MEET BEV THE FARM GIRL, AND US

This first post is a bit long.  It's all about the weekend we found "Bev".  Once we start working on her the content of this blog should, hopefully, become a bit more interesting for those who are Landy enthusiasts.  As usual, the dogs are always hanging around so will more often than not appear in our photos intentionally or otherwise.   Us is Garry, builder and carpenter and wife Veronica, owners of a small building business and living in Parkwood, Perth, Western Australia.  Veronica is the one who will be writing this blog and we will both be working on "Bev" together.

We first saw this Land Rover in August 2016 on a farm in Beverley.  The farm belongs to John aka "Fossil" and Shirley "Shirl the Girl" who are friends of ours.  John's Grandparents have farmed in Beverley for years and his uncle still farms there today.  After spending many school holidays up there as a child, John eventually bought a portion of the old farm for himself as a weekend getaway. 

We took a weekend trip up there after experiencing some rough family times and a couple of sad funerals......you know what life can be like sometimes.  Anyway, it was a great opportunity to escape the fast pace of the city, kick back by a fire and let the dogs have a run around.

We were so busy getting our fire organized (searching for wood) when we got there on Saturday that we didn't really pay much attention to the landy. 

Necessities - check!

 

Roaring fire - check!

Little white dog - check!

After a bit of a drenching on Saturday night, (Yes John, the roof leaked - onto our bed!) the weather fined up a bit on Sunday which gave us the opportunity to take the dogs out for a run and explore.  They certainly had a fantastic time playing in the creek and it’s a change for them to enjoy the freedom of running around and us to relax too without the fear of rangers lurking nearby.  The Kelpies get to run free because they come back when called but the little white dog just likes to run away and can’t be trusted.  (Believe me, we’ve tried working with him and just when you think he’s coming good he pisses off again. It's how he ended up in the pound)  Anyway, enough about the dogs and back to the landy. 

At first it just presented a good photo opportunity so up the dogs hopped and I snapped away.  The best shot of the lot is at the top of this post and will be the header for this blog.  It's one that we will probably get printed to hang on the wall. 

Garry checking out the interior.

Love the combination of rust and old wood.

This photo shows off the custom “cocky style” ute tray which is heavily weathered.  Haven’t seen a picture of another one like it on Landy Land (the net) as yet, but I’m sure there’s one or two out there. Discussion at the moment is based on what stays and what goes and how far to go with the restoration.  I like the look of the exterior now and would like to maintain it but Garry's got other ideas so this topic is bound to crop up in future posts. 

The roo bar and cab rack are obviously custom too.  It’s pretty obvious that the landy back has been cut away for this conversion.   Wonder what the chances are of finding a replacement tray?