The Greenlaner NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTHERN LAND ROVER SOCIETY — MAY 2008

British Motorcar Day 2008—Berry College

This year’s British Motorcar Day at Berry College featured perfect weather, a beautiful setting, and the opportunity to sit around and socialize under a shade tree with all of the other Rover enthusiasts who made the trip. At last count there were 353 British cars in attendance including twenty Land Rovers. Since this was the Silver Anniver-sary of the event the featured marque that took center stage in the display field was all silver colored cars. Rovers were well represented in center field with Steve Herrod’s Discovery and Range Rovers owned by Luke Miles and Roger Hunter. One of the coolest cars in this class was the 1961 Jensen CV-1 coupe—a very unusual and rare car in this country (first one I’ve ever seen). Chris Legault’s boss brought up a Peel microcar mounted on the back deck of a Daimler flower car—seeing this little bubble car zipping around the field powered by a 2-stroke 50 cc motor was quite interesting. Beautiful exam-ples of every major British car were scattered around the field—from a pale pink Rolls Royce Corniche convertible to a V-12 Jaguar with six two barrel Weber carburetors. The Land Rover exhibit was very popular—especially Ross Davidson’s Discovery II and Alan and Karen Padgett’s late SIIA—the roof tents were a big hit with everyone

Be sure to check out the new Picture galleries on the website—www.solaros.com

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Club business:

Message from Ross Davidson I guess the newsletter has become a quarterly publi-cation; however I am happy that we are at least pub-lishing it quarterly and thankful for our newsletter editor, Jack Walters. Moreover, I am thankful that Jack is able and willing to edit and assemble the newsletter in spite of laggards like yours truly who seem to put newsletter columns on their back burner. Since the last issue of the newsletter was released, the club has been quite busy. In a nutshell, we have

· Established the SAE subcommittee

· Made numerous updates to the Web site

· Installed a new Events Coordinator

· Enjoyed an adventure ride to the wilds of

Ellijay

· Experienced great barbeque at Phil Con-

nells

· Explored the workings of our trucks at

this year’s first shop day

· Enjoyed the camaraderie of the Tellico

Spring Event

· Established a club store The Southern Appalachian Expedition (SAE) or-ganization committee is active and moving forward with Solaros’ signature annual event. This year’s event will be held in Blairsville, Ga at the Mountain Oaks Campground, November 7-9, 2008. You may remember Mountain Oaks from a couple of years ago. It’s a great campground with showers, indoor plumbing, and a large meeting pavilion with a fire-place on a mound overlooking the entire camp-ground. Set in the rolling hills/mountains of north Georgia, it has the look and feel of an adventure lo-cation. The venue will provide easy access to the Beasley Knob ORV Park for challenge rides and forest roads for adventure rides. Furthermore, the location is a short 2-hour drive from Atlanta and should provide a great opportunity for members to hone their off-roading skills. If you are interested in participating on the committee or would like to vol-unteer at the event, please contact Jeff Newsham.

Solaros’ Web site is morphing into an incredibly informative repository for all things Solaros and Land Rover. You can now join or renew your club membership online, upload your Land Rover photo collection to your own personal or publicly viewed gallery, view the most recent or archived newsletters, participate or lurk on our bulletin board, and view the club’s calendar of events. You will soon be able to register for SAE and/or pur-chase Solaros-branded hats, mugs, or other para-phernalia from the online store. Again, I would like to acknowledge and thank our Web master Chris Gray who has orchestrated and executed these Web site enhancements. Our new Events Coordinator, David Boswell, was elected and installed at the April Solaros meeting. David has assumed responsibility for re-fining and coordinating the myriad of upcoming club events. David’s years of Rovering and ex-perience organizing events will serve us well.

