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Land Rover Legacy Project & Old Prints

I know I mentioned this a while back but now that it’s actually open, I thought I’d post it again:

Land Rover Legacy Exhibition

A new exhibition about the history of the Lode Lane Solihull factory will take place at the Solihull Central Library from 9 – 25 November. The exhibition tells the story of the Lode Lane factory, its people and products, from 1940 to the present day and features photographs from the Archives of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. Many of these photographs have never before been viewed by the general public.

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I wish I had the time to get over there before the 25th and see what they’re showing, if you can make it to Solihull, please let me know how it was.

In the same Land Rover history vein – Motorgraphs has some great classic Land Rover & Range Rover photos that you can order in various printed formats. This isn’t an endorsement, just something I think is really neat!

http://www.motorgraphs.com/

Michael2010-11-16T09:22:00-05:00November 16, 2010|

Land Rover Links and Misc Clearance from Sept / Oct

As I do from time to time, here are some links & pictures I’ve collected over the past month or so and just didn’t have a place for them:

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For UK readers, you can pre-order an Evoque here: https://forms.landrover.com/preorder.aspx?marketid=4&langid=2&sreferrer=LLR1710IN_YR&campaignid=LLR1710IN_YR

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For some really crazy Land Rover / Jaguar minutia, check out this site:

http://www.volvologistics.com/logistics/global/en-gb/about%20us/Risk%20management%20documents/Handling%20instructions/Pages/Jag%20Land%20Rover.aspx

There are all sorts of public documents showing how they transport the Land Rovers & Jaguars around the world. The documents have pictures & instructions and things you just may never have known – nor do you really need to know, but it makes great reading for the fanatic.

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Robert Dover, former Chief Executive and Chairman of Land Rover, Jaguar and Aston Martin has been appointed as Chairman of Overfinch

UPDATE: Unfortunate update to the Overfinch story: Range Rover specialist Overfinch in administration

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New Land Rover fan forums site: http://www.mylandroverhasasoul.com

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Mansory showed off it’s latest Range Rover Sport design with a scooped hood & carbon fiber – there are some interesting interior cues that Land Rover could get ideas from:

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And finally, here are some real shots of the Jet leather headliner, a no cost option for the Range Rover Autobiography.

Michael2010-11-12T00:35:15-05:00November 10, 2010|

YouTube feature–Land Rover-Bred in the Bone

Great 2 part video – HUE166 is featured and even some center steer shots, I’ve never seen before. The first part focuses on the first 10 years of Land Rover, the second part shows us the NEW for 1958 Series 2.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Michael2010-10-17T19:41:13-04:00November 2, 2010|

LR2 / Freelander 2 Claynation

If you haven’t seen it already, here’s a neat commercial from the UK. The video below links to all the other parts, just click on the one you want to see.

And be sure to check out the Land Rover UK YouTube channel, they seem to post something new & unique quite often – subscribe!

Michael2010-10-20T00:53:17-04:00October 21, 2010|

YouTube feature–Land Rover-Ready for anything…

All of the driving through the mountains with mood music playing modern videos are great, but videos like these let us remember, how it all really began. I’ve had a lot of these videos up on my channel for a long time, it’s probably time I post them up here so more people can get their eyes on them.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Michael2010-10-17T19:40:53-04:00October 19, 2010|