPEC countries increased the
dedicated to carrying sheep feed around the price of oil fourfold, inflation in UK reached
fields. I seem to recall that it was not road- 24% and petrol for our LWB became a real
registered, had no roof and usually had the problem.
windscreen folded flat. It was the perfect Brand loyalty wavered, economic reality
vehicle for a bunch of 13-year-olds who hit home, and so the LWB was advertised
were keen on instructing each other ‘how for sale. We were deeply pessimistic about
to drive’ during weekend visits to the farm. the prospects of selling it, and my section
Young people were allowed to take greater manager on the motorway project joked for
risks in those days, the Land Rover and many weeks: “For sale – LWB Land Rover.
sheep survived and the unruly schoolboys Good condition. Only used for trips to
had fun getting early driving and off-road filling stations”.
experience. In February 1976 I saw an advertisement
My secondary education was completed for civil engineers in East Africa and in

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‘For long camping

trips we had a
homemade trailer,
which was based on
the rear suspension
from a Renault 4’
Truck cab SWB crossing Chalbi Desert

KNS assisting the Peugeot 404 to leave the camping
The Middle East – with Mowlem, which ground
was well-known for its bright orange Land
Rovers. I applied, got the job and about
eight weeks later I stepped-off a VC10 in
Nairobi, Kenya. After a few days exploring,
I flew to Dar es Salaam and was taken to
the site, about 40km north of Dar along dirt
roads, in a bright orange SWB Series III.
Hilary joined me in Tanzania and I met
her at Dar airport. We drove to the site in,
of course, an orange Land Rover. There had
been a tropical storm the previous evening
and we drove through plenty of water
and mud. Brand loyalty was back with a
vengeance, but I found myself hankering
after something from Solihull that wasn’t asked “are you here for the Land Rover or
orange. for the Labrador pups?”
Two months later I was back in Kenya, History shows that we quickly did a
with a fresh work permit in my passport Game-viewing from the bonnet of KNS package deal and left with the green SWB
and a sugar factory project near the and two eight-week-old pups.
Ugandan border to head for. became known over the following months; KNS 911 cost us a present-day equivalent
It was ‘interesting times’ on the Ugandan the Israeli commandos had taken a black of £145, but, using exchange rates of the
border. In June 1976 an Air France Airbus Mercedes and two Land Rovers to Entebbe time, it would have been about £1,000
flying from Tel Aviv to France was hijacked airport - hoping to trick Ugandan troops in 1977. I cannot remember the cost of
just after it left Athens and was forced to into thinking that the small convoy heading the pups.
land at Entebbe in Uganda. The Israeli raid, to the old terminal building was carrying The paperwork for KNS has long gone. We
which rescued the hostages, was carried out their president. Most of the Ugandan don’t have any record of its chassis number,
the night of July 3-4. That night, around Airforce was destroyed during the raid, and and the previous owner had explained that
bedtime, I heard approaching engine noise the Israelis even managed to take their Land it was either ex-British or ex-Kenyan army.
I went out onto the patio and saw four Rovers home. It had dual fuel tanks, split rim wheels
large shapes moving across the star-scape. The next project was a new road near and a beam-style rear crossmember - all
The shapes were obviously very low-flying Nairobi, and by this time we were spending pointers to its military origin.
aircraft without lights, which disappeared to much of our spare time visiting game parks For long camping trips we had a
the west. and searching for wildlife. It had become homemade trailer, which was based on the
BBC World Service Radio on Sunday July clear that we needed a personal vehicle rear suspension from a Renault 4. There
4, gave us the news of the raid, and I learnt for camping, and the choice was obvious: was little science in its design but a far bit
that my four shapes, which were Hercules a Land Rover. And so we answered an of ‘bush engineering’ in its fabrication. It
C130s, had become part of history. advertisement in the Nairobi weekend for a towed really well, and enabled us to carry
Operation Thunderbolt had resulted in 102 “1966 Series II SWB Land Rover. Green with our camping gear with some form of order.
out of the 106 hostages being rescued and white hard top. Kenyan Shillings 20,000”. With the project near Nairobi completed,
flown back to Israel via Nairobi. Details The vendor answered our door knock and we headed back to north-west Kenya for

Typical scene in Maasai Mara
another road project near Kitale.
Kitale sits at the foot of Mt Elgon (summit
of about 13,000 ft), which straddles the
Kenya/Uganda border and was then well
known for herds of elephant, and for
coffee-smugglers hiking between countries.
We made regular day trips into the national
park and found that KNS really didn’t
perform too well around 10,000 ft due to
oxygen starvation. We also found that any
significant walking at that altitude brought
on headaches, so we stayed close to the
vehicle most of the time.
While we were prepared to ‘go solo’ into
places such as the Maasai Mara, where
help was generally readily available, we warmer water and therefore stayed well off-
were more cautious about the likes of the shore. I was never sure about that.
Turkana District and always went to such After many days of those dry, dusty
remote areas with at least one other vehicle. conditions, we reached Mount Marsabit, and
One memorable and eventful trip, over the decided that a few days in this well-forested
Christmas holidays, was with friends who National Park was needed. So, we set up
had a Peugeot 404 ‘pick-up’. These 404s in Public Campground No 1 at the end of a
were legendary in Kenya: high ground dirt track and downhill of the access road,
clearance, comfortable, and would go and then listened to heavy rain for most of
almost anywhere that a Land Rover could the night.
go – until it rained. In the morning it looked like more rain
Our route took us around the southern end was about to arrive and we decided to move
and along the eastern side of Lake Turkana, on. This was a good idea in principle, but
and then across the Chalbi Desert, all of in reality KNS and I simply couldn’t cope
Steam engine, Cherangani Hills, NW Kenya
which was dry and dusty. We crossed lava with the greasy mud of the track. Less
fields, salt pans, dry river beds and spent than 20 metres along the track we gently
a few nights over new year camped on the slid sideways into the ditch and stopped.
shore of the lake, which was then home Within 20 minutes a group of wonderfully
to the largest population of Nile crocodile friendly and helpful locals had arrived and
in Africa. Local folklore had it that it was explained that they knew exactly how to
safe to swim in the shallows during the help. It took most of the morning to get
day because the crocodiles didn’t like the back to the access road – KNS relied on
branches hacked from trees and strewn
on the mud, and some pushing. The 404
One of the last camping trips in Kenya - KNS
needed more branches, lots of pushing and
had just been reluctantly put on the market some towing. The locals also explained
that we should have gone to Public
Campground No 2 which was uphill of the
access road. They were paid for their efforts
and local knowledge in beer and cash. So,
we re-established camp at the second site,
the cloud lifted and the ground dried very
quickly. Brand loyalty was in reasonable
fettle, but I did wonder why a Land Rover
could not be as comfortable as a 404.
The next trip to Lake Turkana was
with friends visiting from the UK, and
a colleague generously loaned them his
recently acquired Series II truck cab. I had
some misgivings about this – it had been
freshly painted, but not much else looked
refurbished. There were lots of rattles and
overall it didn’t impress me. Anyway, it
completed the trip after only a puncture and
a welding repair on the exhaust system.
On one of our last day trips in the Kitale
area we chanced upon a 1928 Ransome,
Sims & Jefferies stationary steam engine
at the roadside. After intense negotiations
One of our first trips to Lake Turkana, once known as Lake Rudolph and also referred to as the Jade with the headman (‘chief’) of the local
Sea. The palm fronds made a very effective causeway across soft sand village, I had a receipt for a few hundred

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The Californian list of safaris, it was in almost daily use as our