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Look for and support David as a participant in the 2008 TREK Challenge. The Ellijay/Cohutta adventure ride was a great success. Eight trucks and several new drivers/riders trekked through the many forest service roads in the Cohutta Wilderness area. Of course, no ride would be complete without a little romp through the not so shallow mud puddles! Thanks again to Chris Gray for scouting out the area and organizing the event. Photos from this event are available on the Website; access the bulletin board and search for Cohutta under Upcoming Events/Trail Rides. The BBQ at Phil Connell’s was great way to spend a Saturday evening enjoying the excellent company of like-minded friends. Phil’s home, which abuts a flood plain, was the perfect loca-tion for a dozen or more Rover people to gather for an evening of BBQ, bunches of appetizers, side dishes, deserts, and drink, and, the most im-portant component of all, friends and soon-to-be friends. Thanks to Phil and his wife for hosting the event. We look forward to another BBQ in the not too distant future. For all great off-road adventures, one needs to be prepared. To help members prepare their trucks for effective and efficient off-road expeditions, the Club sponsored a Shop Day. Luke Miles, the owner of The Shop, and Solaros member extra-ordinaire once again graciously opened his facil-ity, offered trained personnel (Will) to assist, and provided lunch for club members who needed to prepare and/or modify their trucks. I think all will agree that the generosity that Luke exhibits is not often found in today’s marketplace. We are ex-tremely appreciative of him and his staff and their generosity to the club and its members. The latest in an event-filled calendar was our an-nual spring trek to Tellico to celebrate in and pay homage to spring at Tellico ORV. If you could-n’t attend this year’s event, make a commitment to go to Tellico before you hang up your ORV boots. Rated as one of the top ten ORV parks in the nation, it is hard to describe the opportunity

presented by Tellico to challenge both vehicle and driver at almost every level. I think all would agree that it was great fun both on the mountain and around the campfire. Thank you Chris Schramm for cheerleading this event. I’m already looking forward to next year’s event. Last but not least our Club Store is up and run-ning. David Russell, aka Moose, has purchased and is actively selling Solaros-branded hats, coffee mugs, and soft-sided coolers. These and other items will soon be available at the Solaros Web site. Re-member, visit often, and buy a lot… The summer will soon be upon us. We look for-ward to your continued participation in our events as well as our club meetings. Best regards, Ross Davidson

Solaros Picnic at the Connell’s

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who walked by. Every time you looked around some of the spectators were halfway up one of the ladders or posing for pictures beside on of the Land Rovers. The Padgett’s Land Rover (Winston) must have had just the right look as it won the coveted Dean’s List Award for 2008—congratulations guys! The Deans List awards are chosen by one of the Berry College Deans who select one vehicle from each of the major British makes that best represents that marque. This year the Dean made some excellent choices and the Padgetts Land Rover was a well deserved selection. Luke Miles demonstrated his new Kelty Carport De-luxe awning that he picked up at REI —it’s a pretty neat awning that fastens to the truck at one end and can either be propped up on poles to use as a sun awn-ing or dropped to the ground and the side walls un-folded for use as a privacy screen. They are on sale for around $220 at REI this week. I’ve already got one on reserve to attach to my Boler trailer. Ted Salter was assaulted by his disintegrating canvas top on his ex-military SIIA 109 on the way up. Al-ready struggling with a barely functioning clutch (they need fluid to really work properly) he was cruising along at 55 mph when his canvas top started coming apart and the loose flaps started beating him on top of his head and obscuring his vision. After an exciting moment or two he got the truck pulled over and was ripping off the remains of the top when someone in the nearby woods opened up with a pistol (not at him—but close enough to get his attention). Mike and Karen Pado decided to come to the show in Mike’s Chevrolet pickup as none of his Rovers were

Peel bubble car—it’s about 5 feet long

Jensen CV-1—very cool!

