The Rover-Landers of BC

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Rover-Lander
• Land Rovers are our business and we specialize in importing Landrovers into B.C.,
Canada. The best 4x4 ever made, Land Rover Defender & the Land Rover 90” &
110” are our main thrust. We have, and can import or locate Series III Land Rovers
for Canadian & US customers.
• Rock Island Rovers purchases its Land Rovers direct from one source in the UK
which gives us the quality control we need to ensure the best value for money
whilst meeting our own company standards.
• All of the Land Rovers that we import are on the original frame and bulkhead. We
look for the best available whilst trying to meet our customer budgets. Land
Rovers need to be 15 years old to be eligible for importation there for years of
availability range from 1984 through to 1989 at the current time. We are a commercial auto importer and work with Brokers to ensure correct clearance with Customs. All our Land Rovers are sold with Canadian registration papers and a B.C.
inspection.
• Rock Island Rovers Imports started in 1999. We are located on Thetis Island,
B.C. Having grown up in the UK, where the site of a Land Rover is roughly 1
every 3 minutes, we were shocked to only find only Series Rovers, Range
Rovers, Discoverys and NAS spec Defenders.
• I am in the UK on a yearly basis keeping current with the people I who supply us in
order to maintain quality. The amount of times I have seen & heard of imported
Land Rovers on rusty frames with poorly fixed outriggers and crossmember, rusty
bulkheads and suspect registration made me realize that there is a need for good
quality used Land Rovers.
Spring 2006
• There are many good Land Rovers out there but not one of the civilian Land
Rovers I have seen can compare with an ex-military unit when you look at the
chassis or drive train. The MOD have a very large service budget, therefore their
Land Rovers are maintained & serviced more often than a civilian Land Rover.
Many of our 90’s and 110’s have had axles replaced, new brakes, replacement
gearboxs and engines. Sometimes there are ex-civilian Land Rovers in very good
repair available but they are rare. Therefore locating our Land Rovers from the
MOD or utility companies who also service their fleets to high standards is our
way of getting the best. We only buy the Land Rovers which are still on the original frame and bulkhead.
• The ex MOD Land Rovers are very basic. They have the 2.5 l diesel engine in
and have no power steering. Being basic is not bad, as it is a starting point to get
into the world of Land Rovers at an affordable price. Then you can upgrade the
interior and exterior as you wish, or we can do it all in our shop for you.
• We are unbiased and offer advice freely to any prospective customer. If we do
not think the Land Rover can meet your needs or is clearly not the vehicle for you
we will not pressure you.
• Remember... we wouldn’t bother importing them if they were not the correct age
for importation, did not have the correct registration, or be in serviceable condition. Our company is built on good quality Land Rovers.
We supply
only the best!
Dixon Strachan ~ info@90s110.hypermart.net
Phone/Fax 250-246-2898 ~ Cell: 250-701-5310
In This Issue
• President’s Message
• In ‘The Garage’
• Monthly Minutes
• Calendar of Events
• Founder’s Day
• Snowflake Chase
• Smud Run
• Remembering Arden
• 4WDABC AGM
• 4WDABC GPS Run
• Sechelt Run
• Looking for a Defender
3.00 by donation
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www.roverlanders.bc.ca
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Looking for a ch all enge?
... try some competitive off-roading?
Northwest Challenge 2006
Date TBA
Oregon, USA
• Canadian
Thanksgiving weekend
• Land Rovers only
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President:
Dave Blair
(604) 309-1489
daveblair@blackpress.ca
Vice President:
Don MacDonald
(604) 985-7729
bclandrover@shaw.ca
Secretary:
Rick Mellenger
(604) 536-8816
rcbm@shaw.ca
Treasurer:
Stuart Longair
(604) 675-2223
stuartl@telus.net
Volunteer Rover-Landers Members
• Teams accepted from
Washington, Oregon & B.C.
NWC 2005, Tripod Flats, Washington
2006 Rover-Landers Executive
RTV Trials - November 2oth, 2005
Fall RTV Trials
November19th, 2006
• Held at the
Opertators Training School
8th Avenue, Aldergrove
Vanc. Island Rep:
Interior Rep:
4WDABC Liaison:
Newsletter:
Webmaster:
Web Galleries:
Merchandise:
Communications:
Whipsaw Trail:
Greg Sutfin
Jim Skelton
Gerald Bolduc
Pamela Blair
Dave Blair
Bill Eastwood
Andy Deane
Kris Maksymiuk
Paul Cooper
gsutfin@telus.net
jimskelton@shaw.ca
gb@core-mark.com
hoofandpaw@shaw.ca
daveblair@blackpress.ca
gvrdeu@telus.net
andy@west-bay.com
reminder@telus.net
paulc@dowca.com
• The Rover-Landers of BC are committed to the preservation,
restoration and driving enjoyment of Land Rover vehicles; and the
preservation of the outback environment throughout BC. Events are
targeted towards all members of the family.
• Open to all Rover-Landers
• Get your trucks ready &
come on out and get muddy!
From the President
COAST IMPORT AUTO SUPPLY
USED PARTS FOR IMPORT CARS
ED TRETWOLD – Owner
• If you’re looking for a wide selection of used Land Rover parts, look no further!
• Close to 20 trucks in stock for dismantling.
11880 MITCHELL ROAD
MITCHELL ISLAND
RICHMOND, B.C.
V6V 1T7
TEL: 604-325-3275
CEL: 604-329-4637
FAX: 604-325-5623
This is a list of
our current
stock as of
March 2006:
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Series III LWB
Range Rover
Range Rover
Range Rover
Range Rover
Range Rover LWB
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery II
Range Rover
Freelander
Discovery II
Rain, rain go away! Every time I’m
hoping to get outside and do something the past few weeks, it’s either
raining, hailing, sleeting or seriously
cold. Where’s our spring this year?!?
Well, I did get a start on my new
project, the diesel conversion, over the
weekend. About 3 hours into it, the
shop/carport is now cleaned out, the
drivers side wing is off, the bumper and
winch removed, and the battery disconnected. Only about 200 hours left!
For those of you who hadn’t heard,
I finally succumbed to my diesel
envy and decided it was time to put
one in the blue Series IIa. The gas
engine has been good to me since it’s
rebuild, and will find a new home in
Cobble Hill on the Island, where it
will no doubt putt along for a number of years. But using the 88 as my
daily driver, it was really under-powered for freeway jaunts.
So, when a Peugeot 505 with a 2.5
turbo diesel was offered to me at a
reasonable price, I purchased the kit
from Steve Parker Land Rovers in
England (thanks David Harrison for
making it all work!) and it was shipped
over in one of Dixon’s (Rock Island
Rovers) containers.
