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    So, what are folks' thoughts to the history and correct detailing of Ex-MOD and I suppose all vehicles in general.
    Can I badge a stock 109" Series III and put Darien Gap transfers on it and that's OK?
    Does the history of any particular vehicle matter?

    What is the consensus out there?

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    As long as you are not passing it off as "original" I see nothing wrong with it. It's just like the "Camel Trophy" stickers that folks put on. If you had the "Great Divide" roundall on a non-Great Divide Rangie and passed it off as an original then that would be fraud in my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lrdukdog View Post
    As long as you are not passing it off as "original" I see nothing wrong with it. It's just like the "Camel Trophy" stickers that folks put on. If you had the "Great Divide" roundall on a non-Great Divide Rangie and passed it off as an original then that would be fraud in my opinion.
    Jim Wolf
    Agreed. It matters how the individual represents this if it's done. If someone puts "signage" onto their vehicle for the look that's their prerogative, it's their truck. If they try to pass off a vehicle as something it's not for some type of gain then that crosses the line. The Camel Trophy theme is a good example, seems like quite a few folks go for that "look" for their Discoveries.

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    Do it, it's your truck. I'm getting my artistic sister-in-law to paint "Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom" insigna of some sort on my S3. Yeh I know it poser and totally never happened (not an S3) but my truck/time/money.
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    I say, if it is your vehicle do what you want with it.

    As long as you don't try to pass something off as an original of whatever then you are doing no one any harm at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Les Parker View Post
    So, what are folks' thoughts to the history and correct detailing of Ex-MOD and I suppose all vehicles in general.
    Can I badge a stock 109" Series III and put Darien Gap transfers on it and that's OK?
    Does the history of any particular vehicle matter?

    What is the consensus out there?


    I suppose if you have a genuine vehicle of historical importance it would be a shame to turn it into a fantasy vehicle and ignore the original significance. On the other hand as long as someone isn't really trying to foist something off as something it isn't for $ gain then big deal, who cares?

    What does bug me at times is when someone takes a nice example of military vehicle and "demilitarizes" it. It is kind of like sporterizing a nice military rifle- the history is ruined.
    1965 SIIa 88",1975 Ex-MOD 109/Ambulance, 1989 RRC, blah, blah, blah...

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    What can I say...

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    Nice one, Greenmeanie !!!

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    I think people should be allowed to live their fantasies as long as it doesn't do anyone else harm. It their fantasy includes making their vehicle appear like a vehicle they admire I think it is just fine as long as they don't try to pass it off as something it is not. I have no problems with look alikes and tributes to as long as the owner is up front about what it is.

    As to my truck, it is a 109 regular fitted with a factory Dormobile kit that came off a wrecked Land Rover. Part of the kit is the Dormobile insignias. They are on the my truck because they are part of the Dormobile kit. I'm up front about it being a non-factory Dormobile.

    I also have a Disco II badge on my truck. It reads "Series II" I like it because I own a Series II. Not authentic for a Series II but I have what it says and I like the look of it.

    Also on the truck is the URL to my Land Rover web site, advertising decals for the company that sponsors my truck, a Billing '96 sticker from the time I camped at the Billing LR meet and a MOAB sticker I picked up one of the times I was in Moab.

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