Jag V-12 with six Webers—don’t want his fuel bills

running well enough to make the trip. Mike parked his Chevy under a tree where the ground was a little damp and there was a slight slope. They left about 2:30 but a few minutes later Mike showed back up with a sheep-ish look on his face and admitted that his Chevy was stuck in the mud—one of the Land Rovers was dis-patched to drag him out—that’ll teach him to drive a Chevy to British Motorcar Day. Rick Ward’s truck must have liked its spot as it didn’t want to leave at the end of the day—it would crank but wouldn’t fire up. Even car shows can be an adventure ride! Traffic on the way back from the show proved to be problematic for all of those who ignored the advice to avoid I-75 southbound as the perpetual road construc-tion shut down several lanes. A much better choice for future reference is to take HWY 20 east to Canton across the top of Lake Allatoona and then HWY 140 down to Roswell. I was home in just under 1-1/2 hours after leaving the show—mileage was nearly identical to the I-75 to 411 route.

BMCD 2008—cont’d

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Ted Salter resting up for the trip home.

Luke’s new Kelty Carport Deluxe awning—Ross bought one too.

Chris Gray’s truck

BMCD 2008

The Padgett’s Winston wins the 2008 Dean’s List Award

Chris Gray and family, Roger and Michelene Hunter, Scott and Caroline Wold, Mark and Eric Hendricks, Robert Clement, Dennis Brown, Ross Davidson, and Jack Walter met at the McDonalds in Ellijay on February 23rd for the year's inaugural Adventure Ride. The destination was a trek through part of the Co-hutta WMA, located between Ellijay and Chatsworth. The roads through the Cohutta WMA are mostly well-maintained forest ser-vice roads, however they afford a spectacular view of the North Georgia wilderness. We missed the opening of the upper roads by a week, so we headed out of Ellijay, and fol-lowed highway 52 west over Fort Mountain to Chatsworth. From Chatsworth we headed north on 411 to Cisco, where we finally ven-tured onto the trails. The first leg consisted of West Cowpen Rd to Mill Creek Rd. Just past the turn on to Mill Creek Rd, someone noticed that a gate had been left open, which some decided to ex-plore while others ate a quick lunch. After clearing a fallen tree we were able to progress a few miles to a solitary campsite with for-ward progress blocked by a closed gate. The ride down Mill Creek road follows the aptly named Mill Creek as it meanders its way to civilization. The entrance to Rocky Flats

OHV area is located here, although we did not venture to explore it that day. It was back on to pavement for a short while in order to connect up with Old CCC Camp Rd, which skirts the south-ern boundary of the WMA and follows Holly Creek, which has some popular local swimming holes, back up to Mul-berry Gap. We finished up the second leg at the tail end of Gates Chapel Rd where we took a break for some photo opportunities and Chris went and re-trieved his RRC for the final leg of the ride. Wolf Pen Gap is a short stretch of un-maintained FS road that runs for about a mile and a half and connects Boardtown Rd with Zion Hill Rd. This little stretch of road is host to several impressive mud holes, bits of exposed rock, and rutted track. It was a perfect finish for the day, allowing some of the more adventurous among us to play at a bit of slippery hill climbing and providing some good photo ops. Roger Hunter's alternator died while playing around, but with the help of Ross, he and Michelene were able to get home safely. All in all it was a good day, enjoyed by all, and a good start for the year's trail rides.

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Cohutta Adventure Ride—February 2008

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Not A Typical Trip a Tellico—Chris Schramm The April trip to Tellico lacked some common ingre-dients: there was no body damage, we did not see Of-ficer Webb, no jack stands were needed in camp, and it didn’t rain a drop. For the 22 SOLAROS members who made the trip, it was a fantastic weekend. We camped at Big Oak along the Tellico River, a spot where rushing water and an occasional crow is all you hear. A handful of us arrived on Wednesday afternoon to secure the prime corner lot at Big Oak. We left At-lanta just after 10 Wednesday morning and pulled into camp at just after 2. Tellico is best enjoyed being first in – last out -- 5 days without a single email! There were only 3 of us on Wednesday night; that is besides the bearded lady at the Green Cove motel. After a steak dinner, we did a short night ride (without our friend down the road) up and back trail 6 and then up 2 to view the closure of Rock Garden. Bright stars followed sunshine all day. Thursday morning brought the arrival of David Joel towing his ’94 d90 behind the G Wagon. David hung around and guarded camp while the rest of us went up trail 5 and out 4 for a short mid day ride. Shortly after we returned to camp, Winn and Renee arrived from SOWEGA towing Winn’s hybrid, and Steve Dempsey arrived towing his short wheel based G Wagon…and he actually had a spare tyre in the truck. The arrival of these guys provided assurance we would have something fun to watch on the trails. Still no rain. For me, Friday morning used to mean preparations for a difficult day on the trails. Refilling 90w in all the right places, checking tyre inflation, tightening drive train and suspension bolts, arranging recovery gear,

