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Land Rover hearse designed by Prince Philip unveiled
BBC ^ | 16 Apr 2021 | BBC

Posted on 04/18/2021 6:59:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Images of a modified Land Rover designed by the Duke of Edinburgh to carry his coffin

The Duke of Edinburgh began creating his own hearse in collaboration with Land Rover in 2003, the year he turned 82.

The duke, who served in the Royal Navy in World War Two, requested that the original Belize Green bodywork be switched to Dark Bronze Green, a colour used for many military Land Rovers.

The Defender was made at Land Rover's factory in Solihull and the duke oversaw the modifications for several years, making the final adjustments in 2019, the year he turned 98.

The vehicle's original role would have been to transport the duke from Wellington Arch in central London to Windsor, 22 miles away, but the coronavirus..

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: automotive; britain; defender; dukeofedinburgh; england; funeral; landrover; landroverdefender; planahead; princephilip
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Would look nice in my driveway with an open bed.
1 posted on 04/18/2021 6:59:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wonder what was rocking on the 8-track.


2 posted on 04/18/2021 7:07:42 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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Hopefully it will run long enough to make the trip without a tow.


3 posted on 04/18/2021 7:08:38 AM PDT by Clay Moore (RIP, Rush )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I prefer Land Rover series color light green or olive drab.....the latter a military color slightly darker

The new land rovers use Belize Green although Bronze Green has been around a long time

Land Rover truly utilizes military hues

The old models were great Spartan veheilces.....

Then they lost their way in yuppieland ....and now hipsterville

I think aside from Dodge pickups I owned more Land Rover products than anything else


4 posted on 04/18/2021 7:14:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: Clay Moore

They do have that reputation and no help from Mr Lucas.

But I still have a full set of Whitworth wrenches!


5 posted on 04/18/2021 7:15:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Need an EV model to bury the woke.


6 posted on 04/18/2021 7:21:45 AM PDT by allendale
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Pic at the link - simple and dignified; good match for the dude.


7 posted on 04/18/2021 7:22:22 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Virtue Signaling was non stop at his funeral.

GAG!


8 posted on 04/18/2021 7:24:58 AM PDT by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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To: wardaddy

I met a guy that enjoyed his Land Rovers and had photos of a return flight from London sitting next to an L-R transfer case on the plane!

He needed one and found a deal, purchased a seat for it on the way home.

Claimed the cost was far ahead of local purchase.


9 posted on 04/18/2021 7:26:49 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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—”Need an EV model to bury the woke.”

If Joe Lucas is working on it, they may have to be unburied for some time.


10 posted on 04/18/2021 7:28:56 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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—”The Virtue Signaling was non stop at his funeral.”

And the usual Rolls Royce hearse is waiting for the kids.

The L-R is fitting and proper.


11 posted on 04/18/2021 7:33:35 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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Long ago my daughter’s foreign exchange parents decided to visit us and to spend several months touring North America. They wanted to travel by motor home but when they found out what poor gas mileage American Tv’s got they decided it was cheaper to ship their own RV across the Atlantic and use it.


12 posted on 04/18/2021 7:35:05 AM PDT by Hootowl
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The horror! Electric vehicles by Lucas!


13 posted on 04/18/2021 7:39:44 AM PDT by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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Geez, all I could afford would be an old station wagon.


14 posted on 04/18/2021 7:43:11 AM PDT by McGruff
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In another life SWIM lived and worked and raised hell in Colombia Jamaica Belize Brasil Sierra Leone Nigeria Liberia Zambia and Burma and Haiti

Emphasis Colombia Sierra Leone and Brasil

Land Rover products were our mode of transport in the bush

Fly to dirt strip and get in Land Rover and beat your spine to death

Land cruisers and Mitsubishi Monteros second and third place

And Soviet Neva jeeps which honestly were not bad....much better than Lada

I once drove a Land Rover 110 from Panama to Belize city enjoying a fairly hot El Salvador and a lit Nicaragua along the way

The Sandies were like there are counter revolutionaries down that highway

We’re like yeah the good guys though we didn’t voice that

We paid a lot highway informal tolls to whoever held the road

Including Americans standing around

Asking wtf are y’all doing here

Sierra Leone went from warm to blue hot and our geologist hit a land mine

Workers captured and killed or worse

I left and this was before the civil war truly cranked up

Land Rover versus land mine....fail


15 posted on 04/18/2021 7:59:11 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: allendale

A Garbage Truck for Obama’s hearse.


16 posted on 04/18/2021 8:07:04 AM PDT by Howie66 (God Bless TEXAS! #Texit)
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I love the rugged, utilitarian look of the older Defenders. Below is a 2009 model. It looks like something from the 1940s. Look at those exposed rivets.

Click image for larger size.

17 posted on 04/18/2021 8:11:36 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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To: wardaddy

I contracted to the Kenyans during a dustup with the Somalis. This one Somali POS had an SA 340 heli and I permanently borrowed it since he didn’t need it anymore. Beat the hell out of driving!


18 posted on 04/18/2021 8:12:52 AM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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Yeah! They could use the arm to place the casket in the grave.

In a landfill in Chicago.

19 posted on 04/18/2021 8:15:55 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uhh... your opinion, man)
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—”Geez, all I could afford would be an old station wagon.”

I have told my wife to have the kids drag me out back to the thick bushes in the utility easement, tie a pork chop securely to my ankle.
The coyotes will drag me away.

A low-budget sky burial.


20 posted on 04/18/2021 8:18:23 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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