Tuesday 1st May
PGB 377P – the 1976 Seres III Soft top – sold to Arthur in during March, is delivered safely to Liverpool docks – ready for the first leg of its journey to New York.
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Thursday 3rd May
Back in February we sold DHJ 274B – a very crisp 1964 Series IIA – to Martin. As he travels abroad for business, it was agreed that we would store the Land Rover until he was back in the UK again and able to take delivery personally. This evening, we took a pleasant drive to York to meet Martin again and hand over his new “toy”.
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Sunday 6th May
Firstly, CVL 913X the 1981 Series III that was purchased by Iain in March, is delivered to Buckinghamshire. As well as the usual preparation in our workshops, it has now been converted to a hard top (from a truck cab) with station wagon back door, and the spare mounted on the bonnet.
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Second, A821 KSH – a 1983 Series III Petrol hard top is collected from Surrey. This Land Rover has been rebuilt onto a galvanised chassis, and will be offered for sale once it has been through our workshop.
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Finally, a trip to Essex to buy RPV 552W – a 1981 Short Wheel Base petrol. Rebuilt on a galvanised chassis, in Deep Bronze Green with sand coloured soft top.
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Wednesday 9th May
At the end of last month, Mark who works in Munich purchased BKX 428A – a lovely 1961 Series II “over the phone”. As he is back in the UK for a week, he took the chance to come up and visit to view his new Land Rover in person.
It was great to meet Mark again – he has been a loyal customer for over 12 years, and this will be his 4th purchase from us.
Once prepared, we will have it transported to Munich for him.
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Thursday 10th May
We always enjoy hearing from our previous customers. David from Virginia, USA originally made contact with us over 10 years ago, when we helped ship a Series III SWB for him. Then in 2006, we carried out some refurbishment work on his 109″ V8 before shipping it state-side for him.
Today he needs some parts for his fuel pump – which we should be able to find for him. He also took the opportunity to send us a snap of his V8 – still looking good despite them attending 4 serious off road events every year !
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Saturday 19th May
We always have a warm welcome for visitors, but especially so for overseas visitors. Today we had a visit from Robert Soevik, Vidar Eriksen & Ronny Jacobsen from Norway, and their friend Neil Mulkeen from Rotherham.
They are all keen Range Rover enthusiasts and between them own 4 suffix A Range Rovers and 2 Monteverdi Range Rovers.
They also run a couple of web sites that Range Rover enthusiasts may find of interest:
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Tuesday 22nd May
We have been trying to organise some ariel photographs of our premises. Today the equipment and the weather came together – below are a couple of example shots:
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Wednesday 23rd May
HCR 543X – the 1981 Series III Soft top that arrived a few weeks ago has been purchased over the phone by Kit, and will be delivered to West Sussex in a few weeks time.
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Thursday 24th May
“Lizzie” – our 1958 Series I Land Rover purchased by Steve last month has been safely delivered to Wiltshire – and looking very “at home” in her new surroundings !
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Thursday 30th May
A trip to Penrith this morning saw the RE-PURCHASE of DGL 583V “Dougle” – From Derek who purchased it from us 10 years ago, when it had 19,000 miles on the clock.
It has now covered 37,000 and benefits from a galvansied chassis and parabolic springs.
We will be fitting a new soft top and give it a 12,000 mile service and fresh MOT and it will appear on our “for sale page shortly.
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Friday 31st May
We have been working with Brian from Co Down for the last couple of months, preparing CKM 395K – a 1972 Land Rover for him. We are pleased with the results below, and today we met Brian off the ferry at Holyhead, so that he could catch the return crossing.
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