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Post by ozneil on Nov 1, 2014 21:24:35 GMT -1
mine was green with a floppy hat
Read QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE by George MacDonald Fraser
experiences as private with Border Regiment in Burma
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 18:36:27 GMT -1
Brit Army Khaki, Jungle Greens, Desert Boots, Make up by face paint, Camouflage by local shrubb. Land Rover for chic drivers and Parachute for a high!! Love it, Bormes! Plus you do a fine line in stylish braces, if I may say! And Mrs Bormes always looks chic and fantastic. You can't buy style
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 18:58:18 GMT -1
gees you got me I wouldnt have a clue I wore Stafford Ellison Suits as did out ex PM John Howard and most of the suit wearing fraternity (Labour PM Keating wore Armani suits ..does that say something?? ) . At moment , according to motif, Im wearing "Bonds" polo shirt and a pair of "Stubbie" shorts Thats my total knowledge of fashion Cars .. Audi.... Aspiring real estate agents BMW.... Advertising and computer geeks Mercedes.... Above bosses and general merchantile bosses & son's GF (Computer geek) Lexus (or lexii?).... poseurs but not quite Mercedes level turbo hatch backs...... boy racers Range Rovers...... (aka Tourak tractor) Real Estate developers and Pitt Street Farmers Ford, Holden ........ People who spend long hours driving (plenty of wriggle room great AC) quiet Anything ....... most of polulation I drive 10 year old Forrester, Son drives a 10 year old Toyota Camry Daughter has just traded in her 15 year Falcon for a new Hyundai I remember you posting a magnificent photo of you in a 70s safari suit, Oz. Hope you've kept it, it's only a matter of time till they return as high fashion Armani very much for wealthy professionals, and too understated for those who like their 'bling' and wear their labels like a badge... Car choice tells you a lot about a person, does it not? I find most 'everyday' new cars now look alike, can't tell the difference between 'makes' hardly. Sadly dull-looking things, mostly but durable, good value, sensible etc etc. Also a big difference between those that sport 'brand new' marques (usually via their company) and those that invest in vintage Audi, Saab, BMW, Merc and Porsche---cars of character, like old Range Rovers, Discoveries, etc. Of course, more expensive to run/repair but if you're gonna have a car, make it one you LOVE, I say We just run the one chez Rolo, shock horror! It cost us £700 cash, a 7 series we've had for two years now that was about £40K new. Mr R is pretty nifty on repairs so we've not had horrendous bills and it's a pleasure every single day to drive in it. And I want a hurl in Bormes's latest aquisition as well, you listening, B?
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Post by ozneil on Nov 2, 2014 19:53:26 GMT -1
god I remember that suit, derigeur for the up and coming young exec, just come down to Sydney from Brisbane to become manager of the firm I eventually bought. All was right with the world... mineral boom was just starting full of confidence just elected a Labour Government after 26 years Liberal. (They were a disaster of monumental proportions. They were fired by Governor General after 3 years). Still have photo but suit is long gone.... I wouldnt be game to wear it anyway even if I could fit into it. Cars do. One Labour MP here and a wonderful man owns a 1950s Citroen light 15 in immaculate condition every few years he has it rebuilt He railed against MPs pensions. thought that when he retired thats the last we would hear. He donated the lot to charity... a wonderful guy One of my last jobs, a biggy, the builder boss , a very wealthy influential man turned up to meetings with his papers in a Grace Bros (Equiv Copelands) carrier bag. He drove a top line Ford My favourite business time was in Auckland NZ working on a huge Australian owned development. The owners had insisted on Australian staff running the job so there was a total of about 8 of us from different firms there all there for a limited time, all good at our jobs , didnt have to impress anyone so we had a ball. Saw lots of NZ in my Series 2 a Landy (SWB), crash gear box, went places with local club that a mountain goat would have done a recce first was wonderful. My 2 favourite cars were the landy in Oz & NZ and a Hillman Super Minx Wagon in UK. After the Landy I got respectable 30 years of Australian sixes kept for about 150-200k klms mostly Fords. Mrs Oz generally had Veedubs then little hatchbacks As you say they all look the same now Always fancied a big Rover 3 litre coupe but by the time I could afford one they were out of date
