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I drove Landrovers off road extensively 1975 1976, 3.5 litre but suspect this was before the flat fronted ones I the article above.. Coal field surveying from Ashfordby through the Vale of Belvoir, Grantham to Sleaford. Most ran on bar grip tyres, and crikey, we gave them some grief, being young stupid fellas. Useless on wet grass, but we had lots of fun on farmland.
Talk full of fuel most days, glad I wasn't paying for it. I had the dubious honour of breaking the chassis on one, we used to drive full pelt down a hill from Belvoir toward Bottesford, launching all four wheels off the ground over a small bridge I seem to remember...nothing to be proud of with hindsight...but we really were young and stupid.
Lovely fun vehicles...I always understand why most people who have driven them love them.
Talk full of fuel most days, glad I wasn't paying for it. I had the dubious honour of breaking the chassis on one, we used to drive full pelt down a hill from Belvoir toward Bottesford, launching all four wheels off the ground over a small bridge I seem to remember...nothing to be proud of with hindsight...but we really were young and stupid.
Lovely fun vehicles...I always understand why most people who have driven them love them.
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