Land Rover Monthly – October 2019

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SERIESI

YEAR: 1957 MILEAGE:25,000

MPG: 19 POWER:52 bhp

TORQUE101 lb-ft

ALISDAIR

CUSICK

CONTRIBUTOR

I

’VE been usingmyLandRovers

lately, enjoying the great weather.

The RangeRover isfettledreadyfor

holiday, and theSerieswas used

without thecanvas onfor agood

threeweeksofthe glorious sunshine.

But using oldercarsin 2019 isn’t

without its frustrations.For instance, take

oneevening afew weeks ago.I’d hada

few jobs allover the place, shooting

everything fromPorsches inSandbankto

food in Hereford and managementofa

truck manufacturer down in Essex and

evenScottish musician, singer-songwriter

and producer. Midge Ure.

Oneofthe days got meback home with

just enough timetohavean hour orsoto

myselfofanevening in the sunshine.I

grabbedmyeldest son, thekeys tothe

Series I, andwejumped in thecar.

Wewenttotakein a local greenlane.

Intolowrange, tricking along, allwas well,

until rutsstartedtoform and deepen.I

straddled them, and they deepened

further and further. Irolledtoa halt,for

safetysake. The Series looked

magnificentin thesetting sun, headlights

on, the engine tickingover like asewing

machine aswestrolled on ahead. Myson

walked in the ruts, whicheventually

reached his knees. Therewas noway I

dare riskfalling intothose, sowebacked

up and abandoned the plan.

I havetosay, I was somewhat shocked,

not being aregular greenlaner. Obviously

thecurrentvogue isfor oversize, taller

and widertyres than the days goneby.

What Icould havestraddledcomfortably

Sometimesold

schoolisbest

Using old cars in the

DigitalAge isn’t without

its problems