Trio of Triumphs
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Hi
I am happy to join and looking forward to getting some useful tips on maintaining my 1994 Rangerover Classic LSE. Some of you may have realise that my avatar shows badges from an earlier era as I was introduced to Rangerovers in the 70's when they were very different. My father had a '73 Rangerover B suffix and I studied the parts catalogue for hours to understand how they had developed over the early years. We swapped the engine for one we bought from the owner of a tarmac gang (he had put a diesel in his) and I was amused to find out (by calling Landrover Technical) that the new unit was one of only 5 built with a particular combination of carburettors and distributor, a result of parts shortages due to industrial action, and requiring a very different ignition setting. British Leyland was so concerned about unreliability that advertising focused on how 'Supercover gets the Gremlins Tremblin', roughly translated as 'they may not work as delivered but we'll try to fix them'.
I later owned a P reg Disco 3.9 V8 which I had converted to LPG and then a D2 TD5.
Currently I have a TR7 V8 as well as 2 Triumph motorbikes, hence the 'Trio of Triumphs'. My daily runners are an electric Nissan Leaf and a Golf GTE Hybrid.
I am excited to be back in a Classic after all these years, hopefully that feeling will last.
I am happy to join and looking forward to getting some useful tips on maintaining my 1994 Rangerover Classic LSE. Some of you may have realise that my avatar shows badges from an earlier era as I was introduced to Rangerovers in the 70's when they were very different. My father had a '73 Rangerover B suffix and I studied the parts catalogue for hours to understand how they had developed over the early years. We swapped the engine for one we bought from the owner of a tarmac gang (he had put a diesel in his) and I was amused to find out (by calling Landrover Technical) that the new unit was one of only 5 built with a particular combination of carburettors and distributor, a result of parts shortages due to industrial action, and requiring a very different ignition setting. British Leyland was so concerned about unreliability that advertising focused on how 'Supercover gets the Gremlins Tremblin', roughly translated as 'they may not work as delivered but we'll try to fix them'.
I later owned a P reg Disco 3.9 V8 which I had converted to LPG and then a D2 TD5.
Currently I have a TR7 V8 as well as 2 Triumph motorbikes, hence the 'Trio of Triumphs'. My daily runners are an electric Nissan Leaf and a Golf GTE Hybrid.
I am excited to be back in a Classic after all these years, hopefully that feeling will last.
