thegoodsides:I know it’s only a “thing”, but I never should have sold Spot. 1967 Land Rover Series
thegoodsides: I know it’s only a “thing”, but I never should have sold Spot. 1967 Land Rover Series IIa one ton, former MOD radio vehicle, rebuilt after NATO service with a Safari body and a Chevrolet engine, and converted to 12v from 24v. Could conquer anything except soft sand. The former owner was trying to impress me with the fact that they’d actually projected the image of real zebra onto it and so the paint job was the best you’d find of its ilk. All the while I was thinking “I’m gonna repaint this thing just as soon as possible!” Driving home, though, it became obvious that I wouldn’t touch it. Everyone turned their heads to watch it pass and little kids were just naturally drawn to it. My daughter said, “Dad, you CAN’T paint it!” And so the final embers of my defiance against the unabashed schmaltziness of the paint job were spent in naming her ”Spot.” -- source link