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File: 2018002-0071
During the Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the photograph.
This is a 5-door Land Rover Discovery Series I in the Camel Trophy colours and markings, along with an engine snorkel, and some of the equipment on the roof rack, plus extra lights.
This specific model was used during the 1997 Camel Trophy event in Mongolia. It is a 2.5 L diesel 300tdi model, produced between 1994-1998.
About the overall subject.
About the Land Rover Discovery.
The Discovery is a series of seven-seater family SUVs, manufactured by Land Rover (later renamed as Jaguar Land Rover).
The Range Rover was designed to be an everyday 4x4 that could work as either a utility vehicle or a family car, while the Series models (1948-1985) was often seen as a light agricultural and utility vehicle. However the Range Rover moved towards a more upmarket luxury vehicle, so the Discovery was intended to fill in the role the Range Rover was originally supposed to be for.
The Discovery Series I was presented during the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show, it was based on the Range Rover, but designed to be more affordably, and as a fully off-roading everyday family car. It offered a more luggage space with the optional of adding two more seats making it a total of 7 seats.
About the Camel Trophy.
The Camel Trophy was an annual off-roading competition that ran between 1980 to 2000, and used mainly various Land Rover models. The vehicles were often modified by Land Rover Special Vehicles department, for heavy extreme off-roading challenge.
It was considered to be more like the Olympics of the 4x4s, and the event was sponsored mainly by the cigarette company that made the Camel cigarettes.
It was later replaced with the G4 Challenge between 2003 to 2009.
About the Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
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File: 2023009-0083
Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a heavily customised Land Rover Defender modified for extreme off-roading. I have no idea what kind of engine it got, and I don’t have much information about it, as I didn’t get a programme for this event.
Here in the photo, it is seen showing off its off-roading abilities over some kind of a mock up rough terrain, during a live display show in the arena.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hours drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I worn light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
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WA - Western Australia
Probably my best catch of 2020, certainly at least in Leipzig. I would never have thought that a vehicle from down under would actually make it here. Without the tip from Princeps, who seems to keep other contacts to Leipzig besides me, I probably would have even missed this offroader.So thanks again to you, Moritz for my first AUS WA!!!
At first I had even still searched in vain in the aforementioned street and then went wild in the city on the hunt, so as not to miss this, perhaps unique opportunity. When I came back in my desperation 2 hours later, I discovered the Toyota parked around the corner - I was very relieved about it. Especially in this messed up year 2020 I would never have expected such a visit.
The plate itself irritates me a bit: 1SL 1234 is issued for seasonal commercial vehicles, but really the lettering should be green. Also, the lettering "Seasonal" is missing at the bottom of the plate. Ordinary 1978 series plates are black on yellow, but 1SL should actually be reserved. Maybe someone can explain it to me?
File: M15
Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the image.
This is a Bowler Land Rover Defender speeding around the track in the showground arena, during a major Land Rover show.
I took a handful of shots of this Defender going around the bend, and picked those four shots to create a single frame-by-frame sequence.
I decided on a diagonal frame over frame arrangement which would keep it within a regular rectangle frame.
To avoid wasting background space and making it look dull, I included another photo, faded into the lower left background.
Thought this would be better than the previous separated uploads I did few years ago, figured the earlier uploads means Users have a hard time decided which ones to Fave, whereabouts the single image of multiple frames allows them to Fave all in one.
About the overall subject.
Bowler Land Rover Defender.
Andrew “Drew” Bowler modified a Land Rover Series I into a cross country rally racer. After seeing success, Drew started his company in 1985 with just about 8 people.
Bowler company had been designing and building aftermarket parts, and modifying Land Rovers for rally sports, at their family farm in Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
Over the years, they developed the Bowler Tomcat, then the successor, the Bowler Wildcat. Around 2007, they sold the manufacturing rights for the Wildcat to a different company, and Bowler started work in their Bowler Nemesis.
Sadly in 2016, Drew passed away, but his company lived on to continue his vision.
While the company continue, it is now a subsidiary of Jaguar Land Rover, as part of JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations division.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
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A new car that would love to own, the Ford Ranger Raptor! It's a monstrousity with the colour and the wheels, despite they are aftermarket. It was offered with a 3.0L Ecoboost V6 engine, that makes 286 HP. I have seen examples of it, but I couldn't take any picture of them. Plus, it's used by Salvamont Argeș!
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File: 2018002-0042
Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the photograph.
This is a first generation Land Rover Discovery.
I admit that the Discovery Series I and Series II looks too similar to me, so I can’t be sure if which one it is.
This is a five-door model, and I can’t be sure if it got a petrol or diesel engine. I did not think to make any notes as I only went there to enjoy the show for myself.
The majority of this Discovery looks standard, but the axle and suspensions are customised modifications for extreme off-roading, and are not factory standard.
The Range Rover was designed to be an everyday four wheel drive car that could work as both a utility vehicle and a family car, it however moved upmarket and become more of a luxury vehicle.
So the Land Rover Discovery was created to fill the role of an affordable family SUV.
