Old Landys Rule
THE Land Rover newsletter about a geriatric Land Rover Series III called Dorothy and her stablemates
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The world’s fastest Series 3 Land Rover?
Go back a couple of decades and I was a bit of an asshat. I’m still an asshat, just less so. It was my first proper trip in my Series 3 Land Rover, Dorothy. We’d been out to South Eastern Poland, in February, for a spot of play in the snow. And snow there was,…
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Introducing: the Old Landys Rule! vintage badge t-shirt
It’s no secret I’m not a fan of later Land Rovers. They might be half decent cars, but they’re no Land Rover. Land Rover, as I know it, pretty much ceased to exist after 1994, after ze Germans got their mitts on it. (got nothing against Germans by the way) Yes, I’m aware there’s a…
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Fill the holes with silicon sealant?
Having sat out in the elements for over 20 years has taken its toll on Dorothy. Mostly: rust. The chassis has had it in places. The bulkhead’s… well, there’s more hole than rust or steel. Brake pipes are unserviceable and are being removed and replaced. And a heckuva a lot more. But it’s not all…
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20 years too late with the bulkhead?
One of my favourite photos of Dorothy is of her and “Ol’ Blue” (Dick’s 1988 One-ten V8 County) in a Tesco car park, in Gliwice, Poland. It’s February and it’s cold. And if you look carefully, you’ll spot the gaffer tape around the front vents. This isn’t to cover any rust. It’s a futile attempt…
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Video Sunday: A Tale of Two Lanes
The Midlands is not known for it’s masses of greenlanes. They are here. Just not that many. And of the few there are, it seems local council’s are doing their typical thing and slowly TROing them. Or surfacing them, just to strip our fun away. But there’s still a few to be sampled. For example……
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Money Saving Tip When Changing A Discovery 2 Dashboard Bulb
I love a bit of night driving. Doesn’t have to be green lanes or some remote mountain somewhere (although, given the opportunity it’d be rude not to) I quite often jump in the motor, of an evening, and go for a mooch around country lanes. Gives me space to think. And the roads are far…
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I wouldn’t have believed it…
Good ol’ Lucky (my D2 Td5). He’s been constantly dishing out little pressie’s since I got him earlier this year. Like the burst brake pipe (getting home with one wheel braking was, uh, exciting) Like Victoria Falls gushing over the dash every time the heavens opened. And also like the weird beam pattern on the…
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Video Sunday: Another Dorothy?
If you’d have asked me what name my Land Rover Series 3 would adopt, I doubt that ‘Dorothy’ would’ve been high on the list. It’s not the sort of name you’d expect for a near-50 year old diesel-chugging Land Rover. But somehow she assumed ‘Dorothy’ and it’s stuck ever since. Aside: she’s actually named after…
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Show a little love to your four-wheeled mistress
It’s that one day of the year my postie hates me. I watch them struggling up the drive, sacks of post slung over each shoulder, as I’m chewing on my weetabix and slurping a steaming mug of coffee. It takes a few hours to go through all the love letters dumped through my letterbox. The…