and packing drinks and food for a full day on the trail. NOT ANYMORE! This Friday (still sunny) we packed for the ultimate bunny ride out to the end of trail 3. Trail 3 is basically a dirt road that leads to nowhere for about 5 miles. A Jeep Liberty could make it through this trail. Heck, even a Freelander! Bunny Ride! But first we needed to get some real off roading in. Watching that is; we parked at the bottom of trail #12 and walked in about 1/3 mile to watch Winn, Steve, and David tackle the first series of ridges going up School Bus. It’s a set of rock steps that goes up at a 35 degree angle for a hundred yards or so. Included are a couple of ledges (one about 5 feet tall) that are straight up and re-quire gorilla sized anatomy. Ah, the good old days; now back to the Bunny Trail. We bounced along for a couple of hours and then headed back to camp expecting to hear

stories of roll-overs, body damage, and massive breakage from our friends who have not grown up yet. Another great day and again no rain.

Saturday was more of the same but the trails were a bit tougher. Steve, David, and Winn continued to set a high bar on Guardrail and Schoolbus, this time tackling both from the opposite direction. You can check out Winn’s ascent up Guardrail on YouTube by searching for “Tellico Rover”. The majority of the group went up trail 6 and through Fain’s Ford, and then back down trail 5 back to camp. Going up trail 6 is a real adventure, espe-cially in a stock rover. There are two very narrow spots were the rocks throw you offline into the trees so you have to navigate very carefully to avoid a dented quarter panel. There are also a few spots where the rocks are ar-ranged to force the truck into a cross axle situation and a precise line and a dose of acceleration are re-quired. Good spotters and careful driving were the order of the day – all emerged unscathed and we were back in camp in time for manifold dogs. Sun is out, but there must be a storm coming! All in, it was a fantastic trip with all the right ingredi-ents. Great weather, fun trails, some adventure, and most of all great camaraderie.

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TReK is back and better than ever!

The Ultimate Land Rover retailer team-building competi-tion is gearing up for 2008. I was glad to hear that TReK, a retailer only event is coming back for 2008. It has been five years since Land Rover North America has seen the last day of TReK which was at the Forbes ranch in Colo-rado. On that day, Land Rover Eden Prairie was champi-ons. TReK was created in 1996 by a team led by Bob Burns. The first TReK event was held in our back yard at Mark Hennessy’s property in Social Circle Georgia. This com-petition tests the mettle of Land Rover’s retail employees through Camel Trophy-like driving events. TReK begins when competing three-person teams are selected from the United States and Canada Land Rover retailers who qual-ify in the North American sectional competition. They will go on to compete against each other in a final three day event to be held in October. The location has yet to be announced for this years TReK. Land Rover Gwinnett, Buckhead, and Northpoint are proud to announce that they will all compete in this years TReK. The competition is broken up into seven different special tasks: THE SERVICE DRIVE

The service drive is an off-road head-to-head that moves at an extremely slow speed. Chal-lenges include vehicle mechanics, navigation, building log bridges and winching. LAND ROVER CROSS

This task will test precision driving skills through an off-road autocross course. Teams will race against the clock and accrue penalty seconds for hitting cones. TReK TRIALS

This special task offers a challenging off-road trials course with cane gates to maneu-ver through. Teamwork, speed and driving

skills will be needed to get around the course and through the obstacles. Teams that hit a cane ensure points added to their overall score. SOLIHULL REGATTA