‘somewhere’ included second vehicle.
USA (visa/green card We were very sad to leave Kenya after
difficulties), Canada almost six years. KNS was sold (with a
(cold), NZ (small and slightly watery eye) to someone who wanted
maybe cold), and it for same type of trips that we’d made, our
Australia (large and goods and chattels were put into storage,
could be warm). and we moved to a large project in south
Returning to Nairobi west Tanzania – near the borders with
and, to cut short Zambia and Malawi.
a long/involved
story, ‘somewhere’
To be continued a
became Australia, KNS near the summit of Mt Elgon and
the safari to suffering oxygen deprivation
Cape Town was
Somewhere near Kielder Forest in
abandoned due to
Northumberland. Winter of 73-74 and pregnancy being
the fuel tank was probably not full declared, and a date was set for our
temporary return to UK – but only after six
months on a project in south west Tanzania.
Kenyan Shillings in my pocket, the fire-box KNS had proved to be a superb vehicle,
door and the maker’s plate in KNS. I also which never let us down; in fact I suppose
made an arrangement to return a few weeks it was just another Land Rover doing what
later to collect the machine but, sadly, the it was designed to do. Problems had been Newly-acquired LWB alongside the Mini which
only bridge into the area collapsed just few and far between: the engine once it replaced
before the planned retrieval. faltered and then stopped briefly after a
In 1980 we moved from Kitale - leaving river crossing, and a centre bolt in a front
my steam engine in its resting place - to spring had to be replaced after doing battle
Nairobi for a ‘spell in the big city’, and with a pothole. The generator stopped
continued making safaris/camping trips in charging on a long, dusty gravel road
KNS. in a remote area, but the local mission’s
During an eye-opening holiday in the head priest (an Irishman and a Land Rover
western states of USA in late 1981, we devotee) trustingly loaned us one of his
decided to move from East Africa to spares for the rest of our trip – we just had
somewhere offering more permanence. So, to return it somehow. Wild camping in Scotland
in southern California we sketched out a We had hosted a string of visitors from the
plan: find ‘somewhere’ to go, drive slowly UK, including friends with young children
to South Africa in KNS over three-four who were packed in the back of KNS
months, return to the UK for a while (maybe surrounded by cushions and equipment, and
with/maybe without KNS), and then make had made many memorable camping trips
the move. into game parks and reserves. Between
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SERIES III
‘The journey home to Orkney

proved to be a good shakedown’
Former blockship Juniata demonstrating the

corrosive power of the local environment!

Alfred the
Great
Dave Neil had always
wanted a classic Land
Rover and he couldn’t
be more pleased with
his Series III
WORDS AND PICTURES DAVE NEIL

MAP LOUISE LIMB
I
’ve been interested in Land Rovers for of fake ads, overpriced and badly restored
as long as I can remember but didn’t Defenders and Series Land Rovers with
own one until my wife found a decent dubious identities.
Discovery 3 for sale a few years ago. Eventually I found Alfred lurking on a
Owning the Discovery and taking it off the quiet forum. I originally dismissed it due to
beaten track at weekends made me want to it being a long wheelbase and a Series III.
get a Defender or Series IIA and this feeling However, the more I looked at it, the more I
was galvanised when my son bought an thought that it was what I needed. A Series
ex-MOD One Ten when he turned 18. I III would be more practical for running
couldn’t wait any longer, the search was on. daily (decent Defenders were already out
I had always wanted a short wheelbase of my price range). Alfred already had a
and I wanted a soft top. Whatever I got had 200/300Tdi hybrid engine, a galvanised
to be practical enough for me to use daily chassis and parabolic springs and was
to get to work and to cart the family about known in leafer circles.
if needed. I spent what seemed like months An exchange of emails with the owner
trawling eBay, forums and local selling sites followed and a deal was struck. Now I
but was faced with the all too familiar story had to figure out how to collect it? I live

SERIES III
Blending in with the local scenery at the

Neolithic Ring of Brodgar
in the Orkney Islands so am closer to Oslo

in Norway than to Bristol, but Alfred was ‘When driving a modern car, it is
in a small town outside of Bath. I figured
that I could fly via Inverness to Bristol and all too easy to engage autopilot
so hatched an ambitious plan to collect
Alfred and drive back to catch the ferry and not even remember the drive’
home from Aberdeen the following evening.
This would involve staying with friends in Day two was a somewhat less dramatic. We made it to Aberdeen in time for the
Cumbria on the way up. Flights and ferry After a good night’s sleep and breakfast, I ferry. I stupidly left the aftermarket electric
were booked and a long weekend off work set off for Aberdeen to catch the ferry home fan on during the seven-hour crossing so
planned and I was all set to go. to Orkney. The drive was uneventful with the battery was flat on arrival in Orkney. A
My plan went well to start with. I was only the high temperature reading causing quick push by the stevedores and I was on
met at the airport by Alfred’s owner and concern (this turned out to be an air lock in my way for the last 18 miles of our journey
taken back to sort out paperwork and the cooling system caused by a loose hose). home eventually pulling up on my drive just
pick through his collection of spare parts.
Frustratingly my departure was delayed due
to a misplaced registration document!
Once this was found, I was on my way. I
stopped for fuel about 20 miles north and
while trying to ensure I didn’t run out of
fuel I managed to overfill the tank. With
daylight hours starting to fade, I called the
AA to check and make sure all was OK. By
the time I was moving, sections of the M5
and M6 were starting to close for roadworks
and so various diversions followed. A
high temperature reading, fuses falling out
from under the steering column and the
indicator stalk breaking further added to the
delays. My planned arrival time in Cumbria
went out of the window completely
and I got there in the early hours of the
following morning after being flashed
by a speed camera thanks to a woefully
inaccurate speedo that reads in kph and an
underestimation of how swift a series Land
Rover can be. Exploring the highlands in winter

Family affair Easy access to get a good view of HMS Queen
Elizabeth when it visited Scapa Flow
Detour on the old A9 in Ardgay, Sutherland
Watching the sunset with the top down at

the Brough of Birsay
before midnight.
Alfred has had quite a varied past from
what I can tell. It lived in the Netherlands
between 2008 and 2013. During this
time, it made several visits to the UK to
meet up with other leafers and even went
on tour to the Swiss Alps. Originally
being a Marine Blue diesel hard top with
side windows, its Dutch owner painted it
green and fitted a FFR soft top. The old
and presumably original 2,286cc diesel
was replaced with a NA 2,500cc diesel in
2010. However this was already showing
its age by the Switzerland trip in 2011
and so was replaced with the current
200/300TDi hybrid during a trip back to the
UK in Easter 2012. It came back to the UK
permanently in 2013 thanks to a change in
historic tax rules in the Netherlands but sat
in a shed for seven months while waiting
for DVLA paperwork to be sorted. After re-
registration in the UK was sorted it was off
to Somerset for the next four years where it
was pressed into service as a daily driver for
an electrical engineer.
The journey home to Orkney proved to be a
good shakedown and gave me time to think
about and plan what needed to be done to
turn Alfred into both a practical commuting
and family car as well as something I could

SERIES III
Blending into the landscape at Yesnaby Gun Battery
An engineering icon and some old bridge
Load area cleaned out
top. While at it I also ordered a pair of

bench seats for the load area to allow me
As bought. Waiting for the AA to investigate a to carry passengers short distances. After
suspected fuel leak before heading for Orkney a first outing my wife suggested side steps
so she could climb in! Other small jobs
have a bit of fun with at the weekends. followed such as tightening up the fuse
First job on the list was a good clean, holders and fitting a new indicator stalk. I
followed by an assessment of the spare also managed to stretch out the tail flap on
parts that had been piled into the back. the slightly-shrunken hood enough to cover
Having felt slightly uneasy about wearing the gap with the tailgate completely! After
just a lap belt on the journey north I a week or so Alfred was pressed into daily
ordered a pair of three-point seatbelts and service.
a seatbelt bar to allow me to retain the soft Boat launching with the top down As mentioned earlier, I had always wanted