It arrived last week and Dixon will
be uncrating it next week. While I’m
not expecting plug and play, I’m hopeful that the investment in the kit will
make it a reasonably straightforward
project, although Karl tells me there
are some impending exhaust manifold
Volume 9 – 1 Spring 2006
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On the cover
• SMUD Run – February 18th, 2006.
Don MacDonald and the Mini-Macs (Pete &
Leo) Disco’ing through the water and mud
at Stave Lake.
Photo: P. Blair
issues to deal with.
I put the ‘Pug’ on the road in February to ensure that all was well with it
and have been really happy with the
32+ miles per gallon it provides and
nice torque power. I think I’ll be able
to get used to that!
I’m looking forward to our RTV
Trials event this coming Sunday. After
that the schedule in May starts getting
very busy. We will be going up to
Whipsaw for our first clean-up midweekend on the Victoria Day long
weekend, followed by our first trip
into the Spences Bridge area the following weekend. Several have discussed just staying up during the
week between Whipsaw and
Spences Bridge. I’m game!
I’m also looking forward to June
and July as there will be lots of
opportunity to get out... provided I
have my truck back together!
See you on the dusty trail.
Dave
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In t he Garage
Bill Eastwood – Delta
• 1986 Ex-Nato Defender 90
Superwinch PTO Installation
• I tried to resist. I told myself that I’d spent enough on my truck. I said to
myself “What do I need a winch for anyway, I’m always out with friends
who can give me a tug”, “I’ve gotten away without one so far”. “Besides it
adds all that extra weight and complication to the front end”. Blah, Blah,
Blah. But I know no one is listening, least of all me.
• Then it happens, a winch comes along for a reasonable price. In my case
Rock Island Rovers had a Superwinch PTO with bumper and everything
included for a used price far less than half the price of a new unit. Many of
you know that the Superwinch is just a newer version of the old “Fairey”
PTO winch, all Industrial, very strong and a very heavy addition to the front
end of a truck, especially a Landrover 90. All in, the assembly adds approximately 223 lbs. even afterconsidering the deletion of the stock front bumper.
• Anyone familiar with PTO winches will recognize how great they are
when it comes to hours of hard work doing repeated extractions of vehicles from impossibly deep bog holes. Electric and hydraulic winches have
their place and in some cases are preferable but when it gets down and
dirty a PTO winch can pull all day long without overheating or destroying
your electrical system. The Superwinch installation kit is remarkably complete, in my case the package was stripped from a British utilities vehicle
and landed on my doorstep with only five disposable riv-nuts missing.
• The stock winch bumper is a skookum piece but I personally was not very
impressed with the way it made the front of the truck look a lot heavier. I
did however like the way both Kris and Mark Maksymiuk had modified
their Fairey bumpers by, among other things sweeping the bumper ends
up like a mustache. Doug Shipman has been building a variation on this
theme for years and I have seen other custom modified bumpers with a
similar look. So as you can see from the picture the ends were chopped,
angled, braced, shackle tabs were added and the whole thing was sandblasted and sent out to be galvanized. I am pleased with the results and
with the improved approach angle for those times when it is necessary to
get one tire up on a boulder or rock ledge.
• The installation of the PTO and the associated drive shaft pieces was an
interesting episode unto itself. The drive shaft is a three part unit that
snakes its way from the slip joint at the rear of the winch, past the front
cross-member where the first steady bearing and u-joint is found, then
passing within the proverbial “C” hair of the oil pan where it is steadied
again. From here the shaft travels unhindered to the PTO unit. The actual PTO unit is also a heavy piece of kit. It is mounted simply to the rear of
the transfer case once the circular cover is removed.
• The PTO is chain driven in its own oil bath and hangs downward from the
back of the transfer box with its output shaft pointing forward to receive the
winch shaft. There were only two real hick-ups associated with this installation. The first being that the front cross-member of the 90 is a full box section
which necessitates the use of the aforementioned riv-nuts for bolting the com-
bination rear mount of the winch and steady bearing to the underside face of
this cross-member. Suffice it to say
that the riv-nuts I obtained did not
install with anything like the ease
portrayed in the instructions.
• Once in place the riv-nut sockets
did not leave me with the feeling
they would survive any real torsional load. In order to
bolster my confidence
with the strength of the
installation a little judicious tack welding was in
order, not strictly by the
book but I think you will
be glad I did this if you
are ever on the stuck end of my
winch cable. The other real problem encountered was the one associated with the muffler just ahead
of the PTO output.
• Superwinch’s
installation
instructions recognized a potential problem with muffler clearance. Their recommendation is to cant
the elliptical shaped muffler from it’s horizontal position into a vertical position and then voila! Problem solved. Superwinch neglected to
consider two things however, one is that the stock 200 TDI muffler is
round, not elliptical and that two, it is fully welded to the adjacent
pipes rather than being bolted together. So I did what any self-respecting backyard mechanic would do when his only transportation is up
on jack stands; I beat the hell out of the muffler with a sledgehammer
in order to provide the required clearance. Not pretty but good
enough for now.
• All said and done I’m
pretty pleased with the setup and I had the almost
immediate opportunity to
try it out when on the very
next day Andy Deane did
me the courtesy of burying his Range Rover near
the water’s edge at Stave
Lake while we were out on
the Smud Run.
Bill Eastwood
things happening on our trucks.
• Kris – 110 project with a turbo-charged
diesel.
• Andy – New winch.
• Bill – PTO winch & galvanized bumper.
• Phil – Roverdrive and overhaul.
• Bernie – New IIA project and heavy-duty
bumper.
• Don – Added air to his tires??
• Dave – Shocks on the Disco, installation
kit for the Peugeot turbo diesel into his IIa.
• Rick – New 2” stainless steel exhaust
system..
• Shawn – Roverdrive – new seats.
• Paul – Check engine light?? Rear view
mirror fell off, adding a snorkel and
winch bumper.
• Pamela – Needed roadside assistance on
the IIA.
• Andrew – Sourcing parts for his gold
Rangie, soon to be an engine swap.
• Bernie – D110 has a broken steering pump.
• Linda & Tony – New Members: 61 Series
II Rover, working on general maintenance
and specifically converting to an alternator.
• Stuart – Tested his memory with a list of
all his Rovers.
• Rick – Having billet spacers made for his
wheels.
• Don – His 88 is in sitting, working on a
78 Range Rover hybrid, and helping his
friend get his truck on the road this year.
