According to Cuban history the official line is that Fidel Castro used this series 1 Landrover station wagon in the last throws of the revolution against Batista's dictatorship.

Not many Lode Lane products have become national monuments, but this one has; the additional artillery fashioned body work courtesy of the battle of Maffo in December 1958.

Bodily rather straight and bearing low kilometers in the speedo, it has become one of few objects in Cuba to have been painted repeatedly!

Now Solihuls finest lies in state alongside an early Land cruiser and a CJ5 Jeep, not to mention the tailfin of the ubiquitous B57 bomber shot down during the Bay of Pigs.

Cowleys finest in deepest Cuba - still providing sterling service, even if the tight P.C.D. on the wheel nuts suggests its running the Cuban favourite of Lada underpinning instead of 803cc of asmatic A series.

Feeling flush?

Even Peugeot rear view mirrors cannot spoil this fantastic mark 2 Consul.

Just think in a rainy British country lane @1976, you quite possibly might have been concieved it something rather similar... you can image your parents own greasy hand prints and the sound of "Tiger Feet" on the 8-track.

Two Lane Blacktop meets the Fast and the Furious. I'd pay to see that....

This little Minx proudly bore a Nissan badge on its grill; undoubtly in honour to the Japense drift culture. The Cuban equivlant to a twin turbo vtec with water cooling, aided by a locked differential is often two bald rear tyres made of bakelite, with a constant gearbox fed oil feed. None of which is intentional.

Looks familiar but this isn't the Ryton built Rootes Avenger, its the Argentian Chrysler version (hell it may even by the VW badged one that fought its way into the 90's). As you can see it was driven by a man who ran a state academy for apprentice steel drum craftsmen. Who had no oil drums.

And then there were two.

Not so nostalgic now, except for the Peugeot 405 is at least 15 years old, the Escort mark 4 at least 20 years old. I know. I never would have said you were in your late thirties either. No I don't know where the time went, no really your bum doesn't look huge. Lots of people shave there ears and pass out after three pints. I'm sure the samaratains is a 24 hour number.