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So, you've gone to all the SXS shoots this year, persused dozens of tables and found the perfect vintage English sidelock, and a lovely leather motorcase, tools etc. You just received your custom tweed shooting suit from Ermilio and your custom fit shoes from Russell Moccasin. You took some instruction on the Churchill shooting method from Chris Batha. And you've signed up for a European style pheasant tower shoot.

But something's still missing. You just can't show up at a shoot with all that English finery and a Dodge Magnum. You know you need not only to dress to the gun, you need to drive to the gun as well. Fortunately, a proper English shooting gentleman's vehicle just turned up for sale and the description sounds perfect. A true vintage English best shooting vehicle. It has all the qualities of an authentic English masterpiece; a real peach:

1967 Land Rover Series II - $8,500 (obo)

Selling Points: Time to sell my much loved, seldom driven 1967 Land Rover Series IIA, 88. Its a lefthand drive, 2.25 L gas engine (converted from the original diesel), Weber carb, locking front hubs. everything runs/works, frame and bulkhead are good. Actual mileage is unknown.

The good: all new brakes (wheel cylinders, shoes), new clutch cylinders, new radiator core, new steering relay and recent battery. Shes a good driver, currently registered in VA as an antique. Comes with factory service and parts manuals (the "green bible"), some spare parts, floor jack, ramps, axle stands, grease and suction guns pretty much everything youll need to keep her happy.

The not so good: small rust hole on right footwell (I have the boltin replacements for both sides), minor dents and dings in the body, heater temp controls are not hooked up to dash. A mouse moved in behind the panel awhile back and nibbled the wires. Everythings hooked up and working but wires could use some shrink tube in places.

Condition: For the unfamiliar, a Series Land Rover is a unique and beautiful beast. It has leaf springs and rides like a tractor. No syncromesh in 1st and 2nd gear so you must double clutch it to shift down. No power steering, no power brakes, no air conditioning, and slow only 72 HP. The seats are upright and hard and its noisy, drafty, bouncy and leaks oil. It requires constant tinkering and regular lubrication of about a dozen different areas to keep it happy. The electrics are Lucas legendary for their unreliability. In fact, it comes with a hand crank for emergencies! If you havent driven an old Landy before, youll likely be horrified. On the other hand its a true British classic with tons of interesting history that will take you literally anywhere. Oh yeah and the looks youll get are priceless. If youve never experienced a Series Land Rover and think youre interested, please start by doing a little online research. That way if you do decide to come see it youll be prepared.

Ah, the glamour of English vintage motoring!

(This is from an actual car ad published locally this week. For those uptight folks who mistook this as me trying to sell my car (not mine), please bother to read it and enjoy the humor.)

Please have the decency to remove this.

Dave's patience has been tested to the limit lately.

This sort of thing puts the whole BBS in jeopardy.

We need to self police this bandwidth and use restraint.

Daryl, I believe most of us would prefer a high condition Bentley Shooting Brake to a first generation Land Rover.

So I read it.

It has to do with shotguns how?

I got a good laugh out of it myself.

I've owned 3 Jaguar's over the years. The happiest days for me in each case were the day I acquired the car and the day I got rid of it.
This was years ago and the last one,a 12 cylinder XJS, burned through alternators like a torch through metal. In watching the gauges as soon as I saw the ampmeter spike I knew I had 50 miles or less to get it to the garage before total failure of another one.
One family in my neighborhod has two Land Rovers and they seem to be constantly tinkering with them.
I assume everyone on this forum knows why the Brits drink warm beer? Well It's because they have Lucas refigerators of course!!
Old one!!
Jim

I doubt Dave will care about this at all. I think he may even crack a smile after reading it ..... lighten up a squeak SJ

So, where would you draw the line? The connection between this little bit of goofy humor and shotguns is only in the mind of the poster.

There are humor sites, and there are car sites.

There's even a place for this stuff HERE.

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Put it elsewhere, it's polluting the topic.

I have a friend and fellow Vintager who bought one of these old Rangys to drive to SXS shoots. I saw him looking a bit haggard at the Southern one year and he said he was driving it to Deep River and the thing rode so hard it threw his back out. He had to stop on the way and rent a car to finish the trip.

Electronics by Dr Lucas....Prince of Darkness!