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BMW - E60 - 525D - 2006

Swapped with the DIsco2 as I was fedup of spending long hours on the Disco's mecanical failure and poor engineering conception. Roughly 200 HP under the hood and good quality car, a great swap I did.

Nissan Prairie - 1986 - M10 - 1.8L SGL

Bought few days before March 2019 first lockdown, only got a chance to bring it home recently. Rusted, damaged, but sooo surprising.

Toyota Corolla (AE82) - 1985 - CS-X Seca liftback - 1.6 Petrol

Bought "by mistake" for few bucks. Perfect condition, not a dent, no rust... even smell NOS :)

Bombardier Iltis 1988 - TD

My favourite, from far :) A completely rebuilt/overhauled Bombardier Iltis repowered with a 1.9 TD AAZ VW Engine (the combi T4 one). Gently named "pinocchio" as it came home with a smashed nose.

Land Rover Serie III Diesel - 1980 - 2 2/5 L

Oops another one named "Big mama" in loving memories of another S3. Good bargain but sold quickly after buying it.

Land Rover - Discovery 5 TD5 - 2.5 L - Diesel

Nicknamed "big", long swapped away with a great BMW 525 D from 2006. WAs nice during the first year, but quickly turned out to be sitting in garage more than driving.

Hindoustan Ambassador 1990 - Diesel

Not mine (seen in a trip down in india) but whishing to have one home :)

Volkswagen - Iltis - 1.6 L - Petrol

First iltis back home after the legendary 1.8 TD (sold long back). Fully overhauled, first body work, nicknamed "schwarzy".

Land Rover - Serie II - 1979 - 2 2/5 Petrol

Excellent project of "get 2 to build 1", that unfortunately ended up by selling them apieces with a great sadness. The blue one got fully stripped and rebuild from scratch. Call M.Finch in loving memory of the great African Hunter "Denys Finch Hatton" (Karen Blixen's lover).

Chevrolet 7 Tons truck - 1951

My first truck on the farm. My father let me drove it after numerous trials. the thing was petrol (thirsty) and heavy with no assistance whatsoever (forget avout steering support). And the beaks where “opetionals”.. meaning that due to lack of spare par, my father never had a chance to replace them… hence no breask … at all.

Loving memories too as I was sitting on the passenger “bank” enjoying the breeze on the windows, while my father was driving it back to the factory. It was heavily loaded with coffe bags and workers singing as the harvest was good … and the pay would be too :)

SUZUKI - LJ80 - Farm Car

My very first drive, at the age of 15 y.o.

During one sunday afternoon naptime, when my father was asleep, I pulled off in neutral and started it in the slope to limit the noise… and I went driving in the farm with this cute, light, 4x4 efficient car. Since then my father taught me to drive, not only that littl bomb car, but the large 7 Ton Chevrolet truck, the HJ61 toyota but also the cute little Citroën LNA :) Loving memories.