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  • VTRover
    3rd Gear
    • Feb 2007
    • 340

    I roll mine all year long

  • greenmeanie
    Overdrive
    • Oct 2006
    • 1358

    #2
    Nice doggie!.

    Your passenger has the same 'I'm smiling because we ain't movin.' look on her face that my wife gets when I run her around in the 101. I've had her stripped down for the last couple of years.



    Admittedly she hasn't had to contend with snow in Phoenix. It's usually not as cold but just a little more windy up there. My malamute has to ride in the crate becuase she is very social and tends to want to get out of the truck at inconvenient moments to visit other drivers.



    Cheers
    Gregor
    Last edited by greenmeanie; 01-03-2008, 11:32 AM.

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    • Momo
      3rd Gear
      • Dec 2006
      • 347

      #3
      stripped down

      Gregor, I've never mentioned this before but I think you are a little crazy for driving a 101, and I dig that. You are a true believer.

      I think I passed your 101 on the 10 south at McCartney road in about 1998. Must have been you, I mean how many guys in Southern AZ drive the damn things!

      Mo
      '60 SII Station Wagon
      '64 SIIA 109 Regular
      '68 SIIA 88 Station Wagon

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      • Momo
        3rd Gear
        • Dec 2006
        • 347

        #4
        Rollin cold

        And oh yeah, VTRover, not really impressed man. If you want street cred, fold the windscreen.

        But seriously that is a cool photo. LL Bean cover shot!!
        Last edited by Momo; 01-03-2008, 04:31 PM.
        '60 SII Station Wagon
        '64 SIIA 109 Regular
        '68 SIIA 88 Station Wagon

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        • PH4
          3rd Gear
          • Jan 2007
          • 375

          #5
          VTRover, where did you get your seat covers?

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          • LaneRover
            Overdrive
            • Oct 2006
            • 1743

            #6
            Here is a shot of mine in Maine yesterday. Luckily the sheet of slushy ice fell down after I got off the highway and right next to a lot in Yarmouth that I could pull into before my windshield got completely covered.

            Thank God I have the new blower motor for my Kodiak coming in tomorrow!!
            1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
            1965 109 SW - nearly running well
            1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
            1969 109 P-UP

            http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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            • Terrys
              Overdrive
              • May 2007
              • 1382

              #7
              Originally posted by greenmeanie
              Your passenger has the same 'I'm smiling because we ain't movin.' look on her face that my wife gets when I run her around in the 101. I've had her stripped down for the last couple of years.

              Cheers
              Gregor
              I like it when my wife goes out with me in one of mine, But jeez man, have some decency, I don't make my wife strip down.

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              • greenmeanie
                Overdrive
                • Oct 2006
                • 1358

                #8
                Originally posted by Terrys
                But jeez man, have some decency, I don't make my wife strip down.
                Ah, but do you make yours sit on top of a screaming V8 in 115°F ambient?

                Momo,
                101's are just fun. For their size they command a lot of respect on the road, the large plastic SUV's get out the way and the LR dealership just about called the police when I rolled in there one day. My mate with his Porsche still can't understand why it gets more female attention than his car. I tell him that the smell of hot gear oil is a natural female stimulant

                I have the green virus and originally wanted to get the 101 as a daily runabout and bring in a Stolly MKII as my toy. My wife mentioned divorce at that point but consented to the SIIA instead just so I would always have a running vehicle.

                Mine has reached a point that it needed some deep surgery on the engine and electrical system to bring her back up to snuff again but it's all part of the fun. It has the side benefit of making the SIIA seem easy to keep - it just keeps taking a licking and rumbling along.

                Cheers
                Gregor
                Last edited by greenmeanie; 01-04-2008, 12:14 PM.

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                • Momo
                  3rd Gear
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 347

                  #9
                  I think the Alvis would be a little too futuristic for me. I want one of these:
                  '60 SII Station Wagon
                  '64 SIIA 109 Regular
                  '68 SIIA 88 Station Wagon

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                  • greenmeanie
                    Overdrive
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 1358

                    #10
                    Ah you have discovered my other great love. You can't beat a good coffee pot Scammell and the Explorer is the most beautiful of them all.

                    There was one on Milweb last month for about 7kGBP. I was very tempted!

                    Cheers
                    Gregor

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                    • scatterling
                      1st Gear
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 183

                      #11
                      Originally posted by PH4
                      VTRover, where did you get your seat covers?
                      x2 for the seat cover question !
                      Neil Hanekom
                      '73 LHD 88
                      '75 FFR 109 exMOD Build Photo's
                      '99 D1

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                      • O'Brien
                        1st Gear
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 134

                        #12
                        i don't presume to speak for VTRover, but from the looks of the seats, they appear to be the Trakker canvas covers available through exmoor. am i right?
                        Matt
                        '66 88 GM powered
                        '89 SWB RRC (sold)
                        '67 109 NADA 6cyl. Station Wagon #2 (sold)

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                        • VTRover
                          3rd Gear
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 340

                          #13
                          The seats are Exmoor. If you decide to buy from them be prepared for a protracted ordering process and the possibility of sending them back several times unti you get what you want. My experience with the Series was very good the experience with my Defender was a complete disaster.

                          That being said they are of fantatic quality and Series owners come running when they see them.

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                          • Jeff Aronson
                            Moderator
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 569

                            #14
                            Eric, as long as you have a bar right there at your inn, you can ride around without a top . Those of us who must make it home first before we can warm up with an Old Speckled Hen need a top!

                            Jeff
                            Jeff Aronson
                            Vinalhaven, ME 04863
                            '66 Series II-A SW 88"
                            '66 Series II-A HT 88"
                            '80 Triumph TR-7 Spider
                            '80 Triumph Spitfire
                            '66 Corvair Monza Coupe
                            http://www.landroverwriter.com

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                            • EASTTNROVER
                              Low Range
                              • Oct 2007
                              • 68

                              #15
                              Originally posted by VTRover
                              The seats are Exmoor. If you decide to buy from them be prepared for a protracted ordering process and the possibility of sending them back several times unti you get what you want. My experience with the Series was very good the experience with my Defender was a complete disaster.

                              That being said they are of fantatic quality and Series owners come running when they see them.
                              What did you end up paying for everything with shippin...seemed pretty expensive on the site?
                              MA1(SW)...AKA REAL NAVY.
                              88" 1968' IIA -

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