DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Got that Land Rover bug about 35 years ago when sitting on the front bench of a LR Series next to a farmer bringing a trailer full of pigs to the slaughterhouse. Took me a bit longer than for the 911 to get one. Left Solihull last November and after extensive rust protection measures and some old school look changes on the road since last week.

Here's mine
In build


and finished

This has been posted before, but click on the picture for a Video from Land Rover that explains what true love means to most men..

majordad wrote:the most awful thing ..... Bleak, cold, uncomfortable, lethal to drive and even more lethal if you crashed even at slow speed, all those exposed sharp edges.......no where to store your rifle where it was accessible fast enough if needed , yet I loved them.......

Hmmm not sure about that last bit but the rest all strike a chord. I was but a weekend warrior but being in an RCT regiment I did my share of slow, smelly, bum numbing miles (Grantham to Hannover with one stop - aaarrgghh). The abiding memory is the seats - next to no padding and sitting on top of twin leaky fuel tanks with a permanent stink of spilled petrol.

Fond memories ? Not really, apart from this taken on a slightly off piste excursion and within sight of an East German watchtower and - I always imagined - Fritz looking back at me through a very long lens.

Here's mine. Use it every day at work.

sisu wrote:This has been posted before, but click on the picture for a Video from Land Rover that explains what true love means to most men..

Thanks, I hadn't seen it before. What a cool story

Always loved mine too.



Happen to be judging some awards where the "From Landy with Love" is entered (ie the story above....)

Here's my TD5 110 - used for kids / dog / bikes

I searched far and wide for a late model TD5 as I need 8 seats every so often, in the end found this private sale 3 miles away - 44k miles, it was an 06 limited edition called the "Silver"

I love it, such a sense of occasion every journey