That is excellent Nodge but of course it relies on me buying a Leaf battery pack which may or may not happen. I'm still keeping an open mind on the pack I purchase as other options are available. I may even end up buying two or three packs from a PHEV car to make the pack up so until I know what the pack will be I cannot make any decisions.
I'm not saying you are tied to using Leaf batteries Ali, although for easy of use and charging, this would be preferable, as they're compatible with the Leaf electronics.
What I'm saying is, going by some quick measurements, and back of the envelope calculations, there's sufficient space to put over well over 24kWh of cells under the floor, but still within the confines of the removed ICE components.
This has many advantages, but the 2 main advantages are maintained interior space, and keeping the centre of gravity low. Additionally having the battery pack below the floor, will improve occupant safety, should a battery decide to go up in flames, although this is unlikely.
From my calculations, the Freelander 1 has around 220 litres of space below the floors, consisting of around 160 where the cubby box and exhaust once fitted, full width between the chassis rails, and 30 litres each side of the propshaft, in the original fuel tank location.
What batteries you choose to use in these locations is up to you, and your budget, but as a good NMC lithium cell can hold up to 700Wh of energy per litre of space, its possible to get around 150kWh of top notch lithium cells in the space available, although in reality, using second hand cells of older chemistries, you would probably on be able to install about ¼ to a ⅓ of what is theoretically possible in the available space, once the BMS and interconnections are in there too.