I never knew that for some time during the 1970’s, the 3-door Range Rover was available with a Power-Take-Off unit; just like with the Series/Defender.
The PTO unit on the Range Rover was, however; only available as a Dealer-Installed-Option/Accessory whereas the PTO unit on the Series/Defender always has been available as a factory option.
http://www.range-rover-classic.com/Home/land-rover-brochures/range-rover-1970-s
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As a further ode to mine and Rick’s love for Volkswagens, especially the Transporter/Microbus/Vanagon/EuroVan, here is video of the assembly of the T4 Transporter/EuroVan at the plant in Hanover, Germany:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9DzmGMObjeI“>http://
Promotional videos for the T4 Transporter/EuroVan:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/OCOVZNhd1QI“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ktUOgifQCGE“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/UznGIpyfqBc“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXZ4_ND5NF4“>http://
Dealership training video for the T4 Vanagon/EuroVan:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WX-qCkpPnGY“>http://
The PBS television program MotorWeek’s review of the T4 Transporter/EuroVan from 2002:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bWX3edxpJik“>http://
The original BBC Top Gear’s (the way Top Gear in the UK forevermore remains in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood”) review on the T4 Transporter/EuroVan upon it’s introduction in 1990:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hHP9KSKjQis“>http://
Alison’s T4 Transporter/EuroVan that she and her husband David, in reality own to drive on the San Juan de Fuca island off the coast of mainland Washington State, but in this story; they forevermore continue to live in Vermont:
https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d84537.50076437466!2d-123.13742934226525!3d48.53712387405357!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x548f7c0e3729a853%3A0x6095b0616fd36617!2sSan+Juan+Island%2C+Washington!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1446058787885“>http://
For the benefit of Rick and myself, for our love of Volkswagens; and especially the Transporter/Microbus/Vanagon/EuroVan; here are some videos of the assembly of the T3 Transporter/Vanagon at the Volkswagen plant in Hanover, Germany:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNh9MDZx2e0“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGbKglSU4iI“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8_8zwV9RPg“>http://
Promotional videos for the Syncro 4-wheel-drive version T3 Transporter/Vanagon:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vT8dO5xXrz4“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/za3dpPvggJQ“>http://
Volkswagen Of America promotional video for the T3 Transporter/Vanagon featuring Chris Economacki:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oiJbz5SFKto“>http://
More promotional videos for the T3 Transporter/Vanagon:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nc7msK2–x8“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/f5qgKRvF0Ks“>http://
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nwVfklBsVFo“>http://
The PBS television program MotorWeek’s road test of the T3 Transporter/Vanagon from 1984:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GnnVFB3628g“>http://
The PBS television program MotorWeek’s road test of the Syncro 4-wheel-drive version T3 Transporter/Vanagon amongst other commercially available 4 or All-Wheel-Drive cars at the time, including Volkswagen/Audi’s own Quattro-equipped cars:
While Rick is over at our house, he may or may not watch Golf events on our television.
I think Rick might be into Golf, but I’m not totally sure.
If Rick were to watch a Golf event televised by CBS Sports on WJBK-TV, I’d talk to him about Storer’s corporate philosophy when it comes to the stations that it owns and operates (including WJBK-TV), the transmitter purchased by Storer that WJBK-TV operates on, CBS’s philosophy when it comes to it’s Sports Department; and Neal Pilson, the President of CBS Sports; at the helm of this operation.
If Rick were to watch a Golf event televised by NBC Sports, I’d tell him to ponder some more on the transmitter that WDIV-TV operates on, and personally; I’m not fond of NBC’s entire corporate philosophy, not only pertaining to their Sports Department, but also their News Department and their Entertainment Division.
Rick should be aware of the fact that here in the Detroit area, neither we nor my paternal grandmother ever watch WDIV-TV’s newscasts and very rarely do we ever watch WDIV-TV for general NBC network programming.
Example of a PGA Tour event televised by CBS Sports that Rick might watch:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/iJttZ3iIz0g“>http://
Example of a PGA Tour event televised by NBC Sports that Rick might watch:
Shannon and Rick are both addicted to Tennis.
As yet again, things forevermore remain the same as they did in the 1980’s and the early 1990’s in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood”, NBC Sports forevermore continues to have the rights to the Wimbledon Tennis event, and CBS Sports forevermore continues to have the rights to the U.S Open Tennis event.
Say Shannon and Rick were both visiting from out of state and were at the same place at the same time (in this case, our house). Shannon & Rick could be watching NBC’s coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis event on WDIV-TV (formerly WWJ-TV and the NBC affiliate in the Detroit area). I would be encouraging both Shannon and Rick to ponder over which manufacturer of transmitter WDIV-TV operates on.
With all of this pertaining to WDIV-TV being said, neither we nor my paternal grandmother still don’t ever watch WDIV-TV’s newscasts and very rarely do we ever watch WDIV-TV for general NBC network programming.
Several photos of WDIV-TV’s current transmitter site and WWJ-AM-FM-TV/WDIV-TV’s former transmitter site on 8 Mile Road in Southfield, Michigan:
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Video of NBC’s coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis event from 1986 with Dick Enberg hosting NBC; coverage:
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Matthew Parij 
