Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Land Rover series I

After about a year owning land rovers, I start to realize that this car has gone trough numerous changes and ownership, it is really interesting to know what happen with this car. It is still not as heroic as "Pak Sudirman" my childhood hero, but very entertaining. anyway lets start with land rover series I first.

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The birth of Land Rover link :geocities Lr madness discovery archieve

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Land Rover Series I

The very first production of land rover after few prototype and pre-production model built. it was launched in 1948 as a stop-gap to keep Rover busy in post-war years, the Series I workhorse had aluminium bodywork because of steel rationing. The early production models can be identified by the headlights located behind the steel mesh radiator grille and the sidelights mounted on the bulkhead