Barn Bragging - House of Heaps

[yellowjack]

Breadvan72 said:

Bats, an owl, and an old piano.

♫ My old keyboard
Won't stand for a corner
He demands the middle of the room a barn... ♫

[akirk]

yellowjack said:

Andy-IM said:

Love the SIII landy ??

Gnaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!!!!!



It's "Rover". Not "Ldy"

Someone should edit the swear filter so that I never have to read the word "Ldy" used to describe a Land Rover again.

And it is a lovely looking 'Rover...

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 28th November 08:47

really?!
no-one I know in the heart of owning all things LR (and having owned 8 of their products) ever calls it a Rover - Rovers are cars (or dogs - or both!) Landie / Rangie / Land Rover / Range Rover - but not a Rover (which is an American name for it)

[K50 DEL]

akirk said:

really?!
no-one I know in the heart of owning all things LR (and having owned 8 of their products) ever calls it a Rover - Rovers are cars (or dogs - or both!) Landie / Rangie / Land Rover / Range Rover - but not a Rover (which is an American name for it)

same... not owned quite as many as you but I've been around them for 25 years and have never heard them referred to as anything other than Landie / Rangie

[yellowjack]

akirk said:

really?!
no-one I know in the heart of owning all things LR (and having owned 8 of their products) ever calls it a Rover - Rovers are cars (or dogs - or both!) Landie / Rangie / Land Rover / Range Rover - but not a Rover (which is an American name for it)

Yes. Really.

It stems from a previous life in the army. It's a bit of an army v. RAF thing. The Crabs call it a Landie , whereas calling it a Landie in the army would have cost you a crate of beer. It really was (is?) that serious an issue...



I've never owned one, but learned to drive off road in a SIII Air Portable, drove plenty of SIII petrol and diesel 'Rovers, and lots of Defenders and the "Wolf" models.

My scariest driving moment came in a Defender 110 on Salisbury Plain. Driving rain, slick mud, dark, and my boss was late for an orders group so I was "pressing on" more than I ought to have been for the conditions. Then on a downhill track I crossed the ruts left by a Challenger tank. The tank had crossed the track diagonally, so my front wheels dropped into the ruts and the front end went rather swiftly to the left, which equally swiftly pulled the rear of the truck around and suddenly we were pirouetting rather inelegantly through 720º down the hill. Fortunately I had the sense to let go of the wheel, and when the truck stopped spinning we we facing the same way as we had started, ready to go again. My boss was a bit pale after that little episode, but we made the orders group in one piece and on time...

[yellowjack]

Anyway.

Apologies to Breadvan72 for derailing his thread. I've said my piece, it wasn't entirely serious, and probably better suited to the... Things that annoy you beyond reason... ...thread.

Lets just have more photos of Breadvan72's carefully curated collection of curios...

[Yertis]

[passes Yellowjack a glass of water]


I thought you were selling the Lotus?

[Doofus]

And I thought the Landie Rover was in the Caribbean.

[BigMon]

Dust! It needs much, much more dust.

And it's far too empty, man. You can see space between the cars fer chrissakes.

Come on BV, your next photo must be like this.

[anonymous-user]

I have never heard of a civilian Land Rover being referred to as a Rover, but of course in origin Land Rovers were Rovers, and the engine in the Series III is one used in 1950s Rover saloon cars. My personal die in a ditch issue about Landies is that they should never be referred to as cars.

The barn is mega dusty so covers are on the heaps. It is pretty much full. More pics when I am in the UK over Xmas. I am still dithering about whether to ship the Landy to the Caribbean next year.

[BigMon]

Glad you kept the Lotus by the way, it looks great.

If I'd had a spare garage and the loot I would have had that Lancia off you I think.

[AlvinSultana]

Im just in the middle of building mine.

[citizensm1th]

I am waiting for bv to sell the Italian stallion so I can cut it up and sell it to some bearded hipster for a fortune

[anonymous-user]

Oh look, another Landy

[yellowjack]

Andy-IM said:

Oh look, another Landy

That's 'Truck, Utility, Medium' until we've been properly introduced, Sonny...

[akirk]

yellowjack said:

It stems from a previous life in the army. It's a bit of an army v. RAF thing. The Crabs call it a Landie , whereas calling it a Landie in the army would have cost you a crate of beer. It really was (is?) that serious an issue...

As good a reason as any


... but still very wrong

[RJG46]

Andy-IM said:

Oh look, another Landy

Landie Rover Car

[TwigtheWonderkid]

NDA said:

Many bats in it?

My car wouldn't start the other day. Opened the bonnet and there's a bat on top of the engine bay. A talking bat, told me I looked great and said I'd lost weight.

I knew what the issue was immediately....bat flattery.

[akirk]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

NDA said:

Many bats in it?

My car wouldn't start the other day. Opened the bonnet and there's a bat on top of the engine bay. A talking bat, told me I looked great and said I'd lost weight.

I knew what the issue was immediately....bat flattery.

[medieval]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

NDA said:

Many bats in it?

My car wouldn't start the other day. Opened the bonnet and there's a bat on top of the engine bay. A talking bat, told me I looked great and said I'd lost weight.

I knew what the issue was immediately....bat flattery.

Twig - please leave by the nearest exit...

Meant to add nice barn BV - I would guess at 18th. Century and not listed owing to the velum units

Edited by medieval on Wednesday 28th November 19:59

[S100HP]

Lovely looking barn makes nice retirement home for lots of old jalopies. Good work BV. How is the Nissan?