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Posting this for Jeff as he is LIVE at the NYC pre-show LRNA off-road course.
(tidbit of background information, Rovers North restored the 1966 Series IIA on display for LRNA)
Land Rover NA has taken a parking lot on 10th Ave in lower Manhattan and transformed it into an off road test track to show off the new and the “heritage” Land Rovers prior to the New York International Auto Show.
“At 7:00 am this morning,” said a Land Rover PR staffer,” this parking lot was empty. The sand trucks, bulldozers and backhoes transformed the parking lot into a side slope, hill ascent and descent test track. It reminded me of the old Land Rover Centres’ test tracks required at those dealerships in the 90′s.
Camel Trophy/Land Rover Experience instructors Jim Swett, Tom Collins, and Fred Monhess are serving as instructors on models new and “heritage” – in this case, an ’87 Range Rover, a ’97 Defender 90, a ’66 Series II-A, and a ’93 Defender 110 used on La Ruta Maya of 1994.
I’ll post photos to the RN Flickr site.
My turn as a student starts in 30 minutes; looking forward to a fun time.
Jeff Aronson
Editor, Rovers Magazine
Edit: look for LIVE updates and new photos on the Rovers North Blog / Flickr slide show.
More photos on the slide show >
(tidbit of background information, Rovers North restored the 1966 Series IIA on display for LRNA)
Land Rover NA has taken a parking lot on 10th Ave in lower Manhattan and transformed it into an off road test track to show off the new and the “heritage” Land Rovers prior to the New York International Auto Show.
“At 7:00 am this morning,” said a Land Rover PR staffer,” this parking lot was empty. The sand trucks, bulldozers and backhoes transformed the parking lot into a side slope, hill ascent and descent test track. It reminded me of the old Land Rover Centres’ test tracks required at those dealerships in the 90′s.
Camel Trophy/Land Rover Experience instructors Jim Swett, Tom Collins, and Fred Monhess are serving as instructors on models new and “heritage” – in this case, an ’87 Range Rover, a ’97 Defender 90, a ’66 Series II-A, and a ’93 Defender 110 used on La Ruta Maya of 1994.
I’ll post photos to the RN Flickr site.
My turn as a student starts in 30 minutes; looking forward to a fun time.
Jeff Aronson
Editor, Rovers Magazine
Edit: look for LIVE updates and new photos on the Rovers North Blog / Flickr slide show.
More photos on the slide show >
Thank you Les for making that happen so fast!
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