This task will test physical endurance. Teams will compete head-to-head and will be required to kayak, mountain bike, and race on-foot. The first team to cross the finish line wins. ON-TIME DELIVERY

A challenging off-road rally testing time, speed and distance in a team ve-hicle. Teams will navigate though tough terrain at a slow predetermined average speed passing hidden check-points along the way. TReK TEST DRIVE

TReK culminates with a specially pre-pared off-road obstacle course with two teams competing. This intense obstacle course is designed to test each team’s vehicle familiarity, mechanical knowledge, and winching techniques. Drivers will maneuver over boulders, through ravines and along side slopes.

FIND YOUR WAY TO THE CENTRE

An orienteering course requiring teams to navigate on foot, mountain bike and per haps even using their vehicle to find check points along the way. Most check points found in the least amount of time wins. According to Bob Burns, “TReK provides a show-case for our retailers and our products. It also ex-poses the world to the Land Rover Way. It’s all about the experience that our employees have with a four wheel drive adventure and lifestyle that are demonstrated to customer’s everyday in Land Rover Centres”. You can visit the official Land Rover TReK website at www.landrovertrekna.com. Solaros events coordinator David Boswell will also be competing in this year’s TReK event.

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LAND ROVER: CELEBRATING 60 YEARS AND

GOING STRONG

Gaydon, 30 April 2008 – 60 years ago today, a motor-ing icon made its public debut, when the original Land Rover was shown at a motor show in Amsterdam, on April 30, 1948. The current Defender is clearly de-scended from that first vehicle, now known as a Series 1. Extraordinarily, they even share a couple of original parts, an oil filler plug and a cleat for tying down the canvas roof. But the rest of the vehicle technology has moved on considerably. Today, Land Rover goes from strength-to-strength, with a five-model line-up headed by the Range Rover, and record global sales of over 226,000 vehicles in 2007. The company recently received an early birthday pre-sent, in the form of two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. The first, for 'International Trade', was given in recog-nition of export sales of nearly £4 billion per annum to 147 countries, with markets such as China and Russia driving major growth. The second, for 'Innovation', was awarded for Land Rover's acclaimed Terrain Response system. At the twist of a knob, this sets up the vehicle's engine response and traction systems to maximise per-formance on all terrains - the electronic equivalent of having an expert instructor alongside the driver. Around the world, Land Rover will be celebrating its 60th anniversary year throughout the summer with a series of special activities and events. Success Story Land Rover is an outstanding British engineering and manufacturing success story. Its manufacturing plants at Solihull (near Birmingham) and Halewood (near Liverpool) and its R&D facilities in the English Mid-lands, employ a workforce of 8,500 - and the company helps support an estimated further 40,000 jobs through automotive suppliers. Since the first Series I model rolled off the production line at Solihull, the vehicles created by Land Rover have defined the 4x4 market. In 1970, the company

introduced what's been called the most significant 4x4 vehicle ever, the Range Rover – the first 4x4 to be equally capable on-road as off-road. Now, alongside the Range Rover and Defender, sit the Discovery 3 (LR3 in some markets), Freelander 2 (LR2) and Range Rover Sport

Land Rover's spirit of adventure has been evident from the earliest days. Adventurers, farmers, scientists, natu-ralists, and outdoor sport enthusiasts have all used Land Rovers' capability to access some of the world's most inhospitable regions. For 60 years, the company's vehi-cles have also worked for a multitude of humanitarian and conservation organisations, represented today by Land Rover's formal ties with the Born Free Founda-tion, Biosphere, Earthwatch, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), and the China Exploration and Re-search Society. Phil Popham, Land Rover's Managing Director, com-mented, "Land Rover’s history is a long and illustrious one – and the future is just as exciting. We are commit-ted to maintaining our relevance and meeting the needs of our customers in a changing global environment. Earlier this year, we unveiled a glimpse into our possi-ble future - the diesel hybrid LRX cross-coupe concept. This signals that Land Rover will continue to evolve, with capability, premium values and sustainable motor-ing at the top of the agenda."

