The Rover-Landers of BC

A friend of mine spotted this line up of series Land Rovers on Protection Island just off Nanaimo..
Apparently been there for years....

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF ... 8&t=h&z=20

Andy

I saw those for sale about 1.5 years ago on kijiji Nanaimo. they were up for sale as a package for something like 1000 dollars. the ad disappeared after about 2 months.

not sure if these were the same ones. the ad mentioned they had to be towed and ferried away.

I have been there many times and talked to the owner several times, he won't part them out and the cost to remove them is way beyond reason. Actually every panel is either dented or has had the fork lift forks thru it and the frames are all rusted along with the engines and most other useful bits. Everything is rusted solid. The owner and his brother had about a dozen of them at one time, unfortunately they ran them on the beach and they rotted out very fast. The owner is away in Jamaica or Bermuda most of the time he said, in the last 2 years I have stopped by about 6 times when sailing in that vicinity and he is never home or not answering.

Cheers
ted

They just re-posted them on Craigslist:

http://nanaimo.en.craigslist.ca/cto/1885389192.html


$1000.00 buys 3 land rovers - $1000 (protection isl.nanamo b.c. canada)
Date: 2010-08-07, 1:14AM PDT

1960 `65 69..3 landrovers for sale... not running.
`61-white...rare round top '88...with origional box ,canvas frame....round corner windows... was running when parked,,,has had engine rebuild ...brakes redone..not pretty anymore.
`65- red '109.....frame gone , rusted........drove it to where it sits....
'69- black 109 safari wagon...6 cyl. ....siezed and apart... frame was good... body not pretty
glass good on all trucks.. xtra tires and rims

buyer must take all 3 trucks and must also remove all trucks and spare tires/wheels
located on protection island...in nanaimo harbour....barges are readily available

this is a bargan for any rover guy

worpo at hotmail.com ...[email protected]


I like the quote: "this is a bargan for any rover guy" after reading the report from Ted

Even if they were FREE, the cost to hire the barge and a flat deck tow truck far exceeds any value. One of the 109's the frame is no longer under part of the truck so not even sure it could be moved in one piece. Perhaps if the the fork lift forks hadn't been pushed tru the panels there maybe something to salvage.
Was heading over to Nanaimo this week but with the lousy weather it has been put on hold for a bit. See the pictures are little washed out :) and that the 88 has been moved from the line up to the front of the other 2.

If anyone wants further pictures I think I have them on file somewhere and will dig them out.

Cheers
Ted

And theres a picture of the set in the january 09 LRO mag! looks like they need resto... haha but really cool collection