MAB/Land Rover ownership correlation

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It has struck me that the majority of MAB owners I meet either own or have owned Land Rovers (and I don't mean anything posh - I mean Series I, II, III, Ninety, OneTen or Defender - or even 101!). Am I wrong or am I right?

Shuggy - owner of MAB and MALR x 2
 
Mid 70.s had a 80in with Rover V8.. And a coil sprung 88 with 4.2 Chevy.
Dont think they are quite what you meant... On the other hand , Ive never owned a Manky Auld Boat either! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Too right - you're obviously too classy! And I suspect that your 2 examples were nut and bolt rebuilds...
 
My friend what owns this steamboat (1956) also owns a Landrover.
I reckon it's just practicality.

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I have a landrover becouse in summer you can roll up the roof and keep a sun shade being 88 it will get into the smallest parking space and spare parts are available and inexpensive. In fact i just now asked someone why 4 Bosch spark plugs for a landrover cost 6 euros when the same for any current car cost 30 euros??For example

An alternator for landy £30 same for say peugeot or Renault or Audi £150??And dont ask what one would cost for say an Volvo MD32 when i had a boat with an engin and one of the alternators went potty i replaced it with a landy one worked perfectly

Landys are very strong can pull push and tow and go where others cant,last year i pulled a BMW 4x4 out of snow where it had got stuck!!

In areas such as the south of France where there are imigrants from muslim contries the landy remains safe as they wouldent be seen in one but park a BMW Porche or new alfa and it will either be stolen broken into or scratched.As a landy is already scratched and dented no point in adding and as for breaking in whats the point when its open?

Landies and wooden boats are just practical and keep you busy as theres always something needs doing to them
 
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Landies and wooden boats are just practical and keep you busy as theres always something needs doing to them

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I think there is a certain appeal that both hold, I even refer to my series III as a she.

edit: oh yes and she has a boat type name too
 
I'm another example of said correlation - 1963 Series IIa SWB. She has a Truck cab for the winter which the old heater just about manages to keep warm and roofless in the summer. Costs a couple of hundred a year to keep on the road, including (free) road tax, service and insurance and is a complete hoot to drive. The reason for the correlation perhaps - my landy is old and simple - just like me and my boat.
 
When I was happy er I mean single and used to have Land Rovers I always called them after warships.

My last one was "Iron Duke"

Somehow seemed appropriate.
 
My friend what owns this steamboat (1956) also owns a Landrover.
I reckon it's just practicality.

He is also very clever in getting that little duck to pull his boat!
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Another one; my 1966 Series 2a 88" and 1964ish Bell Seagull sloop, about to be towed by the Landrover from Gloucestershire to Heybridge Essex - on Friday 13th! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PS just ordered a new brake overhaul kit, all shoes etc and all wheel cylinders etc for 39.95 pounds, (plus vat) but free delivery! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Never owned a Land Rover but drove a fire engine conversion as personal site transport while working on the Suez road tunnel. Bumped into a land Rover sales team in cairo while having a wet at the Hilton, they came on out to the site camp and gave us 4x4 driving tuition. On another contract I a Defender for 4 years around Cairo, they were great around cairo as you had the height to see the camels above the roofs of the black n white cabs. You could also sneek around behind the pyramids and get in without paying. The one I had was the last of the sliding windows as the next shipment had windup jobbies. The biggest problem with the defenders were the ACs, they pulled so much power out of the engines that the brick shaped LR would only pull 50 mph on the way back up from Sham El Shake. The dash board flaps were no longer fitted and the windows brought in very little air. So it was either take a slow cool drive or a hot fast one.
The drop down step often ripped the sides out of cars who tried the make a 4 lane highway a 5 lane one.
Once had a platoon of soldeirs change a puncture wheel by just lifting one side up and whipping the new wheel on, mind you President Muburuck was 5 mins behind me.
 
How very perceptive.

L/R 110 stationwagon, Disco 3 and Rival 38 (described by some as the land rover of the seas) owner.

Both the L/R and the Rival has had new engines in the last couple of years and to mis-quote Master and Commander they are held together with more of my blood than I'd care to admit to.
 
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