What a Difference a Name Makes

[Momo]

It is most deffinately not Bronze green, and as I have a Conniston Green NAS110, I'm pretty familiar with that colour. The dash does look darker, but clearly not bronze green.

Hmmm.

From Lanny Clark's website:

This Land Rover is the 707th left hand drive 109 Export Station Wagon that Land Rover Ltd. built... The color is Bronze Green(Land Rover’s color no.1, the only color Land Rovers came in for first few years of production).

http://lannyclarkrovers.com/latestwork.html

[morgant]

Lanny is one of the reasons I bought my SIII. I've bumped into him in the store a few times, seen him driving various Series Rovers around, and perused his site over the years. His work is exquisite, but I'll never be able to afford it. That said, I'm glad someone out there will be able to enjoy it.

BTW - I know we have this discussion every couple of years when another of Lanny's trucks gets put up on Orvis (at least a couple of times now). It's funny though, this time there was practically nobody on the LRO mailing list that knew who Lanny is. Naturally, it'd be a sad day around here if we forgot who he is.

[Eric W S]

It is most deffinately not Bronze green, and as I have a Conniston Green NAS110, I'm pretty familiar with that colour. The dash does look darker, but clearly not bronze green.
Jeff, No doubt you can spend that kind of money if you pay to have something restored, but at what point do you say 'more than it's worth' ? I was asked by a freind in CA to go check out a '60 S2 in MA he wanted to buy. The truck had the same treatment, finished to a very high degree and was 30ish

It's bronze green. Lanny refuses to paint a rover a non-stock or non series color. True NADA Bronze (There was a UK specific Bronze green as well) green doesn't really photgraph well, espeically if ir is a base clear coat.

[Eric W S]

Lanny is one of the reasons I bought my SIII. I've bumped into him in the store a few times, seen him driving various Series Rovers around, and perused his site over the years. His work is exquisite, but I'll never be able to afford it. That said, I'm glad someone out there will be able to enjoy it.

BTW - I know we have this discussion every couple of years when another of Lanny's trucks gets put up on Orvis (at least a couple of times now). It's funny though, this time there was practically nobody on the LRO mailing list that knew who Lanny is. Naturally, it'd be a sad day around here if we forgot who he is.

Lanny is a great guy. visited his shop and met him. He is one of those low key guys that doesn't really thrive online. Sam As Jim Coriat from the Land Rover Ranch. Just old school guys that do great work...

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[Momo]

Lanny is a great guy. visited his shop and met him. He is one of those low key guys that doesn't really thrive online.

I called Lanny for some advice on a project and he was really helpful. Very low-key guy. I wish he had more photos of his work online because it's very impressive.

And Eric, you are correct about Bronze Green not really photographing well (as I'd suggested to Terry earlier)... I have a BG 109 SW and it can be quite a challenge to get a balanced photo- where the truck's color looks true to life yet the rest of the photo's temp/brightness/hue aren't horribly tweaked. doesn't seem to matter what your lighting is like either- whether ambient or enhanced. Like the shot attached- no editing at all and the color is really washed out. Then again I'm not much of a photographer or digital editor!!

[Eric W S]

Nice Truck!

Bronze green is weird but the definitive LR color, at least IMO!

[Donnie]

I would say that the cost of professionally restoring almost any vehicle will exceed what most people on this forum think it's worth. The thing is that people on this forum are usually quite mechanically inclined, so they can't comprehend paying someone $50-70 per hour to work on their vehicle. Then you see similar vehicles that are restored to a very high standard by a non-professional going for less that half the cost of a professional restoration because the person is willing to give their time away. So, people are led to believe that a professionally restored vehicle should go for the same amount. It just doesn't work that way.

Is that $106k 109 worth it? It sure is. Just not to most people. But it is to a guy who has always wanted that vehicle and is in a financial situation to buy it.

With some cars, you just need to 'suck it up' when it comes to restoration costs, regardless of the market value of the car after restoration. I mentioned my Camaro. My father bought it new. He special-ordered it. After I was born, I was brought home from the hospital in it. I did almost all of the mechanical restoration work myself. However, I am not in a position to properly execute the body restoration, so I'm having it professionally done by a very reputable restoration shop. Will I end up having more into it that it's worth? To me, it doesn't matter. It costs what it costs to have the work done and done correctly. As far as value, I actually got good news about half way through the restoration when I found out that it was a rare L30/M20. According to the Camaro Research Group, relatively few of these cars were produced, and there are most likely only a few hundred of these cars remaining in existence. Couple this with the other options on the car and the fact that it's a convertible, and it could be a one-of-a-kind.

Hi, if you are interested in a Hone-a-drive unit for this Camaro ,PM me & we can talk