Items of Business:
• Dave – Currently running his Peugeot
1.) The President opened the meeting with sacrifice car, to get the bugs out as it’s
the new format of the members telling engine will end up in his blue 88.
their Show & Tell stories.
• Pamela – Rear seats back in the Disco II.
• Andrew – 4.6 engine installed in his 93 • Kris – Still working on his 110.
Range Rover.
•Andy – 81 Range Rover into mud
removal.
• Paul – C-98 Discovery: bush bumper &
winch now finished.
• Glen – 84 D90 removing bugs. Small
problems.
2.) Dave then went over the upcoming
events. Watch the Forum for times and
start locations please.
3.) This Saturday is the 4WDABC AGM at
Coghlan Hall near Aldergrove.
5.) The President then asked for a volunteer to assist with the duties of getting
advertisers signed up for the Newsletters.
If you think this would interest you please
let us know. Shawn Doherty also volunteered to help Pamela with various writeups for the newsletter. All submissions are
welcome.
6.) The meeting was then introduced to a
new item. This will be called Show & Tell
or Problems & Projects. The members
were asked to tell all what is going on their
trucks or changes being made. As we went
around the table there were some amazing
Saturday this week is the SMUD RUN in
the Stave Lake area. See website for
details.
Rick Mellenger
Secretary for the Rover-Landers of BC.
March Meeting Minutes
March 16th, 2006
The meeting started at 7:30 p.m.
The following members were in attendance:
Dave Blair: President, Don MacDonald: Vice
President, Rick Mellenger: Secretary, Stuart
Longair: Treasurer, Andy Deane, Paul Cooper, Bill Eastwood, Pamela Blair, Shawn
Doherty, Kris Maksymiuk, Bernie Buttner,
Andrew Phillips, Glen Daigle, Tony Raats,
Linda Rasmussen.
The meeting ended on time and members
retired to the parking lot to check out the
Rovers in attendance.
Rick Mellenger
Secretary for the Rover-Landers of BC.
New Year’s Day Run – January 1st, 2006
by Dave Blair – 4 Land Rovers ~ Bill, Bernie, Shawn, Dave and a Jeep
Cherokee made it for the New Year’s Day fun run.
We thought we’d do some playing and exploring around the area used
for Trials in Nov. 2004, close to Cultus Lake. Alas, the area is now being
turned into homes, so this was likely the final time we had a chance to
climb up the powerline to the main road. The trail was a little more washed
away than usual, and as we went up it was a little unnerving to see about 200 yards in that the bank on
the left side was being dug out and trucked away. We were hoping the remaining bit hadn’t become destabilized and collapse under the weight of the trucks. Got through OK!
Next we proceeded across the road and up behind the old military test range along the ridge trail. I
was leading the way. In no time, as I climbed the steep hill, I slid off the clay bank and into the washout.
This was just the start of my troubles. After winching out, turning around, I let Pamela & the dogs out,
then proceeded to dump the truck on it’s side completely in the washout again! Only damage was a
scraped sticker and a clod of mud on the door post, but it took a bit of deep breathing to calm down and
get in behind the wheel again. It was commented that for the rest of the day’s drive I really hugged the high side.
We spent the balance of the day exploring around the Chipmunk area and headed back down through Chilliwack mid-afternoon.
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At the local MOT I registered the vehicle in my name with my Vancouver
address and headed out with my new
plates and international insurance in about
15 minutes and only $300. ICBC should
It was a wonderful experience and I
would recommend it to anyone. If you want
a V-8 there are reasonably priced and in
great shape. Do it in the off season when
everything else is cheap and not crowded.
didn’t see anything score lower than mid
500’s including the 1957 Series 1 LWB PU.
Awards were given out for the class judg-
arrived with just the right lead-time before
loading on the 10:45 p.m. Tswwassen to
Duke Point Ferry. We reflected on the day
over a hot drink in the cafeteria. Derek head-
Defenders being shipped in the UK.
no rust. Imagine trying to find a Land
Rover under those circumstances!
Well I did and was off to Zurich.
Mrs. Debbie McEachern presented the
Jim McEachern Memorial Award to our 2
‘most dedicated Rover-Landers members’
~ Shawn Doherty & Bill Eastwood ~
Land Rover casual shoes; a tiny hydraulic
floor jack; ‘Scepter’ gerry cans and...? I’m
sure there must have been more. With all
that excitement and the ability to pick up a
Lost in France with my new Defender 110.
take note. From Zurich I got to Calais in
about 12 hours and the ferry to England
and I only got lost once. My one piece of
advice is to be very careful on the French
toll roads. One mistake and it was 40 km to
the next turn around and $60 in tolls to add
to the frustration.
Best Equiped for Off-Road – Phil Armstrong’s
D90. Best of Show – Ryan Ulansky’s D110,
Best Series 1 – Gord ‘n Perrott from Seattle.
Back in England again and parked outside my
brother’s place in Kent.
Oh yeah... I didn’t find a Series I fan
belt until I got back to Canada. Thanks Art.
Stuart Longair, April 2006
ing. There were awards for Series 1, Series
2/2A, Series 3, D90’s & 110’s, Best Expedition Equipped, Discovery’s and Range
Rovers and others. There was a new award
given in memory of the recently deceased
Jim McEachern for the most participation of
a Rover Landers member. It was presented
jointly to Bill Eastwood & Shawn Doherty.
Bernie Buttner from Port Coquitlam
wins a new jerry-can.
few items from car boot sales, it was an
interesting day. Rob bought the makings for
a canvas top and I bought a ‘Green Bible’
and owners manual.
The trip home was uneventful, we
In the 50/50 draw, someone won almost
$200 and the raffle saw great items going to
everyone but Rob & I, or so it seemed.
Derek managed to win a nice Series 1. It was
a puzzle of course, but a Series 1. The computer map program of the ‘Off-Road’ maps
was one by a gentleman who moments earlier I had overheard commenting that it
would be the last thing he would need due to
having to upgrade computers (or buy one).
At least I think that was the gist of the conversation. Other draw items were a compressor; Rocky Mountain aluminum door
tops; a Rocky Mountain aluminum tailgate;
Elisabeth (Etta) & Thomas Meier traveling thru
North America from Germany won the Best
Prepared for Expedition award. Etta wanted to
take Willow back to Germany with them!
ed for Victoria and I picked my car up at
Rob’s before continuing for home. It was
almost 2 a.m. when I got home and my wife
wasn’t in the house. She was still out doing
the barn. It was a little after 2 a.m. when my
head hit the pillow, Derek was probably still
on the road and not likely home till 2:30 or
3:00. It was a good day folks!
