Looks like we will have one more arrow in the quiver if needed to keep these running.

"The new facility, also Jaguar Land Rover Classic’s first facility outside of Europe, will provide access to a range of authentic Jaguar and Land Rover Classic cars, services, parts and experiences. The facility will also include a state-of-the-art 42-bay workshop for comprehensive vehicle health checks, service and repairs for all Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles out of production for a decade or more."

Jaguar will need 75 people to make hand-crafted Land Rover Classic in new Savannah facility - News - Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA

 

this is the one in Europe, around the same number of bays

 

good idea, they probably sell more Land Rovers and Jaguars in USA then anyplace else!

 

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That's cool.

A couple of years ago, I sold an XK150 engine on E Bay. It turned out the buyer was the manager of the UK facility, on behalf of a customer. So the engine went back to where it was built! To ship the engine, I took it to a shipping warehouse in Toronto, where there was an ealy Land Rover short wheelbase going back in the same load. I wonder if the one shown to the left in the picture is the same one?

I think I'm going to apply for a job in the new plant. I could make the tea and sweep the floor; and be happy!

Rob

 

I wonder what they would say if I brought in my original 1951 Land Rover for service. I inherited it years ago from my dad who bought it new in Tucson, Arizona in 1951. He used it to tow a 31 ft. house trailer from Tucson, AZ to Austin, TX (over 800 miles) in 1952.

 

i owned for a short while a Land Rover DIESEL , what a pile of junk,, 50mph on a good day, always holding up traffic!

 

I can't say much about your experience with your Land Rover. I've owned 6 of them; 4 Series 2A's, 1 Series 3, and Dad's old Series 1. My son (at the time a teenager) and I did a complete ground up detailed restoration on his diesel (a '69) 88 LR. It took us 2 years to complete it but when done it was like new with some really nice refinements. That was 12 years ago and he still has it in his garage in Houston, only to be driven for fun, and he'd never sell it. No, it's not for freeway driving but they sure are fun off-road. All of mine were gas models and I drove my '73 Series 3 to work on the highway 10 miles round-trip daily for several years. I wish I had never sold it. They certainly aren't refined like today's off-road cars but if I had wanted one of those I would have bought one. You can't argue with technology but I can tell you that when he drives his LR or I drive my old '85 CJ-7 Jeep (butt ugly) we get nothing but comments like "awesome" or they just want to know more about them. The new comfy cars and Jeeps are all boring to me. If I need highway driving to do I'll drive my wife's 2017 Jetta that gets 38mpg at 70mpg, which is still boring.

 

It should be no problem at all. Vehicles like that are the facilities whole purpose.