a soft top. Friends, colleagues and even my comfortable place to be in all the weather
wife questioned this and thought I had gone that Orkney can throw at it. There is no
mad when I came home with Alfred and its build-up of condensation as in my son’s
shrunken, moss covered army surplus FFR hard top, the back can be rolled up for
tilt. In Orkney, extremes of weather are easy access and the top retains the warmth
normal. Summer days can be reasonably better than I expected. The only downside
Welcome visitor to Scapa Flow
warm and winter fairly mild, however is when it is extremely windy, the sides can
severe gale force winds can whip up at any flap and balloon a bit but to be honest I’m
time of the year, bringing with it horizontal usually battling hard to keep Alfred going
driving rain and hail in the winter. in a straight line to worry about a bit of
After having Alfred for a couple of months flapping! I also have the very odd issue
and managing to go topless a few times I of snowflakes suddenly appearing inside
decided to order a new tilt from Undercover the cabin when it’s snowing, despite no
Covers. Despite having a website that felt apparent gaps. The big appeal with a soft
almost as old as Alfred, they came highly top is the flexibility it gives. A reasonably
recommended on forums and social media. cosy environment in the winter, it can
After an eight-week wait, my new canvas be gradually opened up in the summer.
arrived just in time for the autumn. I opted I’ve even gone as far as removing the
for a sand coloured one with side windows Scrubbing brushes out! Initial clean entire hood and door tops and folding the
and was keen to be able to roll up the sides windscreen flat! Amazingly I’ve managed
on warmer days without needing to remove to squeeze an eBay find king-size bed and
the whole hood (something that cannot be mattress in the back while returning from a
done with an FFR hood). business trip to the mainland.
Despite lacking the insulation that may Compared with the modern cars in my
be possible with a hard top, Alfred is a household, including a plug-in hybrid,
Alfred provides a welcome if somewhat
nostalgic change. A bit like the old
knackered sofa in the corner of the local
pub, there is a magnetic pull and feeling
of comfort where there shouldn’t be one.
Green laning with the hills From lifting the handle to opening the door
of Hoy in the background to firing up the dependable TDi engine and
‘Alfred is a comfortable place to be in

all the weather that Orkney can throw at it’
On board one of the smaller inter island ferries
Wading in the loch to recover the boat

SERIES III
Exploring the former World War Two airfield

HMS TERN (RNAS Twatt) with my son and
his 110
Enjoying the sun at the bay of Skaill
Looking out over the Brough of Birsay
there is a fear that it will end up a bit like

the proverbial ‘Trigger’s broom’. Still on
the list are new seals, treatment of a small
patch of rust on the bulkhead (found when
folding the windscreen forward), new brake
pads and the fitment of a Webasto diesel
air heater before the winter comes. In some
ways it would be easy to strip it down and
restore it but where would I stop? Already
a ‘bitsa’ it has aged well and has a patina
that is envied by some and probably
disliked by others. It’s not original but that
doesn’t really matter.
After a year in Orkney it is safe to say
wiggling the gear lever to find first, the Of course, any 45-year-old British car that Alfred has settled in and is now well
driver is connected to Alfred. When driving in daily use will be an ongoing project. I and truly a part of the family and the local
a modern car, it is all too easy to engage know this having previously run a 1972 scenery. Aside from the daily commute to
autopilot and not even remember the drive. MGB GT as my daily car before it was work each day it also undertakes longer
Alfred demands that the driver takes taken off the road for restoration. Alfred is journeys to the central belt of Scotland
part in the journey rather than being little no exception to this rule. Although not a on business trips without missing a beat
more than a passenger. Being powered by rolling restoration, over the course of a year (except for running out of fuel 20 miles
a 200/300 Tdi hybrid means that keeping I’ve had to fit new rear shock absorbers, south of Inverness recently). There’s
up with daily traffic is easy, although the swivels and wheel bearings, new gear nothing quite like it on the road and always
vague steering and drum brakes keep me selector, new fuse box, new fuel tank, new generates interest wherever it goes. I don’t
in check. To be fair though daily traffic steering relay, fit a layer of soundproofing expect to ever part with Alfred which
in Orkney is rarely stressful or fast and on all the floors and seatbox, chase down means that it will need to be looked after,
usually consists of one or two cars and on and fix numerous wiring gremlins and maintained and occasionally upgraded to
a Monday morning, a small fleet of tractors replace the replacement indicator stalk. ensure it meets my needs; a small price to
taking livestock to the local auction mart. The list isn’t likely to get any smaller and pay for the smiles that it brings!a
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Salt lake near Woocalla, 110km north of Port Augusta
WORDS AND PICTURES CRAIG WATSON

PERIOD PHOTOS PETER COLWELL AND PATRICE ROWE

‘Back in the 1960s and 1970s the only vehicle
of choice in the outback was a Land Rover’
The
Town Car This Land Rover has been owned by the same family
from new and is unrestored and in incredible condition.

SERIES III
Apart from a few minor blemishes, which only serve to confirm

the vehicle’s age, the exterior is in remarkable condition
B
lack soil is ubiquitous in central New
South Wales and Queensland. It is
a fertile clay base that is excellent
for farming. With Australia’s extremes in
climate it tends to dry and crack in summer,
but when it receives even just a little rain
will turn into a glutinous, sticky morass
that can trap animals and vehicles alike.
Travelling anywhere through the black soil
plains after rain is a near impossibility,
unless you have a four-wheel drive vehicle,
that is. Even then, getting about is slow and
difficult and only to be done if absolutely
necessary. Usually it’s better to wait a couple
of days for the soil to start to dry out again.
Even today, many of the roads in this part
of the country are unsealed and the age-old
problems remain, but farmers are spoilt with Peter Colwell never thought his old wet
weather town car would ever be considered a
their choice of vehicles. Back in the 1960s
classic, but today wouldn’t restore it or sell it
and 1970s the only vehicle of choice in the
– it’s part of the family
outback was a Land Rover and without one
in the wet you didn’t go anywhere.
Australian farmers took to the Land Rover
in their droves and Land Rover dealerships
sprung up in the least likely of places. For
Peter Colwell and his family, it was at the
nearest town, Coonamble, and the dealership
was Laing and Glover: Auto Engineers;
agents for Land Rover, Honda and VW. As
an aside, prior to 1974 the business was
owned by Grenville Motors in Sydney, the
Land Rover importers until that role was
taken over directly by Leyland Australia,
and today still remains at the same location,
selling Honda motorcycles and farm
equipment, now named K&H Glover.
“We lived on a farm on a black soil plain,
about 30 miles from the nearest bitumen
and the road was totally impassable when it
was wet,” recalled Peter. “Dad had a Fiat 132
at the time, and a Series One Land Rover
that was a farm vehicle. You’d use the farm
vehicle if you were desperate, but it wasn’t
really the answer, so on July 2, 1974 dad
bought a Series III as his wet-weather car.” The farm was run as a family business around 35mm to 40mm although the
As farmers, the vehicle was sales tax and the Land Rover became the sole summer months, particularly January and
exempt and cost $3,540. But as it was to be responsibility of Peter, as he explained. “Dad February, average almost double that. It is
their town car, they opted for a hard top, didn’t drive it at all, in fact I’m the only not uncommon that you will get the whole
which cost a further $200. Add in delivery person that’s ever driven it.” month’s rain in one day, and when that
($60), registration ($8 for goods carrying), Though Australia’s a dry continent, happens the dirt roads become impassable to
compulsory third party insurance ($12.15), Coonamble is a temperate area with everything, even a capable 4x4.
a tax levy ($20), weight tax ($21.50) and reasonable rainfall and good farming It’s not surprising, then, that this Land
stamp duty ($20) and it came to a grand conditions. It gets an average of 60 days Rover didn’t get a great deal of use. Today
total of $3,881.65. of rain a year, and each month averages the total odometer reading is less than

Replacement curtains were made by Peter’s wife Kate after the originals,
made by his cousin Patrice to the same pattern, had badly faded
‘Under the bonnet is the only place

that really shows the car’s age’
45,000km (28,000 miles), and

Peter assures us that it is genuine
and the clock has not ‘ticked
over’. Given the vehicle is 44
years old, that’s an average of
just over 1,000km per year. Patrice with the Rover at their lunch
stop at Pimba near Woomera, site of
the rocket range, in South Australia
Trip Of A Lifetime
In fact, Peter said there was one
big trip when the Rover was almost new
that accounted for around 7,000km in one miles) in two weeks, averaging around
hit. As a young bloke of 27 years, he headed 500km (310 miles) per day.
Under the bonnet does show the effects of
off on a trip with his cousin, Patrice and her Peter said the trip was done on a strict
age and living on a dirt road, 30km from the
new husband Michael Rowe, around half budget, camping and watching the cash.
nearest sealed road, but is also original
of Australia. “We had no money, and it was an absolute
From Coonamble, their journey took shoestring budget, but we had a whale of a
them through the out-of-the-way localities time. We camped all the way, in those days
and famous places of Cobar, Broken simply pulling off the road at a suitable site
Hill, Peterborough, Flinders Ranges, Port and setting up the tent, with no thought
Augusta, Kingoonya, Kulgera, Erldunda, for security.”
Ayers Rock (Uluru), back to Erldunda, To help cut costs, Patrice and Michael
Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Three Ways, slept in a two-man tent, while Peter bedded
Camooweal, Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Winton, down in the back of the Land Rover. He’s
Longreach, Barcaldine, Charleville, Roma, not a short bloke, so to make it a little
St George, Collarenabri, Walgett, and back more comfortable, he would sleep with the
home to Coonamble. All up, 7,016km (4,360 tailgate down so he could stretch out.