Thanks to the Rover-Landers for putting
on this mid-winter event and thank to you
Rob, for the ride in your beautiful little 88”.
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Sechelt Run – April 1 & 2, 2006
Smud Run – Stave Lake, February 18th, 2006
late for the 4:30 ferry and really early
for the 6:30 so we spent the time airing
and fueling up and generally wasting a
couple of hours talking. Last minute
trouble for Peter and the fuel delivery
by Bill Eastwood
We had a good run despite the
weather. Shawn and his 109, Bernie
and his 110, me with my 90 and Kris’s
friend Dave and his wife in their
screamin’ yellow 4Runner made up the
Saturday group of resolute campers
who met up in Sechelt at 9:30 outside
the McDonald’s.
Bernie’s D110 doing some ‘tippy-tippy’ stuff.
Remind anyone of Mackenzie Trail 2005???
Kris, Andy, Mark and their friend Peter
in his Landcruiser showed up. Peter also
owned the Unimog that came out on the
Snowflake Chase earlier this year.
Further exploration by the new on his Toyota almost left him and Mark
in Langdale but thankfully all was
repaired in time.
North out of Sechelt and up the east
side of Porpoise Bay we stopped to air
down on the Sechelt-Gray Forest Service Road. Met up with three other
trucks heading the same direction, a
screamin’ yellow Unimog, a heavily
modified M-38, and a Ranger pick-up.
Our group proceeded up first with
the other group never far behind. The
bridge washout didn’t seem any worse
for wear than other times in recent years
but the long decent down to the camp
proved to be significantly more eroded.
With gravity on our side everyone got
down without getting stuck. We spent a
delightful afternoon and evening sitting
and cooking under tarps and exploring
the ever more vandalized buildings that
make up the abandoned bible camp.
The next morning we were joined by
a Jeep CJ-7 who had come up to join his
friends in the other group. Not long after
Lunch at the abandoned Bible Camp
arrivals commenced and that was followed by a bit of lunch. As the afternoon
rolled on we decided to break camp and
head on up the trail. As we were aware
the trail could be difficult we spaced
vehicles out so that those with open diffs
and no winch were between those with
lockers and/or winches. Lots of rubble
and some significant stair steps made for
Mark’s Ex-MOD 110 doing a tripod stand. Or is
that how a Land Rover lifts it’s leg to... ??
Bailey Deane bundled up and ready for anything his dad Andy may be up to.
a challenging ascent. With only a couple
of tug strap extractions everyone made it
out successfully. Competent driving on
everyone’s part made for a no stress trip.
We made it back to pavement too
got to see ole Bill quite stuck.
Then seconds later it was Andy who
had decided to try his luck closer to the
water’s edge. Not a very good idea it
seemed. The more he tried to get out
the ‘stucker’ the Rangy became.
Two fellows in a Jeep came by to
check out what this silly bunch of peoThere was a still a chill in the air ple were up to and offer their expert up a rocky section with big rock ledges.
from the wind storm that blew through advice. We were fine – well eventually.
Jason & Co. in his newly acquired
Bernie had gone in to tug out Andy Disco had zoomed off ahead and when
the Fraser Valley the night before but...
Mr. Sun was finally making a most
the rest of us caught up to him we
welcome appearance on this fine day.
Dave, the pups & I drove up Stave
Lake the day before to make sure
everything was open and okay for the
the annual Smud Run on Sunday.
Everything seemed A-okay except
we found that the Smud (snow & mud)
was more like Frud (frozen mud).
The group met in the Stave Lake only to become stuck himself and have
Dam parking lot next morning – every- to resort to having Chris’ Pathfinder found him in quite a predicament!
tug both Rovers out. Bill eventually
one with lots of hot Timmy’s coffee!
Needless to say we were awhile
Andy & Bailey Deane (Range got out too. Dave, still a tad ‘gun-shy’ here at this spot trying to get Jason’s
Rover), Bill Eastwood & Boyce Buttner of anything risky after tipping over his Disco off the large boulder he had
(D90), Chris & son Wolf (Nissan
become snagged on.
Pathfinder), Bernie, April & Sheba Buttner (D110), Jason Kennett & friends
(Disco), Don, Pete & Leo MacDonald
(Disco) and Dave, Pamela, Willow &
Oliver in their Series IIA.
Bill, Bernie & Andy were all sporting recent additions to their Rovers in
the form of new bumpers and winches.
Off we went to the frozen shores of truck on New Year’s Day stood back.
Stave Lake in search of adventure. It The little blue truck posed for scenic
didn’t take very long at all to try out shots against the mountains instead.
The Disco was finally set free in the
We then headed off and just before end, but sustained a fair bit of damage.
some of the new bumpers & winches
for in a matter of seconds after hitting stopping for lunch we got to witness We all then called it a day and decided
the shore of Stave Lake Bill had sunk Don and his Disco get good and stuck to head back down and get home in
down through the frozen top layer of in a riverbed that at first glance looked good time before dark.
mud and was stuck. Yup! You got it, we okay, but later (when he was in it!) was
not! Really Karen, the twins had fun!
Bill’s D90 came to the Disco’s rescue and soon we were all happily enjoying lunch out by the water’s edge on a
hard bit of ground.
After lunch we took the road that
heads up to the Stave Lake Summit but
quickly turned off to the left and headed
by Rover-Cat
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Remembering Arden – 1963 - 2006
A glance back at Whipsaw for 2005
To all our dear friends:
It is with great sorrow and sadness that the girls and I
announce the passing away of our best friend, my Husband,
and most importantly, the father to our girls. Arden passed
away peacefully on March 13th. The girls were each able to
have some quiet personal time with him this evening to speak
to him one on one with their own personal messages of love.
They returned thereafter and were also once again able to have
their own personal time alone one on one.
It is the request of the girls and I at this time that there be no
flowers. The girls and I will be announcing shortly what family wishes are.
Service arrangements will be made later this week. It is the
desire of the girls that the service not be held immediately. They have requested this evening that they have some quiet
personal time and they wish to be surrounded by all their friends and so we will ensure that there is time for their circle
of friends to be able to attend in the next couple of weeks. As soon as the girls and I have made those arrangements we
will ensure that we advise you.
We wish to take this time to thank each and every one of you for your love, support, commitment, and strength. It has
been a very long three years for each of us and it breaks my heart that his girls have had to endure such sorrow rather
than having his arms hug and surround them. We thank you for all that you have done.
If there is a name that has been omitted on this email, please accept my apologies and I would request that you kindly pass it along to those.