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Post by ozneil on Nov 2, 2014 21:14:55 GMT -1
From Tim Blair A roadside conundrum spotted by Kae near Hatton Vale in Queensland:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 23:51:48 GMT -1
god I remember that suit, derigeur for the up and coming young exec, just come down to Sydney from Brisbane to become manager of the firm I eventually bought. All was right with the world... mineral boom was just starting full of confidence just elected a Labour Government after 26 years Liberal. (They were a disaster of monumental proportions. They were fired by Governor General after 3 years). Still have photo but suit is long gone.... I wouldnt be game to wear it anyway even if I could fit into it. Cars do. One Labour MP here and a wonderful man owns a 1950s Citroen light 15 in immaculate condition every few years he has it rebuilt He railed against MPs pensions. thought that when he retired thats the last we would hear. He donated the lot to charity... a wonderful guy One of my last jobs, a biggy, the builder boss , a very wealthy influential man turned up to meetings with his papers in a Grace Bros (Equiv Copelands) carrier bag. He drove a top line Ford My favourite business time was in Auckland NZ working on a huge Australian owned development. The owners had insisted on Australian staff running the job so there was a total of about 8 of us from different firms there all there for a limited time, all good at our jobs , didnt have to impress anyone so we had a ball. Saw lots of NZ in my Series 2 a Landy (SWB), crash gear box, went places with local club that a mountain goat would have done a recce first was wonderful. My 2 favourite cars were the landy in Oz & NZ and a Hillman Super Minx Wagon in UK. After the Landy I got respectable 30 years of Australian sixes kept for about 150-200k klms mostly Fords. Mrs Oz generally had Veedubs then little hatchbacks As you say they all look the same now Always fancied a big Rover 3 litre coupe but by the time I could afford one they were out of date View AttachmentGreat post, Oz. This bit is so painfully true I laughed and gret at the same time: Always fancied a big Rover 3 litre coupe but by the time I could afford one they were out of date
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Post by notanimby on Nov 4, 2014 17:37:34 GMT -1
Things have changed we used to do that (buy an extra suitcase) when heading to UK . Good shoes (Saxone & Church) and Scottish knitwear... Pringles jumps to mind. bespoke tailoring (Gunn & Topping? in St Vincent Street) I could get Van Heusen Shirts here. Tweed is too hot to wear here though I had a Harris Tweed sports jacket for yonks until the moths eventually won Church have been bought over by Prada and have went a bit trendy. The owners of Church took the cash and bought over a shoe company called cheaneys Apparently they took the lasts with them too. Since 2nd year in high school I've only ever worn, as dress shoes, leather soled shoes, either brogues or in recent years plain Gibson type shoes. Currently I've been buying Loakes but hopefully soon to invest in a pair of either Church or Cheaney Brogues. With some care they should see me out.
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Post by notanimby on Nov 4, 2014 17:53:05 GMT -1
Nowadays I only go for German cars, had my fill of crap, unreliable and poor quality service from British brands, especially Landrover, who, well their dealers especially were the absolute pits
I also got extremely fed up with maintenance when I ran/owned my own cars, especially the MGB GT which was a complete money pit, and that was when it was only three years old too.
Our BMWs/minishave never let us down ever and the dealer service is excellent, so much so that we're about to order BMW number nine, we lease them for two years and they come with three years warranty trouble free motoring indeed.
I have a Jaeger prince of Eales pattern double breasted suit in the wardrobe, got it mid 1990s in a fit of madness to attend the royal garden party plus a wedding or two, all around the same time. I wait patiently for it o return to fashion and hopefully I'll have lost a pound or two by then too.
Currently my work suits come from M&S and are excellent value for money and are of a decent quality.