SERIES III
An AM push-button radio was fitted to

the car for a bit of modern comfort and an
amps gauge was fitted for peace of mind
(replaced recently with a newer model).
But Peter said the simplicity of the Land
Rover, its newness and the popularity of
Land Rovers in the Outback, ensured they
had no concerns over breaking down.
“There was very little traffic. It was a real
adventure in those days. Land Rovers
were the only four-wheel drives you saw,
anyway. So we felt right at home.
Peter reported that travelling back from
Uluru to Erldunda on the highway, was
a breeze. “We drove all the way back to
Erldunda, which is about 190km (120
miles) and never got out of top gear. We
didn’t stop and we didn’t change gear the
whole way.
“We stopped at the dry Fink River to
contemplate its status as the world’s
oldest river,” Peter continued, “and took
Michael, Patrice and Peter with the Land Rover before a detour to the Henbury Meteorite Craters
setting off on their trip of a lifetime in 1974 south of Alice Springs. We spent two days
exploring the Alice Springs area, visiting
spectacular Trephina Gorge and Ross River.

Bulkhead vents collect dust
‘Though Australia’s
a dry continent
Coonamble is a
temperate area with
reasonable rainfall’
We also attended the famous Henley-on-
Todd regatta, where teams race boats with
The vehicle still has all its original Australian-
no bottoms, running along the dry sandy
made glass, dated 1974
riverbed. In Alice we also changed the oil on
the Land Rover, which had so far covered
4,900km.”
From Alice Springs it was about 530km
(330 miles) north to Three Ways, along the
sealed Stuart Hwy, then 640km (400 miles)
This 1974 Series III has been in the same east to Mt Isa, camping at a number of
family since new, has only ever had one driver, places along the way.
has done only 44,000km and is in remarkable, “We arrived in Cloncurry in the middle
unrestored condition
of a raging thunderstorm, and we were
forced into a motel for the night: which
cost $19.50 – a shattering blow to our
budget. The next morning we hit the black
mud. Progress was agonisingly slow, but
steady. My experience with these conditions
enabled us to get through without too
much difficulty, although our average
speed dropped to only a few miles per hour.
Staying on top of the road was critical. Our
fuel consumption dropped to 16mpg. The
road dried out as we headed south and we
eventually sought refuge for the night in the
Longreach caravan park.
Over the whole trip, the Land Rover
consumed fuel at an average of 21.2mpg.
We had no mechanical issues, and no
flat tyres – despite the rough roads. We
meticulously shared the expenses and
Agricultural tow hitch bought our own food, which Patrice
cooked – there was no fast-food back
then. Our all-up costs, including fuel, food,
accommodation, entry fees to National
Parks – literally everything – was $234, or
$78 per person.
“Dad died about seven years after we
bought the Land Rover,” Peter explained.
“We continued to run the farm for a long
time afterwards and the Land Rover pretty
much had the same duty, to be the town
vehicle if it was wet, because that was the
Fuel filler cap Support for the upper tailgate only vehicle we could use to get out.

SERIES III
Interior condition belies the fact this is a 44-year-old vehicle
The Land Rover on the family

property in Coonamble in 1985
Original tool roll and original tools have had very little use
“At that stage I didn’t think it would ever

be a classic vehicle or anything, it was
‘There was very the radiator sprang a mysterious leak.
No obvious reason, so I’ve now replaced
just the vehicle we used. It was always
garaged; never left in the weather; never
little traffic. It was the radiator core. There was little sign of
corrosion or gunge anywhere in the system.
left in the sun; always well stored, which is a real adventure Why the core leak developed is a complete
why the paint and the interior are still so mystery. So we missed out. I thought it had
good today.” in those days’ a good chance of taking the most original
Under the bonnet is the only place that prize. Never mind. I’m sure there will be a
really shows the car’s age, with a bit of As far as Peter is concerned, a restoration chance in another ten years.”
grime on the engine, some surface rust of any sort is out of the question. “The car
where paint has come off the exhaust is too good to do anything to it now. I like Going metric
manifold and some of the engine, and a that it’s still got the original plates on it. It’s Australia officially changed from imperial
couple of very minor oil leaks. never been unregistered at any point.” measurements to metric on July 1, 1974.
Peter has carried out regular maintenance It’s no surprise, though, that age does From 1972 vehicle speedos had km/h inside
to keep the car reliable, but he is very much catch up occasionally, as Peter reported. the mile markings. From early 1974 the
of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” school “We were all planned to take the Land main markings were in km/h, while the
and the engine has never been apart, and Rover to Cooma for the big weekend 70th minor markings were mph, as on Peter’s
no major work has ever had to be done to anniversary rally there, on a trailer. We Land Rover which was completed in June.
the vehicle. were just about ready when of all things From 1975 onwards, only km/h markings

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OUR LAND ROVERS
Daniel Warden’s love of Land Rovers was

rekindled when he drove Oxford
Oxford fording in Oxford
SO MANY LAND ROVERS

WORDS DANIEL WARDEN PICTURES COURTESY OF @LANDROVERPHOTOALBUM
A
fter almost 25 years of reading been met. Or so I thought anyway. a chat about it. “It’s a touch thirsty”, he
about them, looking at them and It was out of the blue really. A whatsapp says. Cue protracted discussion about
eventually driving them, the novelty message from my friend Nick, known just what a two-litre petrol side-valve
had worn off a bit. I was over-familiar for running the @landroverphotoalbum engine should be getting.
with Land Rovers. I’d done countless miles Instagram page landed. He told me he had Billing was serious heat, expensive
green-laning and road touring, not to borrowed Oxford from Adam Bennett, to burgers and warm cans of pop, but it was
mention hundreds of hours at work driving do some filming and stills shooting at a
them. Who knows how many shows I had private steam railway not far from my Oxford and Dan’s 110
been to over the years, how many books, home. Would I be interested in joining
magazines and models bought. Other him? It sounded like a good excuse to get
things had got in the way. Life had moved out of the house for a while.
on. Travelling, socialising, music, and On the Saturday before this event was
buying a house had come to the forefront. the world record attempt at Billing.
I had my projects slowly progressing, as “Come along” said Nick, “It’ll be fun”.
well as two vehicles on the road, but my Billing wasn’t too far so I went in my
focus was elsewhere. Land Rovers were 110. Nick already had Oxford then. I had
now slightly peripheral, time to worry seen the car before but not close up, and
about them would be when other goals had not in detail. I found Nick and we had

