Modifying an S3 door to take the S2 check rod. Pretty much a'cut n paste' job with a cutting disc, bit of sheet steel and tin snips.

No way anybody would pay for my waffle, so as long as I am a LRS2C member, we can't charge for forum access... 

Good man Clive, maybe they'll have a change of policy.

There are no plans or intentions to make this forum "members only" and to make users pay for access 

It would kill the forum 
(as others have or will find)

99% of this forum as accessible to the general public.
We have one small section for S2C Members only which deals with club news and information - which is fair enough.

 

My favorite roof style would be one that does not leak. Haven't found one yet 😂
I do like truck cabs tho. Least leaky of the styles.

The forum traffic has been pretty low in the last couple of years anyway and I have no idea what goes on in faecebook.

For any group it seems, if not arrogant, then very short-sighted to exclude non-members. As I like to think of the site as being a shop window to draw people into membership if they like what they see. The arrogant bit is the assumption that non-members have nothing to offer, sometimes people with some knowledge or experience that shared on the forum may actually help members as well as other users.

For example I do not belong to the S2C, I used to about 25 years ago but as I no longer have a S2 it seems a bit pointless. None the less I enjoy hearing about the vehicles & from time to time chip in with what I hope is useful advice if it is electrical or military.

So please don't follow EMLRA and I shall be expressing my view to the committee at the weekend in person.

Ive had a reply to an email I sent to Wayne the membership contact of EMLRA. He confirms they have stopped non paid up full members from having access to the forum. It is now only for paying members. I told him it's a poor show and will in all probability kill the forum traffic. Praise be for the mostly free S2C forum.

Quote from: whitehillbilly64 on May 19, 2024, 10:11 PMJust found this Photo of the Old man in July 1971. His Linesman Co worker on his shoulder.
He was a driver on the South Western Electricity Board and drove many land rovers including pole carrier trailers. The land rover probably similar to the one in the article, but in S2 form.
I worked as a Linesman but had moved to S3's during my time then onto the New 110's.
I am not sure if the Early S2's were the One Tons, as the later S3's?
Looking at the Tyres, probably 900's
With the heavy wooden ladders on the roof the seals leaked. I can remember driving in heavy rain with a full set of waterproofs on, Inside!

whitehillbilly

Which part of the world were you ?  I was on IT for SWEB (started in 1988) for over 30 years, spent quite a lot of time at Elliot Road depot in Plymouth and occasionally used to pop down to the garages to drool over the landies. Probably after your time, but I did know some of the linesmen from there and some of our initial IT training was at the Taunton Training centre where I have recollections of 6 foot high poles set up in the grounds so they could train the apprentices without them needing to be at the top of a 20 foot one !

I wondered what had happened as for several weeks it was returning can't find that site. It seemed strange that a few days ago I received an email with a new user name (my membership number) and a password, but no explanation as to what was going on.

Also noted a change in site to https://emlra.org/ this then took me to new tarted up but seriously slimmed down home page. It looks like as before if you can register to use the forum without necessarily being a club member. But my recollection was that previously anyone could peruse the site for info but couldn't post unless they registered as a user.

It is shame that a casual visitor to the site cannot peruse what questions & answers have cropped up that may encourage them to think that this is a helpful place I want to join EMLRA, it was our shop window.

It is a shame if all the previous exchanges & answers have been wiped out, as so many issues regularly crop up & can still be of value years later. I have made many thousands of posts mainly offering advice and it will be quite tedious starting to answer all theses problems with vehicles as they crop up with time.

This weekend I will be at a show with several members of the committee and will raise these points.

Sign written panels are rather personal and subjective I find.

Think of it as nobody loves someone elses children or wants to put up with them but they love and put up with their own 

If it were me I'd have repainted it