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Letters to the Editor, April 2010

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Dear Rovers North, Let me say how good it was to see your ad in the last Rovers North News on your Fleet Systems. Their legendary ability is so true. If one gets to a place where mobility is key, then Land Rover is your answer. All the places that need relief or peacekeeping are [...]


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Take Us To The River

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text by Alexandra Sailer photos by Sailer Images (Steffen and Alexandra Sailer) [Steffen and Alexandra Sailer, Metzingen, Germany, travel around the world as nature photographers. They share the first legs of their travels in this article –ed.] Our Landy in sleeping mode. On the left hand side the shelfmade cabinet of lightweight and sturdy material, [...]


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Keeping your cool

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text: Bill Davis photo: Jeff Aronson [Bill Davis runs Great Basin Rovers, Salt Lake City, UT, and offers this advice for Series Land Rovers—useful information for all Rovers –ed.] The radiator of any vehicle is merely a heat exchanger, dissipating excess heat from the engine, which is absorbed by the coolant into the ambient air. [...]


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Behind The Steering Wheel, April 2010

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Land Rover Enthusiasts Published April 2010 – Topics: Behind The Steering Wheel | Tags: ,

Words: Jeffrey B. Aronson It’s every enthusiast’s dream and nightmare rolled into one. The newly-revived Downeast Land Rover Club put out a call in late January for a shop day, a chance to have your Land Rover poked and prodded by strangers who claim to know what they’re doing. Admit it, it’s hugely entertaining to [...]


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From Africa with Love

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Land Rover Enthusiasts Published April 2010 – Topics: Editorial Features, Travel Stories | Tags: , , , , ,

From Africa with Love text & photos: Richard Betts [Richard Betts travels the world as a SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape) instructor for the US Marine Corps. He currently lives in Brunswick, ME, with Tanya, his wife, and Land Rovers, his mistresses –ed.] At age 18, I made the fateful decision to leave my middle [...]


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ON THE KOKOPELLI TRAIL

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text: Gustaf Kupetz photos: Ben Edmonson [Gustaf Kupetz was most recently the Gear and Field Specialist for Land Rover Lifestyle magazine. An avid off-roader, he headed for the Rockies last summer. Here’s his story –ed.] It’s been a personal goal to search out the quintessential overland trail. The perfect trail would have sufficient length and [...]


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From the Shop

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Land Rover Enthusiasts Published April 2010 – Topics: Tech Articles | Tags: , ,

[Taylor Congleton owns and operates T. Congleton Rovers, a full service Land Rover shop in Westford, VT, and Overland Corrosion Protection, which exclusively provides Waxoyl protection for any vehicle. Taylor is also the Field Technician for Rovers North Fleet Sales –ed.] On the Sunday after Christmas, I found myself in the shop. I took a [...]


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BURKE’S CORNER March-April 2010

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Land Rover Enthusiasts Published April 2010 – Topics: Tech Articles | Tags: , , , , ,

[Bill Burke, Frutia, CO, is one of America’s foremost off-road instructors through his Four-Wheeling America program. For more information, contact Bill at 970-858-3468 or at www.bb4wa.com – ed ] Text: Bill Burke From your letters and email I see that some of you really read my column instead of using the pages to dry out [...]


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Oh! Forever

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Land Rover Enthusiasts Published April 2010 – Topics: Editorial Features | Tags: , , ,

[Hannah Thayer, Abingdon, VA, is a 16-year-old high school junior. She’s a Land Rover enthusiast thanks to her parents, Kevin and Michelle Thayer. Her Land Rover makes possible her love of photography, 4-H, outdoor recreation, and spending time with friends –ed.] I’m a car girl, the daughter of a Land Rover enthusiast and the granddaughter [...]


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Breakfast in PETERSHAM – All Metal Dash weekend

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text: Les and Annie Parker / photos: Don Flye [Les Parker, S. Burlington, VT, is a familiar name to Rovers North customers. He and his wife Annie traveled to Petersham, MA, last September in typical British weather for a classic Land Rover event –ed.] In its six year history, Don Flye’s All Metal Dash weekend [...]


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