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| willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789   
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First right hand drive Cadillrock in the UK
 Original Member Pie n Pea Club.
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14th Dec 2012 2:42pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443  
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Ah bless, you've tracked down a lithograph of Laurie's first Dakar! |
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14th Dec 2012 2:50pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299 
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14th Dec 2012 4:35pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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First car, back in 1974, was a 1962 model Citroën 2CV, bought from a chap for the formidable sum of €50,00.
Instead of a fuel gauge it had a steel wire attached to the fuel cap, so you could measure the fuel remaining in the tank like you measure the engine oil level still today 
I have driven it through mud, wet grassland, snow ,etc. and it ploughed through all that not unlike a Defender today 
Power from the 425cc engine was about 20hp +-20% or so  , top speed was about 90km/h, fuel consumption about 7 litres/100km, and in my first year driving, I covered a total of about 19.000km in it without any problems, have taken it that summer all the way down south to Les Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue and back north. After this 19.000 trouble free cheap km it dropped to a sudden death. Not bad for a €50,00 investment I think You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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14th Dec 2012 4:53pm |
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| pjb Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Oxford Posts: 1244 |
My first car was a 1971 Triumph 2000
First landrover was a blue 1959 Series I think reg no 671WMH. 2020 P300 HSE |
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14th Dec 2012 5:50pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1591 
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Mine was a 1976 series 3 swb with a 2.5 diesel thrown in. Had overdrive and rr diffs. Wonder where it is now!
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15th Dec 2012 12:32am |
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| megatoad Member Since: 07 Jan 2012 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 358 
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Ford Cortina MK V bought from my sister when they moved to the states ABP462V when I was a student
just like a Land Rover it was a crossover between IV & V and had a mixture of parts. Then when I had my first job I bought my first LR the Perkins engined SIIa 109 Safari APG490H from PRBs in Leeds. (I had always frooled of LRs since my matchbox lwb Safari when i was 6) Loved the 95 Zag, always did, been a great SAAB lover too which started when my dad brought home a brand new 99GL two weeks before I passed my test and then threw me the keys  and told me to go off on my own (once I had passed of course) He who dies with the most toys wins 
Defender 90 & 110, S1 80", Disco 1, S111 88 LRSOC & CVLRC |
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5th Jan 2013 11:14am |
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| megatoad Member Since: 07 Jan 2012 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 358
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Mmmmmm engine donor  He who dies with the most toys wins
Defender 90 & 110, S1 80", Disco 1, S111 88 LRSOC & CVLRC |
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5th Jan 2013 11:15am |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 872  
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My first and the one I learnt to drive in was a Ford 100E van - even though only a year or two old, much cheaper than the equivalent car. As soon as I’d passed my test, I bought a Humber Super Snipe, quite a difference.
This was in the early 60s and to coincide with the James Bond films the must-have accessory of the time was stick-on bullet holes (nothing changes, today you’re not a real man if your truck doesn’t have stick-on chequer plate). Seemed a bit naff, so one of the lads blasted the back doors of my van with a sawn-off. Greatly enhanced my street cred, but I was forever after being stopped by the police and having to explain it… Peter |
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5th Jan 2013 11:37am |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Land Rover Series 3 SWB 1979 2.25 Petrol 2016 D4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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5th Jan 2013 8:41pm |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1750 |
1976 Series 3 petrol
1983 MG Metro 1975 Range Rover 1977 Lightweight 1984 110 HT 2 1/4 Diesel !! 1982 Range Rover 2 Door Series 1 V8 Series 1 V8 1990 R/R 4 dr ex Police 1985 R/R 4 dr 101FC GS 1989 110 V8 CSW 1990 R/R CSK Series 1 V8 1972 R/R 90 V8 50th 1995 Disco 1 V8 |
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5th Jan 2013 10:30pm |
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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Woodford Posts: 1116
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Mk3 Cortina 2000GXL. Used as much fuel as my 2a does.
Click image to enlarge 2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE D300 MHEV 1966 S2a 109 aka Betsy |
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5th Jan 2013 10:47pm |
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| ay4alex Member Since: 18 Feb 2009 Location: Midlands Posts: 328 
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I had a Ford KA for a few weeks after passing my test, but now happily drive this!
Click image to enlarge volkswagen-polo-70-moda-3dr-ac-5961359-1 by .:ay4alex:., on Flickr Alex 110 Tdci Double Cab |
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6th Jan 2013 12:27am |
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| ClaireWright Member Since: 12 Oct 2012 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 609 
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Morris minor saloon in green was my first car :-) loved it
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6th Jan 2013 9:58am |
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