All Time Choice

[Tazzieman]

Anybody? Nobody?

View: https://youtu.be/EK92llk464c?feature=shared

 

[Logsplitter]

Anybody? Nobody?

View: https://youtu.be/EK92llk464c?feature=shared

Don’t tell me this your all time choice @Tazzieman

 

[Tazzieman]

Don’t tell me this your all time choice @Tazzieman

I've never heard of them.
Dare to be different.
He's grafting the Fg body onto an Impreza turbo.
Weapon!

 

[Logsplitter]

I've never heard of them.
Dare to be different.
He's grafting the Fg body onto an Impreza turbo.
Weapon!

We had them in the U.K. and they were crap !

 

[ECrider]

We had them in the U.K. and they were crap !

I think they were worse than that.....!

 

[Tazzieman]

We had them in the U.K. and they were crap !

However they inspired the Discovery 1 - and that's a great 4x4!

 

[Tazzieman]

And I've just found a military luxobarge!
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/...tm_source=Nine-Front-Page&utm_medium=Referral

 

[Tom109]

This one slipped my mind,

 

[Tazzieman]

This one slipped my mind,

Nice camelbar!

 

[Krabby]

However they inspired the Discovery 1 - and that's a great 4x4!

It certainly has a familiar looking roof line!

 

[Tazzieman]

It certainly has a familiar looking roof line!

Indeed
And here we all are , driving French built "Land Rovers"

 

[crashnburn]

Well, this was my dream when I was younger ... and i still would like to possess one
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I tried to buy a second hand one in Ecuador in 1987 when I lived there for 3,5 years, but they were or too expensive or in too bad shape; I finally bought a brand new Suzuki Samurai: very good purchase, but small!
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Same dream car (again) but from https://www.fj.co/

I believe I mentioned here before, I actually grew up with FJ40s/FJ60s in the 70s in Papua New Guinea where there were only Toyotas, Suzukis and some Series.
My late father had a shop with a lot of 40s/60s where he fixes/builds/sells them. I hated dismantling them after school as they were so dirty and the smell of diesel.

Now I wish I could go back to that time and soak in all the knowledge he had on these vehicles.

 

[Cheshire cat]

They were called Monteros in the states. I was always partial to the boxy ones from the late 80s and then two generations later in early 2000s.

Fun fact - there were CAMEL TROPHY versions! Check THIS out.

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My first 4x4 that I purchased myself was a Mitsubishi Shogun (As named in UK). It was a SWB in Diesel and came in Atlantic Blue. Loved it. Now looks tiny next to modern stock.
Not many left in UK, mainly due to rust which could get ferocious on early versions.

 

[CRH]

We had them in the U.K. and they were crap !

I remember my brother liking them when we were kids, but he has never had any idea about cars and always ended up with a dud, unless he asked me for help in buying. He was a bike person when younger.

 

[CRH]

My first 4x4 that I purchased myself was a Mitsubishi Shogun (As named in UK). It was a SWB in Diesel and came in Atlantic Blue. Loved it. Now looks tiny next to modern stock.
Not many left in UK, mainly due to rust which could get ferocious on early versions.

Was it the very early square ones, did you get it fro Gallaghers at Queensferry, Warrington or the Frodsham dealer that is now Morrisons?

 

[Cheshire cat]

Was it the very early square ones, did you get it fro Gallaghers at Queensferry, Warrington or the Frodsham dealer that is now Morrisons?

It was the square version and I purchased it from Gallaghers at Queensferry. Not the best after service by any means. When I think back, even the initial sales was very much 1980's wide boy.

 

[CRH]

It was the square version and I purchased it from Gallaghers at Queensferry. Not the best after service by any means. When I think back, even the initial sales was very much 1980's wide boy.

My dad had an 84 Gallant saloon and a Sigma Estate 2.6 which i learnt to drive in as a kid. Used to rally it around a field or drive on roads at the top of Scotland, well before the hoards of NC500 tourists.