I'm a bit weird when it comes to shoes though
Dress shoes- mentioned in earlier post
Trainers- only ever wear Vans skate shoes, good quality, plenty of support, wearing them around twenty years or so
Boots- only ever Timberland, especially GorTex lined ones with Vibram soles, hard to get now though, may have to change style, I've had some of my pairs, again for over twenty years
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Post by notanimby on Nov 4, 2014 17:54:25 GMT -1
god I remember that suit, derigeur for the up and coming young exec, just come down to Sydney from Brisbane to become manager of the firm I eventually bought. All was right with the world... mineral boom was just starting full of confidence just elected a Labour Government after 26 years Liberal. (They were a disaster of monumental proportions. They were fired by Governor General after 3 years). Still have photo but suit is long gone.... I wouldnt be game to wear it anyway even if I could fit into it. Cars do. One Labour MP here and a wonderful man owns a 1950s Citroen light 15 in immaculate condition every few years he has it rebuilt He railed against MPs pensions. thought that when he retired thats the last we would hear. He donated the lot to charity... a wonderful guy One of my last jobs, a biggy, the builder boss , a very wealthy influential man turned up to meetings with his papers in a Grace Bros (Equiv Copelands) carrier bag. He drove a top line Ford My favourite business time was in Auckland NZ working on a huge Australian owned development. The owners had insisted on Australian staff running the job so there was a total of about 8 of us from different firms there all there for a limited time, all good at our jobs , didnt have to impress anyone so we had a ball. Saw lots of NZ in my Series 2 a Landy (SWB), crash gear box, went places with local club that a mountain goat would have done a recce first was wonderful. My 2 favourite cars were the landy in Oz & NZ and a Hillman Super Minx Wagon in UK. After the Landy I got respectable 30 years of Australian sixes kept for about 150-200k klms mostly Fords. Mrs Oz generally had Veedubs then little hatchbacks As you say they all look the same now Always fancied a big Rover 3 litre coupe but by the time I could afford one they were out of date View AttachmentGreat post, Oz. This bit is so painfully true I laughed and gret at the same time: Always fancied a big Rover 3 litre coupe but by the time I could afford one they were out of dateMy late Latin teacher, I've mentioned her before used to drive one of those
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Post by ozneil on Nov 4, 2014 19:01:21 GMT -1
In the 3 years and 60k Miles that I owned my landy I only had a cracked inlet manifold and one puncture. It was given hard use, crawling through creeks with water flowing over floor (2nd gear low ratio 4wd revs high to keep water out exhaust) driving on old logging and mining tracks . It was the greatest mud crawler ever would keep going where others got bogged. Once had it balancing on 2 wheels one back one front on putting on gas it literally bounced from one wheel to other just needed some one to stand on towhook to give it traction and get out. Leaked oil its whole life rear seal between engine and gear box not bad enough to have seal replaced ... It had done 30K when I bought it We find that European Cars are OK for city work but tend to shake themselves to pieces on country roads where the surface is corrugated ( got to drive in excess of about 50 mph to smooth out corrugations) and to overheat further north when driving at high speeds for a while. BMWs were famous for a while of ripping off mufflers on dirt roads I think they sorted that ... BMWs here are generally built in South Africa.
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Post by notanimby on Nov 4, 2014 19:30:10 GMT -1
In the 3 years 60k Miles that I owned my landy I only had a cracked inlet manifold and one puncture. It was given hard use, crawling through creeks with on hand thr water flowing over floor (2nd gear low ratio 4wd revs high to keep water out exhaust) driving on old logging and mining tracks . It was the greatest mud crawler ever would keep going where others got bogged. leaked oil its whole life rear seal between engine and gear box not bad enough to have seal replaced ... It had done 30K when I bought it We find that European Cars are OK for city work but tend to shake themselves to pieces on country roads where the surface is corrugated ( got to drive in excess of about 50 mph to smooth out corrugations) and to overheat further north when driving at high speeds for a while. BMWs were famous for a while of ripping off mufflers on dirt roads I think they sorted that ... BMWs here are generally built in South Africa. We had three landrovers - freelanders, a good light 4x4 let down by build quality, dealers and reliability. Our first was a petrol, one recall after another, Our second was a diesel, brand new but came with a list of delivery faults, deep scratches on windows, faulty hi-fi, faulty electric windows, faulty rear door window. Then developed a steering fault after two months, steering rack replaced, four months later it went again big style whilst mrs nota was turning left, steering wheel just spun freely, lucky she was going slowly and mounted opposite pavement, a very bad dose of the shitters indeed. Landrover service manager shrugged his shoulders and didn't give a shit. Rack replaced and I went to pick it up, service manager said its fine now, he OAS tested it personally, I said good as AA was coming to inspect it with a view to going to court. I jumped in car to drive it home, tracking w out and steering wheel was off centre AA inspector spent two hours going over car, spotted steering issues right off and it broke down when he test drove it, fuel pump issues. Went back to dealership, service manager was in with dealer principal, I walked straight into office whilst he gloated about how well fixed car was with his boss, gave boss man AA report and told them to ram the car up their collective arses. Our third one was a direct free of charge replacement or second one, courtesy of landrover. It went ok for a year or so with only minor niggles until the fuel ank started reading full when empty and empty when full, back to dealer again, took for attempts at icing it, god knows how as they refused to put fuel in it(despite me offering to pay) to check out their I'd Once they even forgot to reconnect fuel tank back up and I flooded petrol station fore court with about ten gallons of diesel They eventually, after seven attempts iced it by replacing whole binnacle, complete with all dials and gauges So since then we've not touched landrover again, they still come bottom of reliability surveys, again for build quality, reliability and shit dealers
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Post by ozneil on Nov 4, 2014 20:54:31 GMT -1
Gees thats bad no wonder you hate them. I would too.
