The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wow!!
That's an iconic Series 2
https://silodrome.com/arthur-miller-marilyn-monroe-land-rover-series-ii/


And, an even more iconic photograph!!

 

[DRM]

Wow!!
That's an iconic Series 2
https://silodrome.com/arthur-miller-marilyn-monroe-land-rover-series-ii/


And, an even more iconic photograph!!

View attachment 814754

That's a Series 1, it's got flat sides

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That's a Series 1, it's got flat sides

Apologies, you’re right

The advertised vehicle is a Series 2, & must have been a later replacement?
I was tired, & been up a long time

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I remember this being a feature vehicle in LRO magazine (Land Rover Owner)

https://silodrome.com/aston-martin-db7-v12-range-rover/
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2...r-rec13450-1-sywell-0524?pn=1&el=22752&pp=100

EDIT; Friday 17th @ 12:42

Just found this


View: https://youtu.be/68di7qDYYJs?si=8qsbx6KqETlitC9H

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I see this almost every day on my way to/home from work
It’s a daily driver, & l often see it out & about

I almost bought one quite a few years ago
I’d had a few Landies, & wanted a Range-Rover (original shape), but wife said “No”

She was fed up of my liking for them (that’s changed since 2015)
So l considered a 5-door (3.1D), as we had a twin-axle Swift Challenger at that point

However, l ended up with that Discovery 50th Anniversary
(I never liked it that much, but would happily have had a ‘Commercial’, the 3-door ‘van’)

 

[DRM]

I see this almost every day on my way to/home from work
It’s a daily driver, & l often see it out & about

I almost bought one quite a few years ago
I’d had a few Landies, & wanted a Range-Rover (original shape), but wife said “No”

She was fed up of my liking for them (that’s changed since 2015)
So l considered a 5-door (3.1D), as we had a twin-axle Swift Challenger at that point


View attachment 820015

However, l ended up with that Discovery 50th Anniversary
(I never liked it that much, but would happily have had a ‘Commercial’, the 3-door ‘van’)

You dodged a bullet, the 3.1 Isuzu engines would implode, then Isuzu would refuse warranty, iirc the cheaper option was a replacement 2.8 diesel that was bomb proof

 

[Drago]

I see this almost every day on my way to/home from work
It’s a daily driver, & l often see it out & about

I almost bought one quite a few years ago
I’d had a few Landies, & wanted a Range-Rover (original shape), but wife said “No”

She was fed up of my liking for them (that’s changed since 2015)
So l considered a 5-door (3.1D), as we had a twin-axle Swift Challenger at that point


View attachment 820015

However, l ended up with that Discovery 50th Anniversary
(I never liked it that much, but would happily have had a ‘Commercial’, the 3-door ‘van’)

Vauxhall briefly rebadged and sold them as the Monteray.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Vauxhall briefly rebadged and sold them as the Monteray.

Indeed, they did

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I see this almost every day on my way to/home from work
It’s a daily driver, & l often see it out & about

I almost bought one quite a few years ago
I’d had a few Landies, & wanted a Range-Rover (original shape), but wife said “No”

She was fed up of my liking for them (that’s changed since 2015)
So l considered a 5-door (3.1D), as we had a twin-axle Swift Challenger at that point


View attachment 820015

However, l ended up with that Discovery 50th Anniversary
(I never liked it that much, but would happily have had a ‘Commercial’, the 3-door ‘van’)

I saw it out & about locally yesterday, but it had gone by the time I would have got chance to take a photograph

I didn't mention in the quoted posting, but it's a 5-door, or, is it really a 6-door?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Avon Tredlites fitted
Into the rivers, with barely the gear-levers showing above water


View: https://youtu.be/lIk1BLoxtn4?si=uYHT7w5Rjkrhv1cC

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Td5 promotional film


View: https://youtu.be/ttEAoB7mP6I?si=1eS-tdER0KbyfhtF

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 7th

A Welsh owner?

Llandudno

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

RE; the present BT broadband advert, with the Wharfedale Bee Keepers Association
That's a very nice & tidy 4-door ('real') Range Rover!

EDIT; Sunday 11th @ 12:15
Research shows 3 major points;
The rear-light clusters point to pre - August 1979
Front head-restraints became optional from May 1977
It's actually a 2-door, as 4-doors were only offered from July 1981(& the original seats were still used)

Where did I find these facts?, this book;

Sadly, the mirrors can't be seen, to help give a definative age

I also do wonder if it's the (or could it be AI rendered) 2-door from the present TV advert, for the electric Range-Rover?, whilst 'K' prefixes were certainly available, as the 'series 1' (or 'Classic, as LR named it) only ceased production in early 1996
I'm not sure when the 2-door shell was deleted from the options list, the last (generally for sale) model to use it was the CSK (as wanted by @Drago & myself)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Whilst looking for something else in a cupboard under a bookcase, I found these
The SVO prices are interesting, when you could even order a 'cherry picker' directly from the factory
(a standard 110 pick-up was listed at £18,980 inc VAT)

My Discovery was a 50th Anniversary (Tdi/manual)

Or its immediate predecessor?

View attachment 619360

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 18th

Dodge Ram 2500
(1995 - 2000 model?)

ALDI
Marsh Street
Rothwell
(south of Leeds)

Due to the size, American pick-ups generally (as standard) look ridiculously under-tyred, on those 15" rims
Don't get me wrong!, I'm not suggesting stupid 20" rims & 'rubber-band' profile tyres, just something that helps to fill the wheelarches