This month: vehicle paperwork and owners’ handbooks. Never let it be said that Peter doesn’t seek out topics for his column that are designed to thrill and excite…
If you’re doing historical research, trying to untangle fiction from reality can be difficult. For instance, it’s often said that 1948 Land Rovers were painted ‘Cockpit Light Green’ (used on World War 2 British aircraft). I looked into that, and found there was quite a range of variation for cockpit paint. So far as I know there isn’t any actual proof that Rover sprayed freshly minted Land Rovers with war-surplus paint. Maybe they did and maybe they didn’t – but anyway, the story stuck and ended up being quoted in auction catalogues and elsewhere. Now, if only someone had found paperwork for Cockpit Light Green paint delivered to Rover.
Paperwork for registration marks can be even more troublesome. Originally, registration numbers were issued by a local authority, but that ended in the early 1970s when they were issued from a centralised authority (DVLC, later DVLA) at Swansea or from regional offices run by the DVLC.
While the changeover was going on, the government issued sometimes contradictory advice about what should be done with the obsolete local-authority ledgers. One lot of advice was to destroy the old ledgers – and that’s why we don’t now have any old registration-mark evidence for London registered vehicles. Solihull records were archived, so it’s possible to trace some Rover histories that would otherwise have been lost.
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Truck Of The Irish
It’s taken nine long years, but Aussie-based Irish expat Eamon Tierney has finished rebuilding his 107 pick-up. And it’s a belter
The Tinkerer
Banished from practising his famous tinkering skills in the Christmas Day kitchen, Jerry found the perfect way to keep out of everybody’s way until the turkey was ready
The Knowledge
This month: vehicle paperwork and owners’ handbooks. Never let it be said that Peter doesn’t seek out topics for his column that are designed to thrill and excite…
Give Us A Brake
Why is it that whenever something special is planned, our Land Rovers pick that very moment to let us down?
Eyes Out For Fun
Hounding around on the Baskerville Challenge
Holding Court
Celebrating club hosts the trial of the half-century
What A Lizard Wheeze!
As I write this, the first of my new regular column for LRO, I’m just about to set off to a motor show so it seemed appropriate to record some of the more memorable shows I attended in my Land Rover career.
Sam Watson - The Overlander
A Series I perched on top of a 30-foot pole makes Sam do a double-take – but even that pales compared to what he’s about to see
Cheap Cheer
Three faults, all traced and fixed for next to nothing
Tread Alert
John’s Stealthlaner is going great guns – apart from worn tyres and fluid leaks