The guys I bought mine from specialised in ex Government ones. They had a fantastic reputation. Property owners would phone up and tell them what they wanted agree price all over phone, get it registered then come in and pick it up all unseen. They said they couldnt ever sell a bad one ot lie about it. If one went bad within a few months it would be repaired or swapped. Mind you you paid a few $ over the score for them but was worth it
Mine was much older 1965 series 2a swb very basic. Sliding windows, separate wiper motors (could never synch wipers) no linings. tin roof though could engage 4wd while moving using foot on lever. Handbrake on full brake drum on prop shaft ... a very basic motor. Main difference between it and UK built ones was a larger aircleaner and the electrics all on top of motor could wade through 2 ft of water without a tarp over radiator . Feet did get wet though
I took the Soob (Forester) down to a local dealer for a major service and road check. Went back at appointed time told service had been done but had to come back for check. What really impressed me was I had parked it in the morning with the front wheel at full lock just touching the "N" of a painted "NO PARKING" sign and when I came back in evening they had parked it in exactly, complete with wheel at full lock, the same spot. Consternation reigned when I congratulated the Service Manager on their skill doing this.
They agreed to waive the not inconsiderable bill saying there had been some mix up. They too lost a client
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Post by ozneil on Nov 4, 2014 22:48:05 GMT -1
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Post by bormes on Nov 5, 2014 18:26:38 GMT -1
I have driven Landrovers of various types since 1963 in Military service. Not many of them were bad but were prone to certain faults, particularly the one OZ mentioned at the gear box and the biggest one, the clutch bearing washer, even from new sometimes. However the genuine abuse they took was amazing, in fairness when delivered to Airborne nonsense, the vehicle wing would go over them and make changes to suit our unit and in ten years I developed a real love of them. When I became a civvy I bought a Landrover however I did my own maintainance and over the years of owning them I replaced. Clutches, repaired one cylinder head, many hoses around four gearboxes and probably millions of electrical problems in the series three!! In 1976, Madam Bormes and I went over land in a series 11A with huge roof rack which we mainly slept in we went to Delhi and the only faults we had were a hose in Ankara and on the way back in Tehran a wee electrical fault, both faults dealt with no problem. On our farm I had Landrovers with only two of them needing gearboxes both done under warranty. Around nine years ago I bought a Discovery and had it for four years and only a handbrake problem, I sold it for a wonderful,Volkswagen 4Motion California with the 2 lire 200hp upgraded engine. It was totally reliable lifting roof aircon superb vehicle and as I do go off road a lot it was surprisingly good off road, not LR Standard but very good. We sold it only a few months ago to buy YES a Landrover again!! A 110 and upgraded by Twisted Performance. Just returned from France in it and it has performed absolutely spendidly, overtaking on the French motorways with the torque is un Landrover like, the 60/70 to 90 is fantastic!! Leather seats quiet and off road with the lift and heavy duty suspension (OZ Manufactured and difflocks ) just brilliant!! The reliability has been sorted now. I do love them. In fairness we would probably have kept the wonderful VW but Madame Bormes is no longer camping!! Hotels only so I thought well I will go back to my favourite!!
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Post by ozneil on Nov 5, 2014 21:35:11 GMT -1
have you come across the Ozzie 6 wheel Landy used by the army?
landies are built here modified for Oz conditions. mostly petrol, easier to maintain.
Most popular 4wd is the Toyota Land cruiser 70, comes in about as many varieties as the Land rover. Troop carrier, Utility as well as the upmarket ones
Landies big problem is low cruising speed
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