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Well done on buying an old Land Rover, and welcome to the club. The satisfaction I get from the upkeep and tinkering with mine is at least as great as the satis

Well done on buying an old Land Rover, and welcome to the club. The satisfaction I get from the upkeep and tinkering with mine is at least as great as the satisfaction I get from work. Honestly, if I never had to work there would another Land Rover and full rebuild. And I'd get to work on those side projects if I had the time. I could be very productive if I wasn't having to earn a living.

madaxe_again 10y ago
I had a series IIa back when I was myself and before I became a drone in the collective - rebuilt it completely, chassis, wiring loom, bulkheads, etc., fairey overdrive, loved it. Sold it during the early days of the business to be able to eat and pay for the internet connection. I want to write. I want to be highly impractical and live in the mountains away from the madness. I recognise that what I want may well change, and that's OK too. I'm advantaged financially but I've paid for it with far more than time. I suppose it all balances out.
- kagamine 10y ago
  What do you have now? Mine's S3 Lightweight witha hard top that was on RAF Kinloss for its service life.
  - madaxe_again 10y ago
    How funny - I used to fly from Kinloss and Lossie as a cadet. It's a '87 110, in beautiful slightly weathered nick as it used to be someone else's expedition vehicle - chassis goes ping, not thud, engine runs smooth and burns less oil than expected, snorkelled up etc. gators on the steering joints and chrome balls. Need a winch, hi-lift and all that jazz, and we hit the road in May next. If anything I'm having to resist going overboard, as the last road trip (that month of freedom from the digital shackles five years back) was in a merc 190e, and it covered the 8000 miles to Kyrgyzstan, even if the exhaust system and "sump guard" (plastic excuse for) didn't!

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Well done on buying an old Land Rover, and welcome to the club. The satisfaction I get from the upkeep and tinkering with mine is at least as great as the satis

by kagamine 10y ago

madaxe_again 10y ago
I had a series IIa back when I was myself and before I became a drone in the collective - rebuilt it completely, chassis, wiring loom, bulkheads, etc., fairey overdrive, loved it. Sold it during the early days of the business to be able to eat and pay for the internet connection. I want to write. I want to be highly impractical and live in the mountains away from the madness. I recognise that what I want may well change, and that's OK too. I'm advantaged financially but I've paid for it with far more than time. I suppose it all balances out.
- kagamine 10y ago
  What do you have now? Mine's S3 Lightweight witha hard top that was on RAF Kinloss for its service life.
  - madaxe_again 10y ago
    How funny - I used to fly from Kinloss and Lossie as a cadet. It's a '87 110, in beautiful slightly weathered nick as it used to be someone else's expedition vehicle - chassis goes ping, not thud, engine runs smooth and burns less oil than expected, snorkelled up etc. gators on the steering joints and chrome balls. Need a winch, hi-lift and all that jazz, and we hit the road in May next. If anything I'm having to resist going overboard, as the last road trip (that month of freedom from the digital shackles five years back) was in a merc 190e, and it covered the 8000 miles to Kyrgyzstan, even if the exhaust system and "sump guard" (plastic excuse for) didn't!