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Hello everyone. A picture is worth thousands of words. So... has anyone a fully restored Rover8 to show me the pictures of her, allowing me to have an idea of the original conditions of my aluminium box? Thank you!!! Andrea

Thank you! Was black only the main instrument panel or also the auxiliary ones at its sides (at left amperometres, at right military six way switch)? Andrea

Am I completely wrong or is some form of aiming aid? Andrea

Dear all, my Rover8 has been "funnily" repainted during her 30 years of civilian life in Italy, at least one time with a serious preparation, including stripping down the original paint, surviving in just a couple of spots of the engine bay and, as expected, deep bronze green. However the instrument board does not look having ever been painted DBG, but rather a lighter green/grayish color... Was the inside painted of a different color? Again: the panel containing the speedo, was green or black? Which color were the seats? Looooots of other questions will follow... bear with me... Andrea

Done.... Andrea

Angled torch... I live near an USA base, there are lots of them here, therefore is really what I needed to know. However, since I am left-handed, I hope to find a rare "Torch, Left-angled"... :-D Andrea

Indeed I have one, but for throwing some light under a car or the bonnet (or around the car to find among the rubbish on the hard shoulder a piece of wire to fix something) a hand held torch works better. Since I want to have it at hand, i.e. hung somewhere on or around the dash I'd rather have it a "period" item. Andrea

I would like to "accessorise" my 1962 Rover8, time and funds allowing. The first item would be a nice torchlight, because, following Murphy's law, breakdowns tend to occur after sunset. What torchlight was issued to BAOR in the mid sixties? Was it common to have onboard items "procured" from the bundeswehr or the US? Thank you Andrea

What if I register the T s a goods vehicle? Andrea

Sorry for hyjacking the thread: if I read correctly (and understand, too) the extemption rules for the MOT, my 1925 model T will fall under extempion 30 Motor vehicles first used before 1st January 1960, used unladen and not drawing a laden trailer, and trailers manufactured before 1st January 1960 and used unladen. Am I right? Andrea

Hello! Jumping in the thread, I sent you a PM... Andrea

Fact is that firing squad "as an example" of soldiers in the very hard days of the trench war was a widespread practice in all armies. The French used the "decimation": random shooting of soldiers of units that behaved in a coward way, according to the judgment of commanders who rose to their ranks in the period 1871-1914, a period that saw continental Europe without major wars, and were absolutely unprepared for an entrenched "position war". The "1914 Christmas truce", the slaughter battles where tens of thousands of soldiers died just to put a small paper flag a couple of inches further on the map showed a complete disregard toward the soldiers on the battlefield. This disregard contrasted with the new social situation in Europe and the resulting tensions in the years after WWI are well known to all of us. My country wasn't an exception. Hemingway in his "Farewell to arms" well describes the summary trials (always ending with a firing squad) of the disbanded soldiers after the disastrous Caporetto retreat. The then commender in chief of the Italian army publicly attributed the defeat to the cowardice of soldiers, thus hard punishment of soldiers was the "right" solution. Nearly 4000 Italian soldiers were shot not even waiting the dawn, but when the ink on their sentence wasn't yet dry. Some additional infos here, although I do not agree 100% (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Caporetto) The fact that the "Strafexpetition" was well organised with fresh German forces freed from the Eastern front by the peace of Brest-Litovsk and that the Italian high brass simply disappeared during the attack (of Pietro Badoglio, who was the commander of artillery and was the only person who, in the good old fashion that soldiers cannot think but just obey, order an artillery barrage, simply vanished and his whereabouts in the three first days of the defeat are still unknown) were not taken into account, or otherwise this would have meant showing to all the Nation how bad was the war run. Strange enough even if not individually, there was some kind of pardon for all the soldiers of WWI during the Fascism, that pretended to base its strenght on the WWI veterans and simply wiped out any reference on the accusation of cowardice and treason even from the "Song of Piave". All this rant to say (IMHO) that a pardon to individuals can bring some pride in their families, and this is enough to justify it. But it also set clear that soldiers fight for their country at the risk of their lifes, but themselves are part of the Nation and their lifes are precious. Andrea

Berni, my 109" was delivered in 1979 to Belgium with a series of strange options onboard (I still have the delivery papers from LR that were tucked in the instrument panel). She was delivered directly to the customer (not recorded @ LR traceability) bypassing the Belgian official importer and had some strange electrics installed (why there was a support for a SEM 25 in the load area?). Then she had a RTA somewhere, damaging the left wing and door and sold to a dealer in Verona (Italy) who had her repaired and registered in 1982... What is both in Belgium and Verona? (I know the answer)... Maybe it's just a product of my fantasy, but there is something strange.... Ashley, well spotted! It's a 1925 Ford Model T tourer (m.y.1926). Andrea

Hello everyone! Let me introduce myself and my Landies. I am a doctor, Italian army reserve captain, I teach at the University of Pisa (but I am from Milan) and, after enjoying going around with an ex-soviet UAZ I saw the light and started collecting Land Rovers. The first one is a 109" Series III of suspect origin (but this his another history...) and, since last week I have a lovely 88" LHD 12V formerly 67EK91. Apart from the awful color the car is in good order, I will pester the forum with questions about bits and specifications... Andrea [attachment deleted by admin]

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I like the fact that there are kids taking care of it, so I am confident that someone after us will look at our rusty vehicles. And, to disprove all the common thinking it seems to me that a girl is the one putting her hands on the truck! Andrea