Thank you all for your love and support,
Kim, Kelsey, and Morgan
March 24, 2006
South Delta loses
community volunteer
by Philip Raphael
South Delta Leader / Black Press
praphael@southdeltaleader
South Delta lost one of its pre-eminent community volunteers last week.
Arden Leung passed away last
Monday (March 13) after a lengthy
time in care. He was 42.
In October 2002 he suffered a stroke
and required hospitalization. After
rebounding from some of the effects of
the stroke he later had a heart attack that
left him in need of constant hospital care.
Leung was born in Hong Kong in
1963 and moved with his family to
Canada and their new home in North
Vancouver in 1973.
He graduated from Handsworth
Secondary school and later served as a
page in the House of Commons in
Ottawa.
During his time there Leung was
present to see some landmark legislation pass through parliament such as
the repatriation of Canada’s Constitution and establishment of the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms.
In the summers he worked as an
assistant to Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney
and Perrin Beatty.
“Arden was a Progressive Conservative through and through,” said wife
Kimberley Arthur-Leung.
He attended Carlton University and
graduated with a Bachelor’s degree,
then continued his studies at the University of Windsor. That’s where he
met his future wife.
Their first introduction was at a
semi-formal party on the university
campus. And Leung took the occasion
quite literally.
“He was wearing gym shoes, gym
socks, gym shorts, a cummerbund,
tuxedo shirt and jacket, and a bow
tie,” Arthur-Leung said laughing.
They were married Sept. 9, 1989 in
Toronto, and soon moved to the West
Coast.
“He was a true B.C.-er,” Arthur-Leung
said. “He was adamant that we come back
here to live even though Ontario’s economy at time was booming and we could
have had the pick of the jobs.”
And that’s exactly what the couple
did, moving to Ladner and setting up
their own law office.
“When we told people that we
worked together and virtually spent
time together 24/7, their reaction was,
‘wow,’” Arthur-Leung said, adding
that after that initial amazement, many
realized that could also pose a challenge. “Thankfully, we practiced different areas of law and managed not to
step on each other’s toes.”
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2006 Calendar of Events
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September
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Van Isle Rally in the Valley – Duncan
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
Jim McEachern Memorial Run – Placer Traverse
Mountain Rovers Greenwood Run (by invitation)
July
• Courtesy cars available
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Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
ABFM - Van Dusen Gardens – Vancouver
Whipsaw Trail Clean-Up Run
Fraser Canyon / Spences Bridge Run
June
• Factory Trained Technician
• Servicing foreign, domestic • Tires, shocks, struts
& SUVs
& alignments
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
RTV Trials Set-Up Day – Aldergrove
RTV Trials Competition Day – Aldergrove
• 17th
• 19-20th
• 16-17th
• 21st
• 27-30th
Whistler / Pemberton Run
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
Whipsaw Trail Clean-Up Run
Greystokes Okanagan Run
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
Land Rover National Rally – Moab, Utah
October
• 6-7th
• 19th
• 21-22nd
Northwest Challenge – Oregon
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
Sunshine Coast / Powell River Run
November
• 16th
• 18th
• 19th
Monthly Rover-Landers Meeting – Ricky’s in Surrey
RTV Trials Set-Up Day – Aldergrove
RTV Trials Competition Day – Aldergrove
December
• 21st
Rover-Landers Christmas Gathering – Ricky’s in Surrey
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Monthly Meeting Minutes
January Meeting Minutes
January 19th, 2006
The meeting started at 7:30 p.m.
The following members were in attendance:
Dave Blair: President, Andrew Phillips:
Vice President, Rick Mellenger: Secretary,
John Parsons, Phil Armstrong, Andy
Deane, Bill Eastwood, Don MacDonald,
Shawn Doherty, Kris Maksymiuk.
Guests: Debbie Waters, Bill Lang, Mark &
Leanna Maksymuik.
Items of Business:
The President opened the meeting with a
welcome to all. The first Run of 2006 was
discussed. It was the January 1st Run in
the area above Cultus Lake.
The meeting then opened up to a discussion of the year’s events. Watch the online
calendar for the times and dates.
We then went over the details for the
AGM.
There was a discussion about the
Snowflake Chase on the Sunday after the
AGM. A breakfast is being held at Phil
Armstrong’s before the run.
Motion for adoption of Financial Statement.
Moved by Greg Sutfin, 2nd Don MacDonald.
Old Business:
4WDABC membership renewal.
• After a great deal of discussion it was
decided by a vote of 20 against 3 to carry
on our club membership in the 4WDABC
for 2006,
New Business:
• No new business was presented as this is
carried out at our monthly meetings.
Election of Officers:
• President
Elected by acclamation – Dave Blair
• Vice President
Elected by acclamation – Don MacDonald
• Secretary
Elected by acclamation – Rick Mellenger
• Treasurer
Elected by acclamation – Stuart Longair
• Island Director
Appointed – Greg Sutfin
• Interior Director
Appointed – Jim Skelton
Other Volunteers:
Bill Eastwood – Photo Gallery updates
Pamela Blair – Newsletter Editor
Andy Deane – Merchandise Sales
Rick Mellenger
Secretary for the Rover-Landers of BC
In t he Garage
Andy & Bailey Deane
– Steveston
1991 Range Rover Classic
AGM Minutes – January
January 21st, 2006
The meeting started at 6:00 p.m.
President Dave Blair opened the meeting on
time at 6 p.m. Dave gave a welcome to all.
Items of Business:
1.) Adoption of Agenda.
Motion Derek Norman, 2nd Paul Cooper.
Passed.
2.) Approval of 2005 AGM Minutes.
Motion Dixon Strachan, 2nd Bernie Buttner.
Passed.
3.) Introduction of Executive of 2005
4.) Special Reports:
Report from the Club Secretary:
Rick Mellenger.
• Club Membership at 50 for 2005.
• Rick did an overview of the Rover-Landers club trips and events of 2005.
• Report from Whipsaw Liaison: Paul
Cooper
– 3 clean-up trips and sign postings.
• Report from Treasurer: Stuart Longair
– Club Financial Statement presented.
Meeting adjournment.
Moved by Stuart Scantelbury, 2nd Ted
Edwards.
The meeting was followed buy a great
Founder’s Day event with many prizes
won and some great awards given.
A special award was given to 2 members.
This award was presented by Debbie
McEachern, the widow of Jim McEachern.
This will be an annual award for the most
dedicated member of the Rover-Landers. It
was jointly awarded to Bill Eastwood and
Shawn Doherty.
Items of Business:
1.) The President started with a discussion
of the upcoming AGM of the 4WDABC,
and a request from the members present to
consider running for the positions of Treasurer or President.