Train and Ox
ford in 1950s Darj
eeling
Recreated in Oxfordshire in 2018
‘Passing motorists and

pedestrians alike slowed, stared
and sometimes pointed at our
little convoy’
fun. I was back among something. The next
Almost a thousand Land Rovers took morning we
part in the record attempt. My 110 was headed over to
number 230. The time came and we all meet Emrys,
took a slow, dust-drenched drive near the John and
famous off-road course - quite something Nicholas to go to the
to be a part of. steam railway event. John and Nicholas
We decided it was easier for Nick to were in a 1998 Heritage 90, a rare sight.
crash over at my place that night. Oxford They led, followed by Oxford, and then also been many a year since I have driven
followed me back in the twilight and my 110 providing rear-guard. It took a Series One but I soon got used to it.
I couldn’t help but feel a smile spread about half an hour to drive to the railway. We got the photos in the first ford,
across my face as I caught the slightly Passing motorists and pedestrians alike then moved on to the second. I
yellow-tinted close-set headlamps in my slowed, stared and sometimes pointed at remembered to put the lights on for this
mirrors. our little convoy. one. I drove Oxford probably less than
This is what it would have been like to At the site, Oxford was parked up by a mile; a tiny fraction of the distance it
be the Cambridge car, I thought. the trains, my 110 and the heritage 90 did to Singapore. But it was enough to
relegated to the car park. The premise re-ignite something. A re-kindling of my
was we could recreate the famous photo passion for Land Rover.
of Oxford as it passed a locomotive on The next step once I returned to
the Darjeeling railway in the Himalayas normality was to finally get myself a
back in the ‘50s. This railway had the copy of First Overland. By sheer luck
same type of locomotive. I managed to find a really nice 1958
Photographs and film were taken, and hardback edition. It will take pride of
then I suggested we head to some local place on my bookshelf. I have also
fords to take some photos of Oxford in arranged for some small jobs to be
action. It was only a short drive away. sorted on my 109in 1-Ton, and further
We parked up the 110, I jumped in Oxford work on my 88in project and 1-Ton
and directed Nick to where we needed to cherrypicker project.
be. We came to the fords, and Nick told Sometimes all you need to do is get hold
me to drive. I’d never driven something of a little piece of history to set you on the
Dan’s One Ton so famous and irreplaceable before. It had path to a brighter future. a
OUR LAND ROVERS
Emrys Kirby has gone retro and refitted

the original 2,286cc petrol
to his Series III
WORDS AND PICTURES EMRYS KIRBY
‘In addition to the

engine change, I
decided to remove
the LT77 gearbox’
The original engine had always
performed beautifully so it was a huge
disappointment when it wouldn’t run
properly. I traced this to a failing fuel
pump and a dodgy coil; with these
rectified the engine starts and runs
perfectly. I’ve covered a few miles since
the change and I have to say I’m very
pleased with it - the sounds and smells
of a 2,286cc petrol take me back to my
earliest days of Land Rover ownership.
The Tdi was a brilliant conversion but
It’s great to get out and about in a petrol- there is something lovely about having a
powered Series III again a
standard ‘farmer spec’ Series III.
BACK TO THE FUTURE

I
always had a love-hate relationship had a good one of each in the loft.
with the 200 Tdi engine in A345 KSB, With the old engine back in place and
my 1984 Series III. It got top marks coupled up to the original gearbox, I
for reliability, easy maintenance, fuel decided to fit a two-silencer exhaust
economy and for allowing me to keep up system. This was a fairly uncommon
with everyday traffic. On the downside, it fitment and usually only found on the
was noisy and I missed the smoothness and very last Series IIIs like mine. When I
near silent tick-over of the original 2,286cc bought the vehicle in 1995, the original
petrol. I’d carefully stored the original two-box exhaust was still fitted and
engine back in 2009 as I knew at some stage indeed it was listed on the build sheet
I would get round to refitting it when the which I found under the rear tub a few
time was right. Earlier this year, my next years back. Out with the new
door neighbour Freddy decided he wanted a
good 200 Tdi to fit in his Lightweight and I In with the old
decided the time had come.
An engine swap is not a difficult task
for me but I’d underestimated the time it
would take to gather together all the parts
I’d taken off. I’d removed the heater pipes,
air box, battery tray, alternator bracket,
starter relay, carburettor and manifolds.
They’d become dispersed all over the place,
most needed painting and some of them
needed a bit of remedial work. I’d also
misplaced a few parts like the air intake
pipe and choke cable and as a matter of
course, I replaced all the rubber hoses.
In addition to the engine change, I
decided to remove the LT77 gearbox
and go back to the original LT76
and this meant I had to go back to
standard propshafts – again I had to
rake through the stores to find a good
pair. The old radiator and front panel
were also past their best, thankfully I

The magazine’s project Lightweight has
been munching the miles this year
WORDS AND PICTURES JOHN CARROLL
Early spring in West Yorkshire ‘GeOfF was partially

sidelined by an
ignition issue
which was slightly
frustrating as I had
spare points and a
condenser at home’
On Strata Florida in mid Wales
GOING THE DISTANCE

T
he magazine project Series III
Lightweight generally known as
GeOfF because of its registration
number has proved to be a useful tool
during the first half of this year. As winter
gradually began to loosen its grip on the
north of England the ex-RAF GS Series III
provided appropriate transport to go to a
gathering of military vehicles in York city
centre and to attend the annual off-road
Coquet Safari in Northumberland, both
events run by area groups of the Military
Vehicle Trust (MVT). At the latter, GeOfF
was partially sidelined by an ignition issue
which was slightly frustrating as I had
spare points and a condenser at home. If
I had brought them with me the problem
could have been fixed in a jiffy.
Its next outing was a trip to Strata
Florida, the famous and scenic green lane At Utah Beach in Normandy
in mid-Wales. Having driven it to Wales,
I handed over the keys and left two of the
CLR team - Louise Limb and Vicky Turner pedal, Simon Services in Wakefield fitted campsite for the weekend. In this role it
- to use it in low box and get the hang of a new clutch in the week before we went. did provide a cooking shelter as it is easy
an 88in on the rocky route. Having learned from my previous experi- to put the stove in the load bed and reach
Next in the diary was a trip to Normandy in ence, the bag of spare ignition components it over the tailgate with the tilt’s rear flap
France at the beginning of June to coincide was packed but, because I had it with me, rolled up.
with the 74th anniversary of D-Day. This of course it wasn’t required! Photographer Driving home I felt that this proved that
involved a drive from West Yorkshire to Ian Clegg and I shared the driving. this Lightweight is a viable machine again
Portsmouth for a ferry and quite a few miles Yet more miles followed soon afterwards and the restoration work done by the
running around between Cherbourg and Caen when a weekend show near Evesham team at Gumtree 4x4 has paid off. I also
before a ferry home and a return to Yorkshire beckoned. This was the annual Wartime realised that, although this is a great Land
in the space of a week. in the Vale event near Badsey and, like in Rover, it has to make way for a new CLR
In view of the distance and slight uncer- Normandy, the Lightweight was simply project vehicle so, if you want to buy it,
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When Craig Allen wanted a tent he went for a vintage classic
WORDS AND PICTURES CRAIG ALLEN
The perfect companion to your Land Rover minutes to pitch and it looked the part
with the new green flysheet. It did require
a few more pegs than a modern tunnel tent
but the alloy ones supplied were robust
enough and did the job.
One change from the older models is
the wrap around zip design for the inner
but this works well. Meanwhile, although
described as a two-man tent I would say
the Mk3 is more practical for one and the
larger Mk4 version would be a better bet
for two.
Once pitched however it was very stable
and I had no doubt would stand up to the
worst of the Highland weather.
The next night found me wild camping at
The components of the tent the mouth of the Corrieyairack Pass near
laid out before pitching Laggan - so more of a test for the tent. It
rained heavily that night but I remained
‘What was most snug and dry inside and the nylon flysheet
was easily shaken out next morning before
impressive was the stowing in the land Rover.
So, overall I would say this first outing
heavy duty sewn-in for the tent was a great success. It may
be an old design but it is well proven
groundsheet’ and the quality of the materials speak for
themselves.
wouldn’t be an issue in the back of my A secondhand version makes a cheap
Land Rover. I decided to pitch it in the option and can be easily refurbished with
drive and was pleased with how easily it new parts. You can also buy a brand new
all went together. model although sadly global economics
A-frame first then the cotton inner and means they are no longer manufactured
I
was looking around recently for a flysheet. I couldn’t peg it out but putting in this country. Either way you will be
good tent for car camping, something it up was a doddle and I didn’t anticipate getting a time-proven and practical design
robust enough to cope with the Scottish any issues in the field. that hopefully won’t let you down and will
weather and in character with my Land What struck me was the quality of last a long time. My own tent now has a
Rover. After searching the various internet the materials, good solid shock-corded permanent home in the back of the Land
sites I came across some surplus military alloy poles and DWR cotton protex for Rover and will be getting plenty of use on
Force Ten tents which got me thinking.
The Vango Force Ten has been around
the flysheet and inner. What was most
impressive was the heavy duty sewn-in
future camping trips. a
in various forms since the 1960s and is in groundsheet - a welcome change from the Time for
every sense a classic. They were quickly paper thin variety found on most modern a ‘selfie’
up camp having se
for the n t
taken up for expedition use back in the tents requiring a separate ‘footprint’. The ight
day and have been a favourite with youth traditional ‘day-glow’ orange colour was
groups and the military ever since. another matter and I quickly ordered
In the 1970s they were even used by a green nylon flysheet from Blacks
Chris Bonington on a couple of Everest of Greenock.
Expeditions, surely a testament to their I prefer my tents to blend in more with
inherent toughness and quality? In fact I’m the landscape. In fact getting replacement
pretty sure I spent a couple of nights in one parts is easy as Scottish-based company
as a teenager on an expedition to the Dales Vango still make these tents and all the
with the Army Youth Team. accessories are readily available. So now
The question was, with so many modern I had my tent all I needed was a chance
geodesic and tunnel tents available, could to try it out.
a 40-year-old design still cut the mustard? A trip to the highlands to research
There was only one way to find out and after the old military roads was the perfect
trawling the internet I came across a nearly opportunity to put the tent to the test
new Mk3 version and put in a successful bid. and it went into the back of the 90
First impressions on its arrival were along with the rest of my gear. The
good, it came in a smart orange stuff sack results of the first night spent at the
and was as the buyer had posted in ‘almost Red Squirrel campsite in Glencoe
new’ condition. At 7.10 kg it felt heavier were very positive. Despite stopping to
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SPLITTING LOGS
Chris Mortimer decided he wanted to utilise his PTO by running
a log splitter from his Series II
WORDS AND PICTURES CHRIS MORTIMER
The table saw in action. Drive comes from the

