One of the worst things you can call a Land Rover owners pride and joy, is “Jeep”, and there are countless stickers and memes about the theme. In the Land Rover community, Jeeps are often called “Beeps“, even though the original Land Rover prototype actually was built on a WWII surplus Jeep chassis. In an … Read more
Laura has a little hidden mystery under her bonnet, that hints to a past paintjob with a Mercedes shade. Paint code Daimler-Benz Standardgruen DB6277. I’m rather curious to what has been painted, as I haven’t discovered any colour differences in her paint.I’d also like to know how close is DB6277 to LRC.005 Finding more information … Read more
I’ve been testing GTL Diesel in my daily driver, and so far, I’m positively surprised. While I was filling up, I met another driver, who came to fill his car. He drove Volkswagen minivan, that was close to have driven 500.000 kilometres, and had run it on GTL Diesel the past two years.He was sure … Read more
Where do you buy a “ready to go” converted Land Rover? There are a few companies that renovate Land Rovers and convert them to electric drive, if you think doing it yourself is to big a task. Australia Jaunt Motors convert Series Land Rovers between 1958 and 1985 in Australia Car site The Driven has … Read more
Many years I dreamt of getting hold a Series IIa Ambulance, that a previous owner had already ruined the back of. Today I was offered an almost perfect project example. “Luckily” it’s a late series IIa with the lights in it’s wings, and a “Maltese grill”. Had it been “a real Land Rover” (lights in … Read more
Today I met up with the local region of the Danish Land Rover Club (DLRK), in one of the members private forests. The morning had been plagued by torrential rain, and quite the thunderstorm. However the last drips came as we drove down the lane, heading to the wood. It had been some time since … Read more
Passing through Copenhagens Airport CPH, I stumbled upon this half Series III Land Rover. I couldn’t quite determine if it was a 44” or a 54,5” 😉 A pity to see a destroyed Classic Land Rover, but it’s a good ambassador for the car, and rather a display than in the junkyard. It’s chopped over … Read more
Holbæk Motor Service invited us up to their dream of a workshop, to show us what they do, and some nice old engines they were working on. Inside the workshop had a row of engines that were getting a thorough overhaul. The most interesting were a Chevrolet Camaro, a Smart ForTwo Brabus Cabriolet and an … Read more
The Danish Land Rover Club (Dansk Land Rover Klub / DLRK ) has some great courses. There is the “Green Certificate“, that any member has to acquire in order to participate in any off-road event, held by the club. A few years ago, I participated in the local DLRK Region Bornholm’s two day course, on … Read more
After visiting the regional assembly in the Danish Land Rover Club’s South Zealand region, a few weeks ago, I visited the North-West Zealand region today. I’ve been thinking about this for a while. After moving a bit north, we are now within their “border”, but only just. There are no rules telling you what region … Read more