I bought an old 90 years ago mainly to take rubbish/garden waste to the dump. It was a beat up wreck and cheap (at the time) and so thought it would be a fun thing to have around. After quite a few years of ownership and seemingly endless repairs/upgrades to keep it on the road I have decided to do a proper job on it and sort the whole thing out. My 10 year old daughter loves it and will be helping (not sure that is the right word ....) me along the way. It is a 300Tdi and I plan on Richards chassis, 2.8 big bore engine and to make it a bit nicer inside rather than the spiders nest it is at the moment ....
If anybody wants to follow progress I have set up a web site here -
landroverdefender.org
I am sure I will be on here for many questions as I go along !

Looking forward to seeing the progress!

Excellent! Having set up a website, the pressure will be on to deliver; but maybe that was part of your cunning plan to get the thing completed! Best wishes.