rear PTO attached to the back of Oskar our
restored 1962 SWB. The cutter and the wood
are transported in the restored Rice cattle
trailer. Labour is free
Series II club hi
nge
W
hen I go to a vintage rally or a new; find the PTO
show of a similar nature, I always that bolts to the back
get attracted to those exhibits that of the gearbox where
are working, doing something, as opposed the overdrive lives
to being lined up like a row of soldiers. It and then join the
was after I visited a rally where an owner two PTOs together
was using his old tractor to power a rear with a prop shaft.
mounted PTO-driven log splitter, the My problem was
corkscrew type, it got me thinking about that I have an
how to use my 1962 SWB Oskar to provide overdrive and I
a similar type of display. wasn’t going to
At this time, I had recently rebuilt and give that up in a
fitted a bottom PTO which came with a hurry. Another
Dowty hydraulic pump. The plan was to problem was that
find and install the oil tank, pipework and the levers and
valves and use this to drive a yet-to-be- linkages Land
built homemade log splitter, the type that Rover provide
pushes a blade down the length of the log. with the bottom
Thoughts now turned to driving a PTO assume you don’t have an overdrive
corkscrew-type log splitter using a six- in place as they cut right across the rear surprisingly well and in the end was simple
spline prop out of the back of the Land gearbox/overdrive cover plate. to fabricate.
Rover to provide the power, more parts to After a bit of head scratching and a few Now I had an operational bottom PTO, I
see moving than a hydraulic driven blade. false starts, a new one-piece lever was eventually bought the mechanical output
If you want to add a rear PTO, the type that made that pivots off one of the bottom PTO for the bottom PTO to drive in place
bolts to the rear crossmember, you have PTO securing nuts allowing the engaging of the Dowty pump and also the rear
to first of all find a PTO that doesn’t cost lever to come out the passenger side of the crossmember PTO was found. All were
more than the Land Rover did when it was seat box as originally designed. It works stripped, cleaned and rebuilt. The number

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‘It weighs a ton The rear PTO is bolted to the rear crossmember along with the homemade extended towing bracket
and rear step. The PTO spline cover was also fabricated, trying to find one was harder than finding the
but at least it won’t PTO, in the end I made it using photos as a reference to obtain the shape and dimensions
collapse into a
twisted pile when
the first log is loaded
onto it’
of attached PTOs is increasing - including
the factory-fitted front capstan we are now
up to five!
The observant among you would have
worked out that the bottom PTO rotates
clockwise whereas the PTO used in place of
the overdrive rotates anticlockwise. This
means that the six-spline output prop will
rotate in the ‘wrong’ direction.
While this is true, it does depend what
you want to drive. If the drum pulley PTO
were to be bolted to the rear PTO and was
used to drive a saw bench via a flat belt
then you could twist the belt into a figure
of eight to correct the rotation issue. For
me it wasn’t a problem as you can buy
clockwise and anticlockwise screw splitters.
The last remaining part of the jigsaw was
the prop between the bottom PTO and the
rear PTO. It’s not possible to run a single
straight prop between the two, the axle
and exhaust gets in the way. A jointed
prop was needed and this had to be made,
Land Rover didn’t produce a prop for this
situation.
Using a number of 30cm long cardboard
The towing bracket prior to being galvanised.

It’s loosely based on the Land Rover drawbar
and tow ball extension. In addition to the three
fixing bolts under the crossmember, the bracket The inspiration for the PTO-driven wood
also bolts to the rear face of the crossmember. saw, the Ferguson rocking table saw Photo
Bracing plates provide extra strength courtesy of www.vintagemasseyferguson.co.uk

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postal tubes and some MDF-made UJs Cardboard tubes and MDF UJs were made to work out the length of the two-part prop. The prop
I was able to mock up the desired prop. is bolted to the mechanical drive PTO which in turn is bolted to the bottom PTO or ‘belly’ PTO as
Consideration of the angle from the bottom some people call them. The prop middle support bearing is bolted to the tub just forward of the
PTO to the joint had to be taken into rear axle
account - the smaller the angle the better
- and also where to fix the middle support
bracket along with its bearing. Armed with
my ‘here’s one I made earlier’ Blue Peter
prop I popped along to Bailey Morris Ltd
at St Neots who quickly made a ‘proper’
version. They kept my cardboard creation,
they said it made a change to the ‘back
of fag packet’ drawings they sometimes
get given.
With the drive now sorted my attention
turned to what to drive. Having looked
around the internet for a ready-made
splitter bench I soon realised that what I
was after just doesn’t exist. I didn’t want
to go the route of buying another trailer
with the splitter permanently fixed to it.
I wanted something that was relatively
portable, can be broken down into a small
number of components and loaded into the
back of an 88in without too much hassle.
I’d also thought that maybe the same drive
mechanism could not only drive the splitter
but also a saw blade, the same size as the
ones used on saw benches that hang off
the back of tractors - 700mm. Being able
to swap would give me extra functionality
from the same drive.
After a few weeks of drawing up ideas,
what I ended up making was a steel
framed two-legged table that attaches to
the tailgate hinge brackets on the rear
crossmember for stability. A short six-
spline PTO joins the rear PTO to the lower
pulley wheel. Directly above this pulley is
to the
overdrive and up
se en runn ing underneath the g bolts. The lever is
lever can just be e of the PTO fixin
PT O op erating that bo lts to on
Bottom on a bracket
base. It pivots ed in the middle
passenger seat piece of flat bar steel pivot
shap ed
essentially a ‘Z’
‘What I ended
up making
was a steel
framed two-
legged table
that attaches
to the tailgate
hinge bracket’