2.) Tickets for the satellite phone that will
be drawn at the 4WDABC AGM are available from members of the Rover-Landers
and were sold during the evening. The
Big Boys with Big Toys!
• It’s been a fun month, everyone hates having to repair their trucks, but to add
accessories on... yeeeehaww! Us Big Boys with Big Toys can never get enough!
• The fun started with dusting off the 10,000 lb winch that I've been tripping over
for the last 2 yrs & offering it up to the front of my 1991 Range Rover Classic.
• What I wanted to do was to have this winch secure & strongly mounted but have
it removable for out-of-the-weather storage when not needed. Also makes it less
likely to get stolen when I can fit the winch in the garage but not the Rover!
• I had already earlier installed a tow hitch receiver on the front (to act as a strong
center front recovery point) so the plan was to have a winch base that was to
slide into this tow hitch receiver then be pinned into position. This would then
need a heavy duty quick disconnect plug & socket between the winch & the battery. Now the beauty with this set up is a second set of battery cables with plug
end can be run to the rear of the truck allowing if needed to remove the winch
from the front of the truck, carry it around to the rear & slide it into the tow
hitch receiver, plug it in & hey-presto! I have a rear mounted winch that can
pull me backwards.
• Well, all went smoothly, all I need now is a good opportunity to test this 10,000
lb puppy out... I will let you know how it goes!
• Now onto the rock sliders. I picked out 2 long chunky lengths of metal from the
scrap metal dealers last week. Perfect for my home-made rock slider project I
thought! Well... I have them in the corner of the garage, sitting in the spot
where the winch use to be... and yes, I have tripped over them many times since!
Oh well, maybe next month!
Happy Rovering... Andy & Bailey
Rover-antics!
Rick Mellenger
Secretary for the Rover-Landers of BC
February Meeting Minutes
February 16th, 2006
The meeting started at 7:30 p.m.
The following members were in attendance:
Dave Blair: President, Don MacDonald: Vice
President, Rick Mellenger: Secretary, Phil
Armstrong, Andy Deane, Paul Cooper, Bill
Eastwood, Don MacDonald, Pamela Blair,
Shawn Doherty, Kris Maksymiuk, Bernie Buttner, Andrew Phillips.
Guests: Debbie Waters, Don MacDonald Sr.
Want to get in
THE GARAGE for
the next issue?
Please contact
Pamela at:
hoofandpaw@shaw.ca
before July 15th,
2006.
tickets will be available at the next meeting as well.
3.) There was a discussion of whether we
wanted to have 3 newsletters this year. It
was decided to try for 3 and see how it goes.
4.) The members were introduced to
Pamela Blair who has been the Newsletter
Editor for the past two years, and recently
has signed up for her own membership,
thus is one of our newest members.
Top: Andrew Phillips’ Rangy trying out some
muck bogging with the trailer in tow.
“Help, Mark we need a tug out!” April 15th.
Below: Really nice little 1970 Series IIA 88” that
Dave & Pamela bought. It headed over to Vancouver Island and a new home on April 12th.
Top: Oliver says “Teach me to drive and I’ll drive
Stuart’s truck away!”
Below: Andrew Phillips, Dave Blair, Greg
Schmore & Andre Meier loading up a couple of
LR frames for sandblasting on Good Friday.
Top: I have finally found the Series I Land
Rover of my dreams. It has had a few modifications but is basically sound. For some
reason I feel I should be putting a rocking
chair in the back... I think I will name this
one Jed.
• The search for Lucille’s replacement is
over. I bought a very original ‘52 Series I
from the Radium area. It was originally a
forestry vehicle and should keep Adam and
I busy for a while. Still haven’t named her
yet... The baby shower will be coming up
and notices will be sent out!
Stuart Longair
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Founder’s Day – Cloverdale, January 21st, 2006
by Greg Sutfin
For those that missed it, here is an
Islander’s perspective of the day as originally posted on the Van Isle Land Rover Forum.
The Rover-Landers annual Snowflake
Chase is underway as I type this. That means
that last night was the Rover Landers annual Founder’s Day Event and their AGM.
There was a good crowd of people and vehicles there and representation from the Island
as well. I didn’t count but I suspect there was
about 50 Land Rovers in attendance. They
were all ‘spit ‘n polish’, shiny and carefully
lined up inside the Cloverdale Exhibition &
Rodeo Grounds Show Barn. This was a different venue than normal and had an asphalt
floor. It was right next to and hidden behind
the normally used Agri-Plex that has a sand
floor. Both venues are excellent for the purpose but the Show Barn was a bit smaller
and we almost had it full.
From the Island(s) were Dixon (Thetis
Island, Discovery & Rock Island Rovers),
Rob (Ladysmith, late S3 88”), Derek (Victoria, S3 Airtransportable), and me, Greg
(Duncan, on foot). I caught a ride over and
back with Rob and we had a good time of it.
The 12:45 p.m. ferry from Duke Point got us
to the Show Barn just 15 minutes before the
official opening at 4 p.m. We planned to
grab a bite to eat before starting the show but
went to check out the location first. Stopped
and gave a hand with some last minute
preparations and then went to grab a ‘Sub’
before the rigors of the evening. Returning
after our feed, we were still part of the first
handful to register. Derek snuck in a bit
later, seems he got left at Swartz Bay with 9
cars in front of him for the ferry he was trying to catch. I didn’t see Dixon arrive but he
was apparently on the same ferry Rob and I
were on, he wandered around the ferry looking for us but couldn’t find us; we were hiding in plain sight. During the early part of
the show, between buying 50/50 tickets, raffle tickets and checking trucks and vendors,
time rolled onto 6 p.m. when the AGM was
called to order.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of
the Rover-Landers went well. The group
had about 50 members last year and went
from a deficit position at the beginning of
2005 Executive: Andrew Phillips: Vice President,
Rick Mellenger: Secretary, Dave Blair: President
& Stuart Longair: Treasurer.
the year to a positive financial position by
the end of the year. They had 11 meetings,
hosted the fall meeting of the 4WDABC and
had 23 official runs. Four of the runs were to
the ‘Whipsaw’ area in an official capacity as
representatives
of
the
4WDABC on trail clean-up,
maintenance and posting of
signs to keep people and vehicles off the fragile meadowlands. An item for discussion
at the AGM was the question
of continuing association with
the 4WDABC. Moved, Second and Passed to continue
membership with the Association. $15.00 of the Rover-Landers annual
$50.00 dues goes to Association membership
fees. Election of Officers was next with Stuart,
Rick and Dave acclimated and continuing in
their capacities as Treasurer, Secretary and
President. Don MacDonald is back in as our
Vice President replacing Andrew Phillips who
did not run again this year.
