FlyingPete
Well-Known Member
A proper Landy does not have independent suspension.
Any reason? Or just nostalgia ain't what it used to be? Technology marches on and all that...
A proper Landy does not have independent suspension.
it's not the nostalgia. The lines on this get blurred around the time lr introduced the defender. Prior to that it was unequivocal what"land rover" meant. They weren't sold as "series", just land rovers. So, by definition to me the last proper landy was the series 3. A rr, disco & freelander are inherantly not "land rovers", they are just badged with a different brand name. Is a defender a landy? Mmmmm. Different body, chassis, engine, drive train and fittings. A defender to me is derivative of a series landy for these reasons. The last real landy for me are the series 3.
Did you mean Ninety and One-Ten?90/110?
It seems to me a proper landy has beam axles. Independent suspension on the newer models seems to have achieved nothing but a higher failure rate of the various bushes.Any reason? Or just nostalgia ain't what it used to be? Technology marches on and all that...
Did you mean Ninety and One-Ten?
sorry turbo I can't help myself.. blame James Taylor and his history books I obsessed over as an uber-keen LR nut.. before a dinosaur ate them..Semantics aside, 90/One-Ten were the last non-model named landy, which was what johns seemed to be saying.
I an way I agree and I suggested as much earlier in the fred
sorry turbo I can't help myself.. blame James Taylor and his history books I obsessed over as an uber-keen LR nut.. before a dinosaur ate them..
The binnacles have been fine in all the S3's we've had. But preferring the minor differences of a 2a to a 3 isn't enough to claim the 3 isn't a proper Landy. They are 99.5% the same.Re: III vs: 2A:
Too much plastic, and a markedly inferior build quality. When they went to the more modern design with the binnacle in front of the driver thematerials used were not well suited to longevity. I don;t know how many of those stupid binnacles I've had to plastic weld for people.
This extended to the chassis and such as well - thinner metal and more prone to rot out.
All in my opinion, of course, but i do infinitely prefer the IIA to the III.
A proper Landy does not have independent suspension.
It's not the nostalgia. The lines on this get blurred around the time LR introduced the Defender. Prior to that it was unequivocal what"Land Rover" meant. They weren't sold as "Series", just Land Rovers. So, by definition to me the last proper landy was the Series 3. A RR, Disco & Freelander are inherantly not "Land Rovers", they are just badged with a different brand name. Is a Defender a Landy? Mmmmm. Different body, chassis, engine, drive train and fittings. A Defender to me is derivative of a Series landy for these reasons. The last real landy for me are the Series 3.
Why not?
Vehicles just as capable as older Land Rovers did.
Why not?
Vehicles just as capable as older Land Rovers did.