The two pulleys and the simple clutch provide

drive to the splitter or saw blade. The clutch
lever pushes a bearing onto the loosely fitting
V belt to tighten it up
With the splitter removed and the 700mm saw

blade attached along with the rocking table
the table now turns into the second of its
functions
A steel mesh guard is bolted over the pulleys

and belt when in use, safety first. Should a log
get stuck on the splitter cone the top of the
guard can hinge down and using holes in the
Log splitter in action. The table
pulley the cone can be unthreaded from the log
extension is in place. It really
using a tool made for the job. A spring returns
is surprising how little effort is
the guard to the close position
needed to split a log, much easier
than using an axe
an equally sized pulley which runs on the screw cutter and its extension plate are first
output drive shaft. removed. In its place an extension to the
A loose fitting V-belt joins the two drive shaft is attached and on the end of
pulleys and a simple clutch was made this is the 700mm blade, fixed by a single
to provide variable tension to the belt bolt that has locking wire through it to stop
allowing control of the top pulley’s drive. it unthreading.
Protruding out of the clutch handle there A steel blade guard is then bolted to the
is a bolt that engages into a saw tooth cut top of the table. On one side of the table a
steel block. This allows me to have drive to rocking table is attached. It’s like the old
the drive shaft without needing to have one tractor three-point linkage table saws used,
hand on the clutch lever. a platform where you could put the log on
On the end of the top drive shaft the to and then rock the platform forwards to
screw cutter is attached using a keyway cut the log, rock it back, reload with a new
and a grub screw. To provide extra table log and so forth.
space an extension plate can be added. To stop the platform falling backwards
To convert the table into a saw bench the when not in use a bent round bar connects

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Plasma-cut embellishments on
the guard and the steel initials of
our boys welded onto the frame
add that touch of personalisation
to the project
The table in component form. By using split

the platform to the table. Over this bar pins to hold the brackets to the table and two
was a spring to help push the platform sizes of cap head bolts, the number of tools
away from the saw when not in use. Lastly needed to assemble and disassemble the table
and most importantly, an emergency stop is kept to a minimum. The saw blade has a two-
button is attached to the table via magnets. part wooden guard covering the teeth when
This is wired to the low-voltage side of the not in use. Latching toggle clamps hold the
coil of the engine in series with the ignition two halves together
switch. If you press this button the engine
stops, so does the splitter or saw. Once
all the fabrication was done and trial runs
completed the steel work was then sent to
be hot dipped galvanised, a finish that goes
well with Series vehicles. When not in
use the tabl
made six-whe e lives on a
On reflection it’s not really that portable, eled trolley. custom
over the tabl A PVC cove
it weighs a ton but at least it won’t collapse e and is fixe r goes
using more d to the trolle
into a twisted pile when the first log is split pins y base
loaded onto it. It fulfils the requirement
of the job, to cut and split logs and to
make use of the numerous PTOs - no point
having them if you don’t use them. On a
personal level it helped me improve my ‘On the end of the top
welding and fabrication skills, something
everyone with a Land Rover needs months. Since the completion of the saw
drive shaft the screw
especially when doing rebuilds.
As for providing a working exhibit at
table, another PTO was found and restored,
a rear drum pulley. I always fancied one of
cutter is attached
shows to entertain people like me who like those Esco duel blade kindling machines, using a keyway
to watch something earn its keep, we’ll they look lethal but very functional. If
have to see how it goes over the coming only I could find one… a and a grub screw’
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A FRESH APPROACH TO A DIESEL CONVERSION. PART 3 OF 4

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MOVING ALONG Matt Savage 4x4 has the sole UK

rights to Viair Compressor systems and
also sells a variety of other overland related
equipment from its Darley Dale premises.
www.mattsavage.com. www.viair.co.uk
01629 735555 sales@mattsavage.com
Moving business premises put a brief hold on

the project, but most of the 86in fitted in the
back of Matt’s Unimog 404
Part 3 of Matt Savage’s project to fit an old VW engine into his Series One
WORDS AND PHOTOS TOBY SAVAGE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL MATT SAVAGE
O
nce the chassis welding was finished gearbox could continue in spare moments the VW starter motor which inconveniently
it was time to reluctantly rip the Seat between jobs. Luckily, it was clear that the intrudes into the footwell.
Ibiza apart and work out how best to Seat Ibiza clutch cover could be used with The idea was, at last, coming together
attach its engine to the Series One gearbox. a standard 9in Land Rover clutch plate. The and showing promise. The new engine
Fortunately, Andy the mechanic and key fit was almost perfect. But then it became a mounting points were welded to the chassis
VW/Land Rover guru on this project had matter of measure four times and cut three. and everything was treated to several
donated an old 1.9 Tdi block and this The depth, inner diameter and outer diameter coats of black POR 15 rust preventative
was to be used as a mule to help with of an adapter plate were established first and chassis paint and injected with Waxoyl.
measurements and fitting. a local engineering firm made the basic part. New parabolic springs, bushes and shock
But first Matt had to move business With the two bolted together it was felt the absorbers were fitted, along with all new
premises from Tansley to Darley Dale. time was right to try them in the chassis and brake components. As this was to be a
Moving an entire business is a lengthy job, assess where the engine mountings would ‘keeper’, it was important to ensure it would
but Project VW Series One was kept together have to be and how the bulkhead would fit be in good condition for many years.
with everything bar the chassis being moved around the new set-up. Next, the axles (with Range Rover 3.5
in one go in the back of Matt’s Unimog. Next the position of the starter motor was diffs), gearbox and transfer box were
Once installed in Darley Dale the project calculated and drilled, along with the holes for refitted in their standard positions. With
had to take an enforced break while ‘real’ the studs that will finally secure the engine the engine now attached to the gearbox
work was attended to. The chassis was leant to the bell housing. With all of those checked and new engine mounting brackets
up against a wall and the bodywork kept and confirmed the Seat dust cover was welded fabricated and fitted, it was time to revert
together in a far corner of the new premises. in place to protect the first motion shaft to the final modifications and fitting of the
There it all lay for about six months. bearing and it was looking good. bulkhead. After more than year’s work, the
Even with the big bits on hold, the Finally, a large chunk of gearbox bell VW-Tdi engined Series One was not far of
important issue of mating the engine and housing had to be cut out to accommodate being roadworthy.

1. The chassis welding was finished and it was 2. Between jobs at the new premises in Darley 3. With the dummy engine and gearbox roughly
acquiring a new patina as it waited for further Dale work could still be done on mating the bolted together it was time to concentrate on
progress dummy engine to the gearbox and finalising the where the engine mountings should be
design of the adaptor plate
4. A new engine mounting was designed on the 5. Brackets were also made to weld to the chassis. 6. A huge amount of space in the engine bay, but
back of an envelope, made and fitted These had to accept an ‘off the shelf’ metalastic next it would be the turn of the real VW 1.9 Tdi
bush for ease of replacement in later life and ancillaries
7. The adapter plate was almost finished. The 8. A huge amount of time and considerable 9. This large piece of bell housing had to be cut away
final hurdle would be a mount for the VW starter expense later. A bespoke adapter plate to connect to make room for the VW starter motor
motor a VW 1.9 Tdi engine to a Series One Land Rover
gearbox
10. With the engine mounting finished, the chassis 11. The engine was finally fitted with the starter 12. At last! A rolling chassis with just the
could finally be painted and declared finished motor and the bulkhead returned to its correct ancillaries to adapt and fit and the small matter of
place for final work putting the body back on

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IIA 88 REPAIRS
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John Cox’s Series IIA awaits the re-fitting of

its original 2,286cc petrol engine, re-assembly
and repairs to get it back on the road
WORK IN PROGRESS
Jim Willett introduces a friend’s 1961 IIA which needs some repairs and
re-assembly to get back on the road
WORDS AND PHOTOS JIM WILLETT
J
ohn Cox has been a Land Rover owner number to put on his Range Rover, so the and work on it between other jobs.
since the early 1980s, even before IIA was re-registered as CAS 296. After a good look at CAS 496, a plan for
he was old enough to hold a driving After a few years, the body panels had the repairs was drawn up. Students at the
license. His first Land Rover was an 80in, been re-painted and the tired 2,286cc petrol local college needed engines to practice
bought by his father and later fitted with a engine removed in favour of a Perkins Prima re-building, so the original 2,286cc petrol
2.2 TC Rover car engine. John’s adventures turbo diesel engine from an Austin Montego. would be entrusted to them for repair.
in the 80in lasted until 1999 when the The Perkins worked well, but eventually The chassis was reasonably solid, but
Series One was left parked on the road began to leak oil and replacement parts were some old repairs would need making good
overnight and someone managed to set fire becoming scarce, so was eventually removed before re-assembly. The bulkhead would
to the tilt, destroying the Land Rover. for a Tdi conversion. be repaired and the front panels re-fitted
The Series IIA you see here replaced the Unfortunately, John just didn’t have the before the Land Rover was given a good
80in as John’s transport for the next decade. time to re-build the Land Rover, and with going over to prepare it for an MOT.
When purchased, the Land Rover had its a house move looming, the decision had to The overall brief was to get the IIA
share of dents and scratches, but had been be made to get some help with the re-build roadworthy without doing a full restoration:
bought new by the vendor’s family to work or put the Land Rover up for sale. I didn’t John still wanted to be able to drive green
on their Welsh estate and was all original. really have time to get involved, but thought lanes and load the Land Rover up without
Unfortunately, the vendor kept the it would be a shame for the IIA to be sold, worrying about scratching the paintwork.
original Gloucestershire registration so agreed to give it a home for a few years Next month the repairs begin.

