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Landowner



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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Keswick Green
Defender F1 transporter
Found this on FB, impressive!

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Post #1029052 23rd Mar 2024 12:06pm
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jst



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do you think they would do that now? Cheers

James
110 XS Utility
130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making)
90 Puma Hardtop
Post #1029054 23rd Mar 2024 12:23pm
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gcc130



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I see no Defender🤷
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blackwolf



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So not a Defender, not Formula 1, but it is at least a transporter! Rolling with laughter
Post #1029071 23rd Mar 2024 3:37pm
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Rashers



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I'm sure that sort of thing would be very frowned upon, but this was what made Land Rover's unique, and the ways they were utilised was only limited by people's imagination.
Post #1029075 23rd Mar 2024 5:11pm
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Rashers



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Great Photo by the way Thumbs Up
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TexasRover



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makes you wonder: what on earth were they thinking. What if it all comes tumbling down while loading, what about the balance when on the car. Surely they had trailers those days?
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Rashers



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As an engineer with a curious mind, a trailer would be far too easy Laughing
Post #1029097 23rd Mar 2024 7:53pm
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gcc130



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Note the Jag/Daimler front bumper🙂
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discomog



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...and here's another variation on a theme and this time it is a Defender



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Post #1029103 23rd Mar 2024 8:34pm
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blackwolf



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IF the photo really was taken in September 1953, the Land-Rover can only be weeks old at most since it is an 86". The 86" was launched for the 1954 model year and volume production began in August 1953, so it must be a very early 86".

Yet there has still been time to put lipstick on the pig with the daft (but very new-looking) bumper and the rim "bling" (which looks to be paint). Interesting too that there are no indicators fitted, on an 86" that early the white/red flashing indicators hadn't become an option so it was trafficators or nothing.

As far as carrying a Formula 3 car on top, there is probably no problem, it won't be very heavy, byt it does seem a strangely complex solution to a simple problem. Nowadays it would be a magnet for the Police, I am sure. I wonder why they did it that way.

It is an interesting photo!
Post #1029156 24th Mar 2024 5:28pm
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