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ppad

Member Since: 16 Nov 2012
Location: now, UK S Coast
Posts: 218

Four British legends

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Slightly off topic as only one is one of ours!
Just by happenstance a Rangie so posh it doesn't have a front number plate, a Mclaren 720, an original Cooper with genuine 18000 on the clock ... and my old working truck. Sublime to ridiculous?
For a few minutes they lined up, 10 mins later one of them was gone.
Bit of a line up of Brit legends. Sold the much modified 110 2.8, in Oz
Brought the 90 home from Switzerland ...

3rd Jul 2021 11:26am

kenzle8a

Member Since: 12 Feb 2020
Location: None
Posts: 1074

Its a testament to the design that it doesn't look at all out of place.

3rd Jul 2021 12:01pm

Rashers

Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3337

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

Always had a very soft spot for the original shaped Mini’s

You really see so very few of them on the road now.

That is a latter Rover version but the Austin and BL versions all were susceptible to the rust worm.

My Mum had a Variety of Mini’s and they were so very much like the Defender in so many ways.
They corroded as you watched them
Many years of production and hopeless flaws in the basic design were never rectified or changed
Their owners put up with their unique quirkiness and individual ways
They are both really good fun to drive
They both have a cult following
Their replacements were nothing much like the originals

Before I start another argument, the last comment is not meant to antagonise, but is a fact. They both got modernised and their designs have both changed to meet modern manufacturing and safety standards.

Great photo 👍

3rd Jul 2021 12:28pm

Barneyboy

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 1583

1986 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Nato Green

Great photo

and have to say in front of a great pub as well, spent many a happy day/night in there with friends

cheers Paul

6th Jul 2021 6:00am

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
Posts: 5417

2006 Defender 110 Td5 USW Zermatt Silver

“ They corroded as you watched them
Many years of production and hopeless flaws in the basic design were never rectified or changed
Their owners put up with their unique quirkiness and individual ways
They are both really good fun to drive
They both have a cult following
Their replacements were nothing much like the originals ”

Now. That reminds me of something else.

6th Jul 2021 7:50am

Mike c

Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Maldon, Essex
Posts: 905

Having owned a classic mini, a lovely 1996 brg Rover Cooper S5 works sportpack, there is definitely a similar lure to them as there are to traditional Land Rovers, and yes the replacements never quite had that lure, in fact, not at all

Still wish I could have kept it really even if just as a Sunday car

6th Jul 2021 5:22pm

keith

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 2158

Nice lineup but they’re all still inherently linked to British Leyland. The BL blood will remain for a long time yet.

6th Jul 2021 7:42pm

Rashers

Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3337

BL blood - a dirty rusty colour, I suspect ?

6th Jul 2021 8:51pm

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