1. John’s IIA had been under a sheet for several 2. …A 200 Tdi engine had been purchased, but 3. The 88in had always leaned to one side,
years with a leaky Perkins Prima engine removed when a 300 Tdi Ninety joined the fleet, John even after new springs were fitted. Several
to make way for a 200 Tdi… decided to return the IIA to standard measurements with the tape measure revealed…
4. …That an incorrectly fitted replacement front 5. The footwells would also require some attention 6. …But previous patches required replacement
dumb-iron was to blame. This would need cutting before the wings were re-fitted. Corrosion was not and repairs would be much easier before the
and re-welding correctly to make the IIA sit level excessive… wings were re-fitted
7. The top of the bulkhead was in excellent 8. The inside of the Land Rover was partially 9. Off the road since February 2010, but CAS 496
condition, so it would be worth making a decent stripped and filled with parts which had rusted as looked far from beyond repair
job on the lower section rain blew in through the back
10. The IIA was easily winched from its resting 11. As repairs were not urgent, it was agreed 12. …so after cleaning and initial assessment, it
place onto a friend’s trailer, but a binding brake that work on John’s Land Rover would take place was parked outside the workshop until the rebuilt
made unloading a slower operation between other jobs… engine was ready to be fitted

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JOURNEYS
Devils Marbles, NT
LouisWyatt, his 1961
Crossing
Series IIA and five friends
set off to travel 8,000km
through Central Australia
in the wet season
a Continent
WORDS AND PICTURES LOUIS WYATT
MAP LOUISE LIMB
‘The climate around the town is so harsh,

that some of the locals live underground,
protecting themselves from the extreme sun’

On the cliffs abov
e The Great Austr
alian Bight Robe,
SA
T
Salt Lakes, SA. Courtesy of David Cyngler wo years ago, I became the lucky after the first conception of the expedition,
owner of a 1961 Series IIA SWB the two vehicles, laden to the brim, full
named Little John, whose green of six eager souls, finally rolled out of
charm I could not resist. After many months Melbourne on an overcast day, hoping to
ironing the inevitable foibles from the return approximately six weeks later.
vehicle, the plan was formed to embark on As the convoy rolled out of the city, and
a truly adventurous road trip – 8,000km onto the open highway it soon became
through Central Australia, traveling clear what the coming weeks would entail.
from the vehicle’s home in coffee-loving Having removed the windows from the car,
Melbourne, Victoria, to the hot and sticky the wind billowed strongly in our faces. The
surrounds of Cairns, Queensland. Taking the only on-board entertainment came from
inland Stuart Highway, as opposed to the a pair of speakers powered from the solar
more leisurely eastern coast, the conditions panel which had been ratchet strapped to
would test any vehicle, let alone a 57-year- the canvas roof of the vehicle.
old Land Rover, with no air conditioning, A number of hours later, the two vehicles
no modern brakes, and a top speed of rolled over the Victorian border, entering
around 52mph (on a good day). South Australia. With the customary photos
Any serious road trip requires a name, and secured, we ventured further down the
so soon the Trans-Australian Expedition highway, aiming for our first night stop of
was born, the name hoping to add an air Robe, the port town situated 490km from
of professionalism, which a group of early Melbourne. Day one was completed, and
20-year-olds would otherwise have lacked. camp was set up (a routine which certainly
A second car was found (a 2002 Holden got quicker as the days rolled by), and we
Jackeroo nicknamed Jeff), and a group of all settled down for the evening.
friends who were willing to battle Central Two days later, and having crossed
Australia during its wet season. Six months through Adelaide, we pulled into Port

JOURNEYS
Arrival in Alice Springs, NT. Courtesy of David Cyngler
On the road to Darwin, NT
Fixing the Land

Rover at Lake
Arrival in Coober Pedy, SA Hart, SA. Cour
tesy of Ruby Manse
ll
Augusta, the most southern town on the the car followed, as we considered the great
Stuart Highway, and the point we really distances we had already covered in the
thought the road trip began. In front of us previous three days.
lay the 2,834km stretch of road running Day four brought with it the promise
through the centre of Australia, which we of the opal mining town of Coober Pedy.
would follow for the next two weeks. The climate around the town is so harsh,
Having sourced a strip of metal to replace that some of the locals live underground,
the broken mirror arm on the car, the tyres protecting themselves from the extreme
rolled onto the highway, and enthusiasm sun. The sun did not disappoint, and as the
and expectations erupted among all those mercury climbed to 44 degrees, the Land
on the trip. By the evening, we had pulled Rover with its lack of air conditioning
into our camp for the night at Lake Hart. became unbearable. Gale force winds
The massive salt lake for which the site was and the extreme heat further exacerbated
named, was visible below us, and as the the already slow progress of the vehicle,
desert sun set, it cast an array of blues, reds reducing the maximum speed to 40mph.
and golds across its otherwise stark white Only when the massive road trains would
surface. Once again, further tinkering with overtake the little car, creating a windbreak,

did it give us an opportunity to regain some Start of the Stuart Highway, SA
momentum.
Over the next two days we would cross
the Northern Territory border, and survive
our first tropical storm, which in turn forced
us to sleep in our cars. Then finally, after
six days on the road, we caught a glimpse
of a large, red arkose rock over the horizon.
We had arrived at Uluru. The sheer awe
of Uluru is breathtaking, its red rock face
rising out of an otherwise flat landscape.
The wet season tropical storms encouraged
mass growth of vegetation, creating
an undergrowth of pure green, which
contrasted the red sand which had defined Ellery Creek Big Hole, NT. Courtesy David Cyngler
our view for the last few days. We spent the
day walking around Uluru, before returning
at sunset, to watch as the sun cast its final
rays over the iconic Australian landmark.
Sadly, our original plan to enter Alice
Springs via Kings Canyon and Hermensburg
were derailed by the storm from the
previous days which had flooded the roads
and made them impassable. So we ventured
back to the Stuart Highway, and into the
second city of the Northern Territory.
Alice Springs was to be our first multi-
day rest area, providing much needed
relief to both the weary travellers and their
vehicles. We located some watering holes,
and spent the next day cooling off in the
water or lying under the eucalyptus trees.
When the fellow campers at our campsite
‘We located some

watering holes,
and spent the next
day cooling off in
the water’
MAP: Louise Limb

JOURNEYS
Little John at Uluru
The sheer awe

of Uluru is
breathtaking, its red
rock face rising out
of an otherwise flat
landscape’
Arrival in the NT
A small Australian farm
Australia
Crossing into South
discovered we were all musically inclined (and what would be our only) night in a
they requested we put on a small concert. quintessential Australian Road House. We Clocking Round
Luckily for them we had carried our also spent an afternoon frolicking in the
instruments all the way from Melbourne, naturally-occurring Mataranka Springs.
and so the evening passed with renditions After almost two weeks on the road, it
of jazz standards and tap dancing. Alas, was certainly a delight to be able to soak
after three very comfortable days in Alice in the warm water. We were actually
Springs, having met some wonderful people particularly lucky that the springs were
and serviced the Land Rover, we once again open, as during the wet season, the water is
pulled out of the town, the cars heading a favourite spot for crocodiles. Eventually,
further north into increasing humidity. however, and after 12 days on the road,
Over the next 1,500 km between Alice we arrived in Darwin, the most northern
Springs and Darwin we spent our first a
point of our trip. To be continued...

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