The first ever Land Rover made its public de-but on April 30, 1948, at the Amsterdam Mo-tor Show. Created by Maurice Wilkes as a practical workhorse vehicle, the original Land Rover evolved through several series before being renamed as the Defender in 1990. It also provided the basis for Land Rover's unique position as a manufacturer solely of 4x4 vehicles, now represented by a five-strong vehicle line-up – the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Discovery 3, Freelander 2 and the Defender.

Since 1948 Land Rover has been manufactur-ing authentic 4x4s that represent true ‘breadth of capability’ across the model range. De-fender, Freelander 2, Discovery 3, Range Rover Sport and the Range Rover each define the world’s 4x4 sectors, with 78% of this model range exported to over 140 countries. Land Rover employs 9,500 people and sup-ports a further 40,000 jobs in the supply chain

The following pages are information from the cor-

porate Land Rover public relations site—just

thought everyone would enjoy seeing the SVX (not

available here—dammit)

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LAND ROVER REVEALS 60th ANNIVERSARY

DEFENDER SPECIAL EDITION AT THE

BRITISH RED CROSS BALL

Gaydon, Warwickshire, 21 November 2007 – Land

Rover will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a new

special edition of the iconic Defender – the SVX.

The Land Rover Defender SVX was unveiled for the

first time by Zara Phillips at the British Red Cross

Ball in London earlier this evening. The world's first

SVX has been donated by Land Rover UK to the

British Red Cross to auction at the ball.

"The Red Cross association with Land Rover goes

back to 1954, when Land Rover supplied a vehicle to

the British Red Cross for use in Dubai as a mobile

dispensary," said James Johnstone, chairman for the

British Red Cross Ball. "We are thrilled that Land

Rover continues to support our vital humanitarian work

today. Funds raised from auctioning this vehicle will go

towards the work of the Red Cross in the UK and over-

seas, which this year has included the UK floods, Dar-

fur Crisis and ongoing HIV work in Africa."

While most of the 25,000 Defenders produced each

year are working tools for everyone from farmers and

foresters to aid agencies, the SVX is the most stylish

and feature-packed version that Land Rover has ever

produced.

Special Edition Features

With metallic black paintwork and subtle satin black

graphic decals, the Defender SVX will be available in

both 90 soft-top and 90 station wagon versions. Distinc-

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tive exterior features have a contrasting silver finish,

such as the unique 'Defender' and 'SVX' badges, tubular

side-steps, and the bold surround for the front grille and

new, clear-lens headlamps. All vehicles will also fea-

ture new, ‘diamond turned’ five-spoke alloy wheels, a

reinforced aluminium front undershield and clear LED

rear lights.

To bring the SVX interiors right up to date, they are

equipped with custom-designed Recaro front seats, dis-

tinctive alloy gear knobs, a new audio system (with

subwoofer and USB socket), iPod cradle and Garmin

satellite navigation. The soft-top models are especially

eye-catching, with a metallic silver tubular cage that

supports a tailor-made, removable black fabric hood.

This encloses a flat load-space and a spare wheel

stowed behind the front seats, reminiscent of the very

first open-top Land Rovers. Each SVX model for the

UK will also come fitted with an individually num-

bered plaque, i.e. 001.

"The Defender SVX looks very different to a spartan

1948 Land Rover, but it's still an essentially practical

vehicle that will enable you to go almost anywhere,"

says Phil Popham, Land Rover's managing director.

"The new and much more refined diesel engine intro-

duced earlier this year has been a great success with

customers, and for those who want the ultimate De-

fender, we thought that the SVX special edition

would be an ideal way to mark Land Rover's 60th

birthday."

A total of 200 SVX vehicles will be made available

in the UK- 140 two-seat Defender 90 soft-tops and 60

four-seat 90 station wagons.