While the Discovery comes in either a 3-Door or a 5-Door model, offering 5 seats for a driver and 4 passengers, the large spacious room in the back makes it possible to add two more seats, thus making it a 7-seater.
Most of the Series I model have an engine size ranging from 2.0 L to 3.9 L, while the Series II could have a 2.5 L diesel or 4.0 L petrol engines.
The Series I models were made between 1989 to 1998, and the Series II were manufactured between 1998 to 2002.
The second generation models are the Discovery 3 and Discovery 4, both have similar looks, but totally different from the first generation.
Why did I take the photograph?
I was not doing any photo-shoots. At that time, I was a full-time single parent, and was taking a break for myself while the ex-wife looks after the kids for a day. As I happen to be a Land Rover owner and driver, I decided to go to this event to enjoy myself, and hope to find anything useful for my own Land Rover Freelander. I bought along my Nikon DSLR simply just to take snapshots, mainly to remember that day, it simply was my change to have a break and unwind.
About the event.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine aimed for the Land Rover enthusiasts. Sometimes the title is subtitled as Land Rover Owner International. The magazine is published by a company based in Peterborough, United Kingdom, and had been publishing the magazine for over 30 years.
The magazine would host an annual Land Rover show, known as Land Rover Owner International Show followed by the year the show is being hosted. The show is mostly hosted at the East of England Showground on the east outskirts of Peterborough.
The show would feature a Live Action Arena, where various Land Rovers would drive around the arena, while customised and modified Land Rovers would show their off-road capabilities over a rough ground in the middle of the arena. Included in the show are Club Stands, displaying various Land Rovers, which are often members of various Land Rover organisations (For example: South West Land Rover Club, Wales Land Rover Club, Ladies Land Rover Club, etc., in additional to G4 Challenge, Camel Trophy, RNLI, etc.). There would be stalls selling spare parts, merchandises, food and drinks, etc. Plus some funfair and events for the kids.
For more details, just Google “Land Rover Owner International Show”
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Piece of cake for offroaders, but your passengers might scream if you drove it at 60 mph. Ophir Pass, Colorado. I should post the video sometime.
Even well-equipped jeeps crawl along this stretch. Sharp loose rocks can pop tires if hit too fast.
File: 2023007-0530
At The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, on Friday 23rd June 2023.
About the photograph.
he photograph shows the two re-enactors dressed as Second World War American soldiers, out of their Willys MB or Ford GPW jeep, with their weapons ready, and in action. One of them is carrying a Bazooka seen on the right, while the other standing next to the jeep, is using the M1 Garand rifle.
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The photographs were converted to black and white in Adobe Lightroom and cropped for a more dramatic action, and as homage to the WWII era where black and white photos are more common than colour photos.
The Willys MB or the Ford GPW jeep is formally called US Army Truck, ¼-ton, 4x4, Command Reconnaissance, and more commonly known simply as the Jeep.
When Germany was starting to arm itself, they manufactured their own light multi-role utility vehicle known as the Volkswagen Kubelwagen. The Americans decided they want a similar light multi-role off-roading vehicle to do a similar job.
A number of automobile companies joined together with the US Army, to come up with an idea. The companies included theAmerican Bantam Car Company, Willys-Overland, and Ford Motor Co.
They started the design work in 1940 and lasted into the early 1942. Unlike the German vehicles which had to be built to specifications approved by the German military, the Americans opt for vehicles built in part using commercially available parts, and in part to military requirements, making it possible for the vehicle and spare parts to be manufactured by various car manufacturers.
( Side note: This is the reason the Americans were able to churn out a lot of M4 Sherman tanks in high numbers (approx. 49,000), compared to the Germany building only approx. 1,300 Tiger I tanks. )
Between 1941 to 1945, over 647,000 jeeps were built, of which 359,000 by Willys and 277,000 by Ford.
The jeep’s standard specifications are the same for both the Willys MB and the Ford GPW models.
The jeep uses a 2.2 litre engine offering up to 60hp, with 3 speed gearbox, and four wheel drive. The total weight without fuel is 2,337 lbs. The jeep could go up to a maximum speed of 65mph on the road, and an optional range of up to 300 miles.
It became the most iconic military vehicle of the Second World War, and had been offered to various Allies, including Soviet Union.
About TANKFEST and The Tank Museum.
The Tank Museum is found next to the British Army military base, simply called Bovington Camp, and is used by various tank regiments.
The writer Rudyard Kipling once visited Bovington in 1923, and saw some damaged tanks left from the First World War. He recommended that a museum should be set up.
However the museum was simply a shed, and was not open to the public until about 1947, when the museum was finally set up.
By about 1982, the museum was expanded and modernized, it housed many various different tanks in the Exhibition halls, along with working tanks which are often show in the live action arena.
The museum also has the only working German Tiger I tank, known as Tiger 131.
TANKFEST is an annual live action re-enactment event showing off various working tanks in staged display, in the museum’s showground known as Kuwait Arena.
For more information, just Google “TANKFEST, The Tank Museum, Bovington.”
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