Filed under: SUVs Land Rover RR of the Day

Admittedly none of the writers at Autoblog HQ are dedicated off-road hoons. But that doesn't mean we don't occasionally dream of fording streams crawling over condo-sized rocks or just scaling the median on our commute to work. There's a short list of vehicles we'd assign to those fantastical tasks and this 1985 Land Rover 90 is one of them.

Owned by Autoblog reader and Flickr member tarheelvolvos40 this four-wheelin' gem is the picture of pure functionality. Equipped with both Hella fog lamps and 4000 Euros a Dixon-Bate 5-ton tow jaw in the rear an OME HD suspension diff protectors a Brownchurch roof rack and side ladders it begs to be driven in the most abusive way. Power comes from a '93 Rover V8 mated to the stock LT77 transmission which sends power down to BFGoodrich AT/KO tires.

A vehicle like this confirms that our little world shouldn't just be about powerslides massive G's and big dyno numbers but about the all 'round motoring experience. We're smitten but we're pushovers like that.

As mentioned previously we won't be having a theme for this week's RR of the Day but next week it's on. Submit your turbocharged and supercharged vehicles to our Flickr pool by following the directions after the jump. We want to see them all whether it's a home-brewed Civic hatch or a modded Cummins diesel all are welcome

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