New book launched to celebrate Land Rover's

60th As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, Land Rover today launches 'Born in Lode Lane' – a book written by one of Britain's best known motoring jour-nalists, Gavin Green – which brings together 'behind-the-scenes' recollections of Land Rover's history and anecdotes from long-serving employee, Roger Cra-thorne. Roger Crathorne, a Land Rover employee of over 45 years was born in April 1947 in Solihull Hospital, one mile away from what was to become Land Rover's historic manufacturing plant on Lode Lane – the same month that the Wilks Brothers conceived the first ever Land Rover vehicle. Having served as an engineer for 15 years, he is now widely regarded as one of the best off-road Land Rover drivers and instructors and is expert in demonstrating the vehi-cles' all-terrain capabilities. He has trained Royalty, was integrally involved in the development of the original Range Rover, turned off-road driving into a science and traveled all four

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corners of the globe – from the muddy tracks of East-nor Castle, to central American volcanoes and the Sa-hara sand hills. Some of his amazing stories have been brought to life in 'Born in Lode Lane'. "Although never in senior management, Roger is known to many – Royalty, senior military officers, ex-plorers, customers, journalists and myself – as 'Mr Land Rover'. It therefore seemed fitting that his memo-ries of life with Land Rover be documented to mark the Company’s anniversary year," said Phil Popham, man-aging director, Land Rover. The book is interspersed with interviews undertaken by Roger with the likes of Phil Popham, Spen King, the Father of the Range Rover, and renowned explorer and adventurer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes – all of which provide a unique insight into Land Rover's past 60 years and into its future. 'Born in Lode Lane' is available to buy from Monday, April 28 from Land Rover Gear –

www.landrovergearshop.com – priced at £12.50. Pro-ceeds will go to the British Red Cross.

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ENGLISH - SWEDISH SPARES 345 Branch Drive Alpharetta, GA 30004

Largest collection of recycled Saab, Volvo, Jaguar

and Land Rover Parts in the Southeast.

Just off Mcfarland Road 1 mile west of GA 400.

Toll Free 1-800-241-1916 Local 770-475-2662 Fax 770-475-2663

Land Rover celebrates it’s 60th Anniversary by exhibiting one of the original 80” prototypes with the latest concept vehicle.

Upcoming events:

May 25— Intermediate Ride near Amicalola Falls - David Boswell will lead a limited number of trucks down a little used dead end trail that he knows of north of Amicalola Falls. He says this ride features lots of opportunities to get muddy. Saturday, May 31 - Tennesee OHV Conference Saturday, June 14 - Tellico Southern Convention Wednesday, June 18—7:30pm Solaros Meeting June 20-22—Pearls Pond VA— ROAV Summer Rally (www.roav.org) Oct 2-6—Mid Atlantic Rally Oak Ridge Estate, Arrington, VA Nov 6-9—Southern Appalachian Expedition Blairsville, GA

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SOLAROS

1325 NORTH POINT WAY

ROSWELL, GA 30075

Solaros club meetings are held the third Wednesday of

each month at La Madeleine (Perimeter) in the REI shopping center.(1 block south of Mt Vernon Hwy ) 1165 Perimeter Center West Atlanta, GA 30346 Tel. (770)-392-0516 For more information see the club website at:

www.solaros.com

The Prince of Wales tries on a Series I—both 60 this year

SOLAROS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Solaros Membership Dues are $40/year due on January 1 Membership includes a subscription to The Greenlaner, a SOLAROS club decal for your Land Rover and membership in the Southern 4WD As-sociation. Additional decals are available for $3 each or 2/$5. The Membership Coordinator is: Scott Wold Contact him for enquiries about membership at:

membershipcoordinator@solaros.com

To contact the club by mail: SOLAROS (Southern Land Rover Society) PO BOX 1185 Roswell, GA 30077

Inside This Issue:

British Motorcar Day 2008

Cohutta Adventure Ride

Tellico Spring Fling

Land Rover Trek

Land Rover’s 60th

SVX Defender

New Land Rover History Book

Message from the President