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Re: Drove an interesting car today....
« Reply #15 on: 23 May 2010, 19:38:34 »
It's not a 3.5 v6, It's a V8 landrover 101 gun tractor ex military rebodied for the film they bought up most of the surplus 101's at the time.
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Re: Drove an interesting car today....
« Reply #16 on: 24 May 2010, 14:44:23 »
OH YES.......
Bloody horrible thing, we had a few as communications vehicles, 24v, and hot as fire inside, or freezing cold. no inbetween. Signals had a load of them, and they were only doing about 9 mpg if I can remember rightly, and as low as 5 mpg on cross country exercises 5 up with all radios and aerials fitted. (looked like a bloomin' hedgehog, 5x 9ft aerials.......)
Mind you, fuel consumption was not really an issue, the fact that you had no armour or any ballistic protection whatsoever was..............
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Re: Drove an interesting car today....
« Reply #17 on: 26 May 2010, 22:47:00 »
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I thought it was this one ::)



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So did I!!!! ;D
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