Meeting over, we continued visiting with
everyone and checking out innovations and
modifications. There were a few very nicely
modified trucks for Expeditions. One couple
was over from Germany. They have been on
a 4 1/4-year trip through part of Africa, the
European coastal area, South America and
North America. They have had only one
breakdown in that time and that was just last
week in Vancouver when they had the clutch
fail on their 1997 Defender 110.
Trail modified Land Rovers were also
worth looking at, especially when they were
outside on the articulation ramp. It was
interesting to see ramp index scores of 790
and 820 on seemingly stock vehicles. I don’t
know what modifications have been done to
the D90 that got the 820 but the ’82 Range
Rover that got 720 didn’t have any suspension mods done to it, just 7.50 x 16 tires and
a 2 inch body lift, neither of which should
have had an effect. Derek got a score of
something like 570 with his Airtransportable
on Rocky Mountain Parabolic Springs with
3 leaves in the rear. The fully laden and
expedition equipped D110 from Germany
with stock suspension scored a 710 (720?). I
in t he Garage
Paul Cooper - North Vancouver
1998 Discovery LSE Series I
• I didn’t really need a snorkel? It’s main purpose for me is a little bit of insurance
against a large error in driving judgment.
So if I do fall into deep water, I may drown my engine ECU among other things
and be stranded but I won’t need a new engine (hopefully). I believe there will
also be some benefit in dust conditions as well.
• The installation took about 10 hours, spread over 2 days. The only nasty surprise
was a conflict between the new positions of the MAF sensor it ended up on top of
the engine oil dip sticks? Yikes. A moment of oh s**t!! for sure, but easily fixed
by flipping the MAF 180 degrees.
• The most crititical and timely process was modification and relocation of the air
box. I also used a 27mm socket & deadblow hammer to take the hard edge off of
the wheel well to accommodate a better position for the air inlet pipe connection to
the relocated air box, this helped a lot. You will have to cut the rubber duct as well
as be very careful as the hose clamp will only work in a few areas of the duct ribs.
If you going to install a snorkel and want a hand let me know, I’ll bring the hole
saws.
Paul C
Shawn Doherty - Coquitlam
1982 Series III - 109
I have sent some pics of some of the recent upgrades to my truck.
• The shovel and pick holder brackets I fabricated myself out of some left over aluminium tread plate. I did not know where to start so I looked for Camel Trophy
pictures on the internet which helped a great deal. The final inspiration came
when I found a web site with all the parts catalogues ready for down load.
• I found the parts description in the 101 parts catalogue and used the ideas to fabricate my own with two pairs of folders from Princess Auto which cost around
$4 each.
• I bought the military tie down straps at Gorilla Surplus on Broadway for $5
each.
• The shovel and pick came from Derek Norman who generously donated them to
my cause. I like the way they look and after driving around for awhile they have
proven to be very solidly located.
• The other recent mods are amour plates on my rear quarter panels, (again left
over stock) new deluxe seats I bought from Stuart Longair (very comfortable!)
and a new Rocky Mountain Overdrive which I am extremely pleased with.
On the ramp in the pouring rain was Dave
Blair’s ‘Series 2A & Don MacDonald’s Disco 1.
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Snowflake Chase – January 22nd, 2006
Mark Maksymiuk - D110
Stuart Longair - Range Rover
Stuart goes looking for a Defender – March 2006
Andy & Bailey Deane - Range Rover
by Stuart Longair
I have been going to visit my brother and
his family in the UK for the last couple of
Christmas’ and was always disappointed
because everything Land Rover related was
shut down for the holidays. This year I
decided I would stay an extra week and
actually see some things. So I contacted a
few people and made appointments to see
them the first week in January.
On Tuesday January 5th, my brother
and I headed out in his 1979 MGB (top
dow) for Gaydon, the Global Headquarters
of Land Rover. There we meet up with
Steven Chanyi, from Great Canadian
Expeditions, the Canadian distributor for
past a training ground. As we came over the
hill the complex was in view. We went
through two security gates and taken directly to the appropriate building. The complex
is the home of Jaguar, Austin Martin &
Land Rover. Being the accountant I am I
was calculating how many Land Rovers
they would have to sell to pay for it all and
then understood why they have financial
problems. We passed by all sorts of vehicles
and a lot with funny padding around them.
Had I seen the new Defender???
Once inside we discovered we were
supposed to be over at Eastnor Castle, so
off we went. At Eastnor we were treated to
the Land Rover Experience in a brand new
Phil Armstrong & Deb Waters - D90
Steven Chanyi from Great Canadian Expeditions
John Parsons & Karl Nyland - Range Rover
Hannibal and lots of other cool stuff.
Steve arrived in his new Defender 110 G4.
I really think it needs the decals to look the
part, by itself the colour is pretty bold,
sorry Steven.
As we arrived at Gaydon I was surprised as it didn’t seem much, basically a
small parking lot and an information building. Boy was I wrong! After about 15 minutes we were security cleared and briefed
about what may happen if we took a picture. We then got on a bus and headed out
saw one being built to come to Canada and
a Camel Trophy 110 also prepared for the
trip over.
From there we headed to Dunsfold to
meet with Philip Bashall. I was looking for
a Series I fan belt. The collection is unbelievable and will be on display in September for a few days. My favorite was an
Army Defender 110 dual propulsion. It
had a big generator/motor and batteries in
the back. When it is under diesel power it
would power the generator through the
PTO which would charge the battery bank.
When required, they would switch the
diesel off and the generator became a
Testing the mud at Eastnor Castle.
Range Rover. Eastnor is a lovely 5000 acre
private estate that is used for many Land
Rover events.
The next day Steven and I headed off to
Keith Gott’s Land Rover to check out what
they were working on. Keith has another
motor. It came from the Irish Military who
used to roam the streets of Belfast at night.
I got home but I had the bug. I decided
I would go back and buy a couple of vehicles and bring them back to Vancouver. I
started scouring the internet. The first conclusion I came to was to buy LHD, as it
costs a lot to convert one and the second
company, Go Raid – which supplies Rally was don’t buy it in the UK.
