Profpointy
Legendary Member
A "lightweight" ex (British) army Landrover evidently visiting from Austria. Presumably the Austrian army would have bought something local
One For Classic Car Fans.....
- Thread starter Alex H
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Ian H
Ancient randonneur
I used to see a lot of those about, but they seemed to have mostly disappeared from the roads.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Indeed. They were quite popular amongst cavers in the 70s and 80s. I always fancied one
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Probably ex- BAOR, I think they sold em off locally rather than bring em back to Blighty
Profpointy
Legendary Member
That would make sense especially for their left-hookers
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Aye I hadn't noticed it was a 'lefty' til you mentioned it.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
To be fair I'd merely assumed
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Nah I went back for a look and the steering wheel is clearly on the left.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
This, UK Military spec lights, bumper bar and a bridging plate on the grille, UK type black/green camo paint job, definitely think it’s from BAOR
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
The Ford that upset a lot of people
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Dreadful things, although thr 24v V6 was a halfway decent engine.
The saloon shared the same front glass and scree as then original mk1 Granada, that's how much life they squeezed out of that old RWD platform.
The saloon shared the same front glass and scree as then original mk1 Granada, that's how much life they squeezed out of that old RWD platform.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
One of the most comfortable cars I've ever been a passenger in, beaten only by funeral hearses (I was in a sitting position in the latter, not lying down, for the avoidance of doubt)
Classic cars are a "strange" thing for me these days. I seem to be getting closer to buying one, a specific make/model/version that I used to have back in my early 20's. A nostalgia thing but I keep swaying between being keen and not so keen.
I already have a car and the classic wouldn't replace it. But I hardly drive my existing car anyway (weekly supermarket trip is the principle distance these days) so were I to get a classic either my existing car would become even less used or the classic would sit there as a project to "look nice" and I then question myself as to "why".
Just can't stay being positive enough for long enough to start taking real steps (beyond having already setup e-mail alerts from Car & Classic web site as new ones get put on the market.
Further complicated as my garage is used as a workshop and it's an old enough model to not like sitting outside being rarely used forever so probably have to make some sort of base and get a "car tent" ...
Ian
I already have a car and the classic wouldn't replace it. But I hardly drive my existing car anyway (weekly supermarket trip is the principle distance these days) so were I to get a classic either my existing car would become even less used or the classic would sit there as a project to "look nice" and I then question myself as to "why".
Just can't stay being positive enough for long enough to start taking real steps (beyond having already setup e-mail alerts from Car & Classic web site as new ones get put on the market.
Further complicated as my garage is used as a workshop and it's an old enough model to not like sitting outside being rarely used forever so probably have to make some sort of base and get a "car tent" ...
Ian
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Pah, those are just reasons.
