Here's a pic of our landy:
In the photo she looks a faded blue but actually she is a faded grey. If I repsray her in the future I think I should keep to the original colour ? I love the Marine Blue and the Bronze Green its so tempting.
I totally agree with you on the new products, the company that now own landrover have lost their way, they have little regard for the history and evolution of what Mr Wilkes and his team began.
Mr Wilkes certainly based it on the Willies Jeep, he had one for years; he started to wonder how he would manage to get spares from the states when the time came; this was the catalyst to design his own version, lets not forget the first Willies jeeps were only two wheel drive.
An American company were about to hit the market place with a four wheel drive version of the Willies for the general public, so they decided to work quickly, Rover were near collapse at the time and money was tight, concider this and then what they achieved, wheres our British industry now? It took just one year to go from conception of an idea to driving the first series 1 and its consequential first debut at the Dutch Motor Show.
When designing the landrover the only guide lines he gave his team were; design a vehicle like the Jeep, but better. Only use materials and fitting that we already have at Rover and last of all find a meterial that will be as strong as steal but cheaper, steal was in short supply after the war, the new aluminium was plentyfull and cheap. God I could rant on for ages, the history is fascinating but people are starting to yawn
If your still awake and want to read more about our Landy you can find it here:
http://www.bikerslot.co.uk/4x4/Our%20Landy/LRChap1.html