An 87-year-old woman received the reunion of a lifetime when
she got to spend time in an original Land Rover she worked with 70 years ago.
Dorothy Peters told her story to Land Rover, which in turn
granted her time with the car she kept pictures of for decades to come.
According to the woman, she and her mother went to the Land Rover factory (then
called Rover) as she looked for employment opportunities in July of 1946. She
was 15 when the automaker hired her as part of the service department at
the Lode Lane factory working alongside the first series Land Rovers to be
built at the site.
Peters attended a recent festival Land Rover put on at
its Solihull plant in the United Kingdom to celebrate its 70th anniversary this
year, and she brought along old photographs of herself at the plant, which
also showed a specific Land Rover. As it turned out, Land Rover production
number 16 is currently owned by Mike Bishop, Land Rover Classic’s Reborn Engineering Specialist
and heritage expert, and he surprised Peters with the exact car she spent
time with decades ago.
Land Rover treated her to a ride at the brand's off-road
track, a factory tour, and a special pre-screening of the reunion film
before it was published to YouTube on Monday.
The story is utterly heartwarming, and it's tremendous to
see the reaction on Peters' face when Bishop showed up in the Land Rover she so
fondly remembered. Of her special day and reunion, Peters said, "It all
felt like a dream and I won’t ever forget it."
Have a look at the reunion film attached above.
source: https://www2.motorauthority.com/news/1120409_woman-reunited-with-land-rover-she-worked-with-70-years-ago
by Sean Szymkowski
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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