I attended the local regional branch of the Danish Land Rover Club today, for the first time since moving back to Zealand. They held their yearly general assembly, and I thought it would be a good time to meet up with them. Our local driving instructor, noticed my low DLRK member number, and came over … Read more
It’s great to hear the first sign of life as that starter whirls when activating Laura’s starter button. While living in our temporary rented house, Laura has been stowed away in the houses tiny garage.Nice and dry for storage, but with about 20 cm to any side, far too small to do anything serious work. … Read more
What batteries do you get for your Series Land Rover? Land Rovers original part is a 58 Ah battery for 4 and 6 cylindre petrol engines, and 95 Ah for diesel engined models. 58 Amp hour batteries might be fine for a bone stock landy, but if you have fitted (or have plans of fitting) … Read more
The original Land Rover dynamo is (as the original battery) fine in an original Series vehicle, but if you add upgrades like a stereo with an amplifier, axillary lights or a winch you will probably want something that’s more powerful.I can understand that a lot of Landy owners experience that the lights flicker when idling … Read more
So while Laura was temporarily parked at another Land Rover fanatics home, somebody got the idea that the winch and bucket seats would look better on his car than on Laura. While nobody was watching, the winch was removed, and an unsuccessful attempt was done on removing the two bucket seats.Somehow the seats were damaged … Read more
We have left the beautiful island of Bornholm, and Laura was the first to take the 250 km trip west to the western coast of Zealand. Her new garage might be a lot smaller than the last one, but it’s next to the furnace room, free of frost, bone dry, and has a nice concrete … Read more
Laura is from way before the Cigar lighter plug was invented, but she did have a pair of 12V “Dash power sockets”, in form of two 1/8th inch “Wander plugs” in the dashboard. One for plus and one for minus. Since I didn’t have any equipment I could use in these plugs, I repurposed them … Read more
Back in the good old days, before aerodynamic wraparound clustered headlights with 3D LED arrays, you were handed a pack of stickers for your headlights before travelling to or from the UK. When applied correctly, these stickers blocked the part of the beam that would blind oncoming traffic, when driving in the opposite side of … Read more
Getting spare parts for some 50+ year old cars can be a nightmare. But unless it’s a very very early Series I, it’s not really an issue for old Land Rovers. Parts for service and repairs Land RoverOf cause Land Rovers original parts are worth buying. But non-essential items can be cheaper from third party … Read more
Laura is a mature woman, and I can’t see any reason to hide her age, and all her patina, and minor imperfections help tell the stories of what she has experienced thru her life. But some touchups are needed, and especially after removing rust, paint is needed, to prevent it returning. Land Rover Series paint … Read more