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NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ocala, FL USA
So my wife decides (thanks to my 11 YO son) we need another cat...never mind the 4 we have already.
Calls this old fella off craigslist that has free kittens. Shows up at his house and there's this land rover sitting in his driveway.
She starts asking him about it and he started showing her pictures and telling her stories...he's a retired archaeologist...this thing has been on 5 continents...he has pics of him and it on pontoons floating down a river!
Then...he says "I don't want to work on it any more...trying to slow down...Give me $500 and you can have it!"...clear Florida title. So we went and got it!
Gotta say these folks back then learned a lot from Jeep and took some of it to the next level. The frame is enormous...thank goodness because it does have some repair work needed....fully boxed ladder framed and the cross members...ALL of them...are also fully boxed and thicker than an actual jeep frame of the same era. Entire body and most inerior panels are aircraft aluminum alloy...so the only rust on the body is from the iron/steel hardware that's rusting...but it aint much! For pete's sake it has the original owners and service manuals, written service records and enough spare parts to do most of the mechanical work it needs! Even has a complete spare carb...still in packaging.
Needs some starter work (maybe rebuilt), might need a clutch MC and the rear wheel cylinders need rebuilt. Beyond that it's a very clean (should run well) rig.
Here's the old fella giving it a send off.
Now back at the house:
Calls this old fella off craigslist that has free kittens. Shows up at his house and there's this land rover sitting in his driveway.
She starts asking him about it and he started showing her pictures and telling her stories...he's a retired archaeologist...this thing has been on 5 continents...he has pics of him and it on pontoons floating down a river!
Then...he says "I don't want to work on it any more...trying to slow down...Give me $500 and you can have it!"...clear Florida title. So we went and got it!
Gotta say these folks back then learned a lot from Jeep and took some of it to the next level. The frame is enormous...thank goodness because it does have some repair work needed....fully boxed ladder framed and the cross members...ALL of them...are also fully boxed and thicker than an actual jeep frame of the same era. Entire body and most inerior panels are aircraft aluminum alloy...so the only rust on the body is from the iron/steel hardware that's rusting...but it aint much! For pete's sake it has the original owners and service manuals, written service records and enough spare parts to do most of the mechanical work it needs! Even has a complete spare carb...still in packaging.
Needs some starter work (maybe rebuilt), might need a clutch MC and the rear wheel cylinders need rebuilt. Beyond that it's a very clean (should run well) rig.
Here's the old fella giving it a send off.
Now back at the house: