Could this be...? - Land Rovers Only

Troppo · 03-30-2006, 07:18 PM

...The ugliest Land Rover in the world?

keptin · 03-30-2006, 08:05 PM

lol...

thats not nearly as bad as some of the horrors that I have seen on discoweb.

jozg44 · 04-09-2006, 06:54 AM

That is seriously ugly, but underneath that is quite a good idea- that's actually a Santana Ligero (Ligero= 'Lightweight' in Spanish), and was one of Santana's excellent ideas that Land Rover never took up.

Santana gave the 1/2 ton 88 Lightweight the 'controversial' bodypanels, stuck a SIII plastic grille on the front, put 2-leaf parabolic springs on it, and fitted some comfy seats and sold it as a glorified beach buggy, rather like the Suzuki SJ. The Ligero was available with 2.25-litre 4-cyl petrol, and when it wasn't being messed up like that monstrosity, looked like this:

03-30-2006, 07:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Troppo Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Broome, West Australia Posts: 20 Gallery: 0	Could this be...? ...The ugliest Land Rover in the world? __________________ 1979 Land Rover Series III LWB 2.25 Petrol 1962 Mercedes Benz 220Sb Fintail http://www.flickr.com/photos/5303908...7594089302302/ http://j-o-h-a-n-n.blogspot.com

03-30-2006, 08:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
keptin Roads?...Where we're going, we don't need roads... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,365 Gallery: 0	lol... thats not nearly as bad as some of the horrors that I have seen on discoweb. __________________ Josh Shapiro DII Photos at www.kep1.com

04-09-2006, 06:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
jozg44 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 222 Gallery: 0	That is seriously ugly, but underneath that is quite a good idea- that's actually a Santana Ligero (Ligero= 'Lightweight' in Spanish), and was one of Santana's excellent ideas that Land Rover never took up. Santana gave the 1/2 ton 88 Lightweight the 'controversial' bodypanels, stuck a SIII plastic grille on the front, put 2-leaf parabolic springs on it, and fitted some comfy seats and sold it as a glorified beach buggy, rather like the Suzuki SJ. The Ligero was available with 2.25-litre 4-cyl petrol, and when it wasn't being messed up like that monstrosity, looked like this: __________________ 1990 Ninety County Station Wagon Diesel Turbo http://members.lycos.co.uk/threelandrovers

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