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Post by bothwellbuyer on May 1, 2018 23:26:55 GMT
Back 50+ years ago, my father bought an Austin devon. What/why is it that males ( me I think) hanker after buying the cars that faithers bought?? Anyway, he had an Austin Devon, cold and kinda big. So I saw this - www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/austin/a40/261835Now, these things were rust buckets from memory. few still exist. So, should I buy? |
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Post by Mb2t on May 2, 2018 7:24:11 GMT
Link does not work...
It is true... My dad's first car was a 51 Landrover, with a closed cab... might by one one of these days...
Thinking about it - might not be a good idea - some childhood idols should stay as they are...
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Post by phaeton on May 2, 2018 9:17:12 GMT
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Post by unclebob on May 2, 2018 9:31:49 GMT
Always a worry getting parts for some UK classics are there any owners clubs about ? If it this green one looks a tidy example .
dont think you could have found one further away from you 😁😁
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Post by three5 on May 3, 2018 9:56:40 GMT
Link does not work... It is true... My dad's first car was a 51 Landrover, with a closed cab... might by one one of these days... Thinking about it - might not be a good idea - some childhood idols should stay as they are... Well, if you're going to run a classic motor you could do a lot worse. There are masses of spares available, usually from the after market sector. Chassis rust is a problem but the construction is so simple that some 3mm plate and a welder can fix pretty well everything. I ran Landrovers for 20 years as a family car ( couldn't aford two in those days! ) and only once had a breakdown. That was on a Fairy overdrive unit so not a LR part. Looking back, I suspect the reliability was as a result of spending most weekends working on it ( wife certainly remembers it that way! ). Noisy, uncomfortable, fuel hungry but lots of room inside and enormous fun. I started with a 108 2a Safari and progressed through an 88 2a to a 90 to a hearing aid  . I guess that your dad's would have been a series 1 - and they are getting fairly rare these days. |
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Post by Mb2t on May 4, 2018 9:16:16 GMT
Link does not work... It is true... My dad's first car was a 51 Landrover, with a closed cab... might by one one of these days... Thinking about it - might not be a good idea - some childhood idols should stay as they are... Well, if you're going to run a classic motor you could do a lot worse. There are masses of spares available, usually from the after market sector. Chassis rust is a problem but the construction is so simple that some 3mm plate and a welder can fix pretty well everything. I ran Landrovers for 20 years as a family car ( couldn't aford two in those days! ) and only once had a breakdown. That was on a Fairy overdrive unit so not a LR part. Looking back, I suspect the reliability was as a result of spending most weekends working on it ( wife certainly remembers it that way! ). Noisy, uncomfortable, fuel hungry but lots of room inside and enormous fun. I started with a 108 2a Safari and progressed through an 88 2a to a 90 to a hearing aid . I guess that your dad's would have been a series 1 - and they are getting fairly rare these days. At the moment it is just a thought... As I have no time (still in the 'working Brigade') and no space to do that. Maybe one day... I have a vivd picture of the Landrover in my memory, but could not find a picture, only one with me as a child near the rear wheel... It was Beige, with the spare wheel on the bonnet. It was sold when I was 5.... |
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Post by three5 on May 4, 2018 9:23:37 GMT
Well, if you're going to run a classic motor you could do a lot worse. There are masses of spares available, usually from the after market sector. Chassis rust is a problem but the construction is so simple that some 3mm plate and a welder can fix pretty well everything. I ran Landrovers for 20 years as a family car ( couldn't aford two in those days! ) and only once had a breakdown. That was on a Fairy overdrive unit so not a LR part. Looking back, I suspect the reliability was as a result of spending most weekends working on it ( wife certainly remembers it that way! ). Noisy, uncomfortable, fuel hungry but lots of room inside and enormous fun. I started with a 108 2a Safari and progressed through an 88 2a to a 90 to a hearing aid . I guess that your dad's would have been a series 1 - and they are getting fairly rare these days. At the moment it is just a thought... As I have no time (still in the 'working Brigade') and no space to do that. Maybe one day... I have a vivd picture of the Landrover in my memory, but could not find a picture, only one with me as a child near the rear wheel... It was Beige, with the spare wheel on the bonnet. It was sold when I was 5.... ....... the working brigade. I don't have any evidence for it, but I suspect that an aweful lot of the members of this forum are no longer part of the working brigade. All I can say is I'm really enjoying the freedom of retirement. Just wish I had the energy that I did 20 years ago - but you can't have everything. |
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Post by kessac on May 8, 2018 10:42:14 GMT
my land rovers were 1967,Green with the spare on the bonnet, enjoyed them at that time
trouble was they all had the whirl pool in the petrol tank. they drank the fuel
regards kessac
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Post by three5 on May 8, 2018 11:31:59 GMT
my land rovers were 1967,Green with the spare on the bonnet, enjoyed them at that time trouble was they all had the whirl pool in the petrol tank. they drank the fuel regards kessac In 1967 petrol was something like 15p / litre and the cost of petrol for a Land Rover didn't seem so important. I think that most people who had them needed them as either a tow vehicle or something that would cross a field. Working in the water industry mine regularly had to do both! I always had diesels but ther fuel consumption was pretty awful as well - I'd have to drive VERY carefully to get 30mpg and usually managed about 26mpg. The other thing was that you needed Whitworth spanners as well as the ususl AF ones - many of the chassis bolts were BSF. |
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