Heads Up: LandRover Wolf on Crown Assets sale

[Grant Bowker]

I agree that 45K seems high, but 1/10th that seems low to import a driveable LandRover of any vintage. As you say, wait to see what happens...

[rob love]

There are lots of tire kickers and wishful thinker on any auction site. If the guy really meant $4,500, then he is not likely to win.

In fact, on looking again at the site, the price has now been adjusted to $8680.99. Another just sold a few hours ago for $14,668.99 .

I also see one of the DEW engineering produced tire machines sold out of Edmonton for $450. Missing the attachments, but they are a good machine. Now that was a steal.They are essentially a copy of the Coats HIT5000.

[Robert Bergeron]

Ah, BATUS. This tread brings back memories of Suffield . I was a young captain in 1991 when i was a candidate on the Combat Team Commander's course there.My first surprise was to see the amount of armour the Brits had there.I quickly surmised that they had more armour in BATUS that we had in ALL of Canada.

I was travelling around in a M113 then coming across Ferrets , Scorpions and what wa s the name of those tanks again ? Challengers i think. Now that was some equipment. Rows of hangars filled with them.

On the old BATF airport there were even Brit helicopters.They conducted a dust-off medevac mission for one of our guys to bring him to hospital in Medecine Hat.Poor guy. Lost an eye to a bungee holding his stuff in the rack in the back of a M113.The helo's were Lynx' s if i recall.

Lots of Land Rovers on and off base also. Shopping center, grocery store , the works .If i recall they were right hand drive.

Have they changed the drivers's side on the LR 's lately ?

A beer to the one that knows the answer .

Thanks.


Bob

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

If i recall they were right hand drive.

Have they changed the drivers's side on the LR 's lately ?

A beer to the one that knows the answer .

Bob,

British Army vehicles (incl. Land Rovers) are RHD, but they also had a fleet of LHD vehicles which were stationed in Germany (BAOR).

Hanno

[Robin Craig]

Hanno is 99% correct.

Land Rover produces vehicles with both left and right hand drive.

The British military has purchased both left and right hand drive.

There was effort put into sending appropriate handed vehicles to BAOR etc.

It didn't always work that way and in some years quite a lot of BATUS fleet have been the "wrong" hand drive.

This has also applied to the other wheeled vehicles in such locations.

The purchase of both handed vehicles is being scaled back if not nearly phased out in some new vehicle purchases.



R

[Robert Bergeron]

Robin and Hanno,

Thanks for the replies.

I both owe you a beer then.

Here goes...



Thanks.


Robert

[Grant Bowker]

Minimum bid on each is $2000, closing May 31. Located in Medicine Hat, both are listed as not running.