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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512  
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So, a bit more patience then. We"ll wait.
 Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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21st May 2015 9:05pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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I believe that today June 12 was the last day one could register for this July 4 event. Think pretty soon those who have registered will start receiving the full program and all details in the post. Below link provides some more about the timing and the days activities that I found on the Swiss JLR importer website. Eric http://www.emilfrey.ch/fr/news-events/deta...12f0db2c4c You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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12th Jun 2015 8:17pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Heads up for those who have registered for the July 4th event. The letter from JLR with all info/documents for the program arrived by regular mail today.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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23rd Jun 2015 11:43am |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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It is D-day minus 6. As I will not have time later this week, spent quite a few hours this morning detailing the SVX to make it look at its best for the July 04. event. More of a job than I expected this time, the usual car wash followed by towel drying ,windows and vacuuming, but I did not realise that more than a month after the truck has gone thru a full Dinitrol reapplication, soft Dinitrol would still be gushing out of all panel seams upto the windows height, out of the rear light holes, out of about everywhere it can come out of.
So there was more than just cleaning everything inside/outside this time, including engine bay, wheels, tires, etc. but this time I also had to wipe off leaked Dinitrol from all over the truck. In the end, all done, happy with the result, needed to be done anyway. Ready to store the truck for the week next to kitoper's Hunter. While I will be gone this week, kitoper can check the SVX condition and try to do better. 
Then saturday morning, the Hunter and the SVX will drive in a little convoy to Safenwil for what promises to be a hot event, and I mean that literally too, because we have a heatwave in the making here with the Geneva forecast for next week creeping further up from the current 30°C to Friday and saturday a forecasted 37°C. My PEL500110 and my Entreq intercooler will start having a function it looks like.
Todays event preparations.... Click image to enlarge All done, including the visible Dinitrol removed,,,,,, No doubt if it gets 37°C next week, more of that stuff will start flowing... Click image to enlarge You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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28th Jun 2015 12:28pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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We have arrived at the event. Can already say with confidence that those who remain absent.... Big Mistake
You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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4th Jul 2015 9:43am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3346  
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 Don't rub it in! I couldn't get the time off work to make the journey!! 
Hope you have a great time though! Take lots of pics for us who couldn't make it Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
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4th Jul 2015 8:28pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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After i upload my photos, i then have to allocate them to a folder. Did you follow that step?
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5th Jul 2015 11:53am |
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| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826 
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Are you using the gallery on the forum..?
If so, check you have space left. The default space is quite small an I've seen some funny errors when you have no space left. cheers simon |
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5th Jul 2015 11:59am |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512
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It seems there are no images at all in Wolfi's Gallery... So I think it 's something to do with the uploading procedure rather than enough space left.
Try uploading in the post rather than direct to your gallery.
Had planned to visit the event, but due to circumstances had to leave it.  Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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5th Jul 2015 1:27pm |
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| Kitoper Member Since: 07 Dec 2012 Location: Geneva Posts: 204
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As Eric highlighted - great event - Land Rover Switzerland and Emil Frey went out of their way with music, off-road track, food stands and clubs. Examples of Landys through history were present from the HUE 166 and the Dukes Landy UKE 80 to Her Majesties vehicles from 1954 and 1983.
Plus in the Classic car center a few other British greats from the early Jags and Astons to the Triumphs and Morris' Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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5th Jul 2015 2:02pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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It was an amazing event as kitoper said, for me the biggest highlight was to see the hundreds and hundreds of Series 1 thru 2015 model year Defenders all parked up in a organized way and which shows that kitoper and myself are not really from outer space in how we cherish our vehicles.
Switzerland has quite a large number of real Series/Defender fans and all of them, old and new alike, keep their vehicles in a fantastic condition. It was also an eye opener that 99% of these Classic Land Rover fans are in the germanic part of Switzerland, cannot remember to have seen other GE licence plates at the event than the Hunter and the SVX.
I have downloaded a huge number of pictures of the event onto my laptop, but with the current extreme heatwave (daily temps at 35°C or higher, 38°C right now), do not really feel like sitting here too long in front of this screen, but will post some interesting pictures a bit later.
Last comment, yesterday afternoon when the temp was generally hovering around 37-39°C, we had a 240 km drive back to Geneva, and the SVX did very well at a solid 120kmh for most of that. Temp gauge parked just below the middle as normal, not sure if my PEL 500110 and Entreq intercooler helped to keep engine running temps a bit down compared to standard, but I had no overheating problems for sure. And, when making an intermediate stop at a highway gas station store to buy more bottles of water I could hear that my standard cooling fan still works very well.
More with pictures later... Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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5th Jul 2015 2:55pm |
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| Wolfi Member Since: 27 Apr 2015 Location: Switzerland Posts: 24
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Alright, another try to post my pictures
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5th Jul 2015 3:25pm |
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| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826
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^^^nope...
Try this... http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic22433.html Also the images have to be below a certain size in order to upload. cheers simon |
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5th Jul 2015 3:26pm |
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| Wolfi Member Since: 27 Apr 2015 Location: Switzerland Posts: 24
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Thanks Simon, followed all instructions. Last message that I get is: Uploading to server 100%, then nothing happens anymore. Will continue trying.
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5th Jul 2015 3:59pm |
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