how long have you owned your Rover???

[mthede]

I bought my 1970 Series 2 A new in 1970---drive it every day---best vehicle ever made !

[RoverForm]

If I live long enough I'll publish the photo story of the "Resurrection of Clarence". Jim Chandler

why wait jim?! make a blog and start the wrtiting and photo uploading now!

always great to watch a work in progress... in real time.

[patrickfoley1]

I published this information some time ago in the NADA Forum. I purchased Clarence new in 1968 from a Dealer in or around Silver Springs, MD. The Engine Blew in 1975 and until 2005 Clarence sat under a tree while a jungle grew in and around him He is undergoing a complete restoration from the ground up. We are awaiting the fabrication of a new NADA Bulkhead by Paul Halley at Pegasus. If I live long enough I'll publish the photo story of the "Resurrection of Clarence". Jim Chandler, Bethel, OH (redbrush2@yahoo.com)

[LaneRover]

I just bought my first Rover. 1969 series 2a. Owned it a week and half, and positively love it. Why did it take me so long?

Welcome to the asylum!

[Billy5]

I just bought my first Rover. 1969 series 2a. Owned it a week and half, and positively love it. Why did it take me so long?

[smukai]

That picture is fantastic. Good job and good luck reconnecting with part of your heritage!

[kwd509]

Photo was taken in Lancing, Tennessee, which is on the cumberland Plateau. About an hr northwest of Knoxville. The truck was purchased in England, driven a relatively short distance in the UK and shipped to Boston in aprox April 1964 (the ship, the American Chieftain was new at the time and scrapped in 1988). IIRC my father told the story that it arrived 'uncrated', which as he told it meant it was on the ship's deck but not fully assembled. He spent the weekend putting things together at my uncle's house outside Boston.

I am hoping that my aunt, as she packs up her house to go to live with her kids, goes through photos. I cannot imagine that the weekend assembly project was not photographed at all.

You never know. But the history is interesting.

[MJL]

I agree. Where was the picture taken. Looks like a UK number plate

[RoverForm]

Hx

At first my siblings thought it was crazy to reclaim the truck..... Now they have drunk the cool aide and are nearly as enthusiastic as me.

i think sometimes people forget how important history is. it sounds odd but people do often bond with other people through objects. then those objects become heirlooms. just recently my father sold the mercedes he bought just months after i was born back in '77. felt kind of strange to see it go.

and to answer the OPs question, i bought my first in 2005, a RHD '79 SIII 109 safari wagon. and my second just last year in august. a '66 RHD SIIa 88 soft top. so clearly not long enough...

i guess the trend dictates that i'm due for a third purchase sometime in 2015.

[czenkov]

Fred Monsees

I've had my poppy red '74 Series III since 1988. I bought it from a plumber in Rockland County NY. I had some work done on it in 1989 by Fred Monsees ("Piermont Off-Road"), who at the time had a shop on Cape Cod. Anybody know where he is now?

Charles,
Are you referring to Fred Monsees of Camel Trophy fame? He rode in my Defender with the GF at the last Overland Expo on the LRExperience course. I think he is an instructor with the Land Rover Experience - full time? Very cool guy if we are referring to the same Fred.

http://turtleexpedition.com/photo-galleries/photo/5751865554/overland-expo-2011.html

[stonefox]

That Rover Cool Aide is some strong $hit.It has definately been dragging me around by my short hairs.

[kwd509]

The best part is

At first my siblings thought it was crazy to reclaim the truck..... Now they have drunk the cool aide and are nearly as enthusiastic as me.

[stonefox]

Its definately a feel good photo. I wish my Rover and I had that kind of history

[jac04]

Posted once, but have attached again a photo from 1964 of me and my father and the rover....

That's a great picture. Post it as many times as you like. I'll enjoy looking at it every time!

[RoverForm]

Posted once, but have attached again a photo from 1964 of me and my father and the rover- when we were all considerably younger.

i think that might be one of the best "rover" photos i have ever seen!