I ended up buying a 1979 Series III Fire
support. Keith’s son Ben was off with the
trucks supporting the Bowler Spirit team Tender in Scotland and a Defender 110 Vin the Dakar. Keith supplies Land Rovers 8 in Switzerland. The Swiss have a very
all over the world. While we were there I rigorous inspection for MOT. No leaks and
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4WDABC AGM – Aldergrove, March 18th, 2006
2006 4WDABC Executive & Directors
• President: Brad Paulin
• Vice President: Lynn Anderson
• Secretary: Amanda Tarry
• Treasurer: Dave Blair
• Membership: Denise Aker
• Whipsaw Trail: Paul Cooper
• Sunrise Lake: Steve Dillen
• The Backroader: David Harries
• Web Master: Brock Foster
• Off Road Education: Trevor Tarry
• Outdoor Rec Council: Dale McGregor
• Merchandise: Ryan Egger & Andrea Hoffmann
• Fund Raising: Amanda Tarry & Gerald Bolduc
Drive responsibly!
4 Wheel Drive Association of B.C. AGM
Coghlan Hall, Aldergrove
~ Hosted by the Herd of Turtles
2006 Association Member Clubs:
• Herd of Turtles Four Wheel Drive Society
• Rover-Landers of BC
• North Caribou Offroad Adventurers Society
• Island Rock Crawlers
• Nanaimo Sidewinders
~ The Satellite phone was won by Phil Scyner
from Chilliwack (HOT).
Rover-Landers President Dave Blair together with Kelly Beaven
from Matsqui help out in the 4WDABC Info Booth at the
Sportsman’s Show March 4th at the Trade-Ex in Abbotsford.
Re-cap of the 3 Whipsaw Trail
Clean-up & Check-up runs in 2006
• Outhouse replaced and has two new picnic tables
installed.
• 3 vehicles to be removed now. Otherwise the trail was
clean.
• There are three new signs on the south end of the trail
spaced about 2.5 km for trucks heading north they say
“Warning you have entered a protected area stay on designated roadway violators
will be subject to a fine.”
Park Act Reg. Sect. 24.
• BC4WDA thanks for funding the hardware for signage
• We have 9 signs posted on
the trail.
• I have kept Ed Ables
apprised of our activities
regarding Lodestone Lake &
the Whipsaw road in general.
Apparently
MOF
has
upgraded the Loadstone Rec
Site with a new outhouse &
picnic tables as enjoyed by
the participants of our last
run up in September.
• New Ministry… MOTSA.
by Paul Cooper,
Whipsaw Trail Manager for 4WDABC & the Rover-Landers
We managed to put together 3 official trips last year:
#1. May 28th – Whip Saw recon… what’s in a name??
• 12 or 15 vehicles to Lodestone Lake & 9 continuing onto
Wells Lake, 5 others overnight through the snow.
• Over night crew.
• Trail & rec site in fair condition. Obvious damage to
meadows.
#2. July 23rd – Sign posting
• 7 LR’s & 3 guests Robin & relatives, Wes/Jeep (HOT) and
Graham/Bronco.
• Set-up 7 or 8 “Be Responsible…”, cleaned lots of trash.
• Thanks to all who participated in the Whipsaw trips,
Shawn and Dave supplying tools & posts… post pounder.
And Derek & Steve for supplying the subsequent medical
attention to Mark’s nose.
• Also Kris & Mark’s Sankey, was able to haul a lot of junk out.
#3. September Whipsaw – Wrap-up
• 6 of our signs were knocked down. A total of 9 now.
In the community Leung was
active in a number of groups.
He was a founding member of the
Kirkland House Foundation and each
summer would roll out his large barbecue grill and cook up a storm at the
annual fundraiser. In the fall he’d
help out with the group’s haunted
house display.
He was a member of the Rotary
Club of Ladner, serving as its treasurer and president.
Leung was on the board of directors of
Delta Youth Services and was a big supporter of the Kids 4 Success program.
Using his professional background
Leung was a guest instructor at the
People’s Law School.
He also volunteered his time with
the Delta Hospital Foundation, offering his expertise in the area of
planned giving.
In his memory, the new chapel in
Delta Hospital will bear his name.
In his spare time he enjoyed offroading in his Range Rover, but
made sure to end his evening’s away
from his family with a phone call
home to say goodnight to his girls,
14-year-old Kelsey and 10-year-old
Morgan, Arthur-Leung said.
A service will be held March 31 at
7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church located at 3900 Arthur Dr.
A funeral service will be conducterd
April 1 at the church beginning at 10 a.m.
Leung will be laid to rest at
Boundary Bay Cemetery.
An open reception is planned to
follow at the Beach Grove Golf and
Country Club.
A few shots of Arden & his gold Range Rover on the 2000 Snowflake Chase.
Top 2 shots are of Arden getting pulled back out of some deep snow by Dave Blair and
his Series IIA.
photos by P. Blair
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4WDABC GPS Run – Stave Lake, March 19th, 2006
by Pamela Blair
The GPS Run on March 19th provided a great escape
from reality for Dave, Willow, Oliver & myself. Saturday
we had been at the 4WDABC AGM in Aldergrove all
morning, but had to leave about 12:30 to attend the wedding for one of his boys.
The sun was out and everything had the makings for a fine day
as we heading up to the meeting place at the Stave Lake Dam.
We arrived on time and began the wait for the organizer
(Scott??) to return from apparently placing out all the envelopes
with the waypoints that morning. Meanwhile truck after truck
came in and went off up to the shores of Stave Lake to play and
get stuck. Literally hundreds of trucks came and went past us at
the parking lot area.
Finally we were briefed and cleared for take-off. But...
sadly we were the only Land Rover/Rover-Lander attending.
I was at the wheel (Ha!) today as I was not sure on how
to work the GPS stuff on the laptop. After locating the first
envelope with no problem at all we zoomed off onto #2.
The road got a bit challenging, well for wimpy me anyways. So after a crash 60 second course in GPS mapping
David & I switched places and we were off again and soon
became a force to
be reckoned with.
In short, it was a
great day – fabulous weather, gorgeous views, the
Disco ran flawlessly and chomped
through the deep
snow with ease.
Unofficially, (as
Dave, Willow & Oliver quickly locate and grab
the organizers of the the envelope with waypoint #2 in it.
Run had gone home
when we got back) we were the winners as we were the only
truck back with all 9 correct envelopes collected. The truck
in just before us did not collect all their waypoints!
It was a great day for Land Rover as we finished in great
time and with ALL our envelopes (did I mention that!)
I since have chatted with Paul Cooper saying how fun
this event was and if we can perhaps hold an event such as
this for the Rover-Landers, but not in the Stave Lake area.
I think he may have agreed to help me organize one for the
club in the future. It really was a lot of fun!
Clockwise:
• A nice view of Stave Lake.
• Pamela & the pups
• View going down of Stave Lake’s other
arm.
• The Disco up at the top of the Stave
Lake Summit.
• Waypoint #6 was a great stop for
lunch.
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