If you are looking for some very basic Land Rover info then have a look at
the Ottawa Valley Land Rovers site. They have some military stuff and some
chronology and evolution of the marques. There are some good links from
there. It is a start for you. By the way my 1986 Land Rover 110 is both
metric and standard or imperial whichever you call it. I don't think there
is any Whitworth left on it.
Beware about fittings on such a vehicle, such as injector lines as some are
available in both inch and metric threads, its fun! You really need a
manual, and don't forget to look at what is in your hand aswell as what the
manual says. I have found many inch fasteners in places where metric should
be, good ole REME fix'n'go!
And one last thing, not all coil sprung Land Rovers are Defenders, but they
are wrongly called so. The Defender was a corporate name change for the old
Land Rover vehicle to identify the then three products, Range Rover
Discovery and Defender Made By Land Rover. Just a bit of trivia there for
you.
The earlier series vehicles (leaf sprung) were in alot of ways of a better
build quality and material quality. Fittings and parts were hot dipped
galvanised or well primed and painted. Now things are skimped for the sake
of cost, doesnt bode well for longevity.
Oh well, gotta go, big OVLR off road weekend coming up, gonna go get some
green roading done.
Bye
Robin
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