2008.07.13: End of an era

Yeah, it's almost a month ago but I never got around to writing about it.

On that fateful date me and JVG-13 parted ways, the buyer is a friend of friend and we agreed should he ever decide to sell it he'll give me call first. For the uninitiated: JVG-13 is 1962 Land Rover 2A and has been instrumental force in many legendary trips.

This was my first car, one learns to predict the traffic and keep proper safety distances when brakes are unassisted drum brakes, never crashed on anyone though once I really had to use all my weight when some idiot decided to cut in front and then the light changed to red... Naturally no power steering either, keep the car moving ever so slowly if you want to turn the tires or you'll soon be tired. The experience gained helped a lot when getting my C (truck) license.

I drove it summer and winter (only a bit of snow got in) until 2000 when I bought JKT-35 at which point JVG-13 was "demoted" to a summer car and spent the winters in hibernation in a shed, as the years passed I drove it less and less but old cars need active use and maintenance to keep in shape so after two years of "I'll sell it after the summer" and getting a genuinely interested buyer I decided to sell it.

I will try to collect some of the most legendary stories from the collective memory of me and my friends from the time and post them here (If you have a story about this car, email it me to my iki.fi address).

Update 2007.08.09

Bergie reminded me to tell that this is the car that was behind the name "Land Rover" for the Midgard 1.0 release (and in some user interfaces error messages were accompanied by a picture of said car with the hood open).