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LAND ROVER SERIES IIA 109 SAFARI

PROJECT LAND ROVER SERIES IIA 109 SAFARI

With our cylinder head still stuck in the machine shop and regular correspondent Jack Grover temporarily busy with other duties, the Land Rover has switched into low range gear mode this month and only inched along slowly. However, while it was sitting in the workshop, I decided to have a look at the non-standard arrangement for the horn. After all, how hard could it be to reinstate it as original?

You may remember that the Land Rover came originally with a horn push in the centre of the steering wheel, which is where it belongs in

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