Hi

I am thinking of buying a land rover for trials at the AWDC.
My dad currently has a land rover defender that is in good condition and he doesn’t want to do much off roading as he thinks the car will become damaged, so me and him our know looking for a new 4x4
We have set a budget of around £3000 max. And from what I have found and seen I think that I have two main choices of cars that I would like.

• Range Rover Hybrid (cut down to 88inch)
• Land Rover Defender

I just have a few questions about both the defender and range rover hybrid and if you were able to answer any of the questions It would be extremely useful to me and my dad.

• • Why do people only really change Classic Range Rover into Hybrids

(e.g because they have stronger differentials, transfer box’s. ……………)

• • Is a budget of £3000 too low for a prepped defender so that is ready for trialling
  • I am quite new to off road trialling and don’t have very much experience so would a diesel be better that a V8 for maintenance
  • Would anybody be able to give me an example of there hybrid range rover or defender and what problems they had and what price they got it for.

To show an example of what I might be looking for I have found these on ebay

Range rover hybrid
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Range-rover-Hybrid-Landrover-200tdi-Diesel_W0QQitemZ230112848685QQcategoryZ29748QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Defender
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAND-ROVER-90-Defender-Turbo-200TDI-Pick-up_W0QQitemZ160101969715QQcategoryZ29748QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Also if anyone else has any different ideas of cars that I could look at I would find it very useful

Sorry to ask you so many questions

Tom .

People make classic RR into hybrids because of the chassis they have to start with, they get made into 100inch wheel base landys.

The RR doesn't have any different diffs etc... its the same as the rest, take the chassis weld on the new outriggers to suit a support for the tub and moutings, stick on a defender rear crossmember and away you go. They can be got for a good price, a wrecker of a RR Classic can be got for next to nothing, strip the body work off it and there you have it, engine, transmission chassis etc... all ready to go...

The first one your link shows, is a RR chassis so there you have it 100inch wheel base, the second one is really just a 90 with all the mods to make it better offroad.

Stick with a Defender 90 you will always
get most of your money back if you sell

Tom

Thanks, but I am thinking that most defenders that cost under £3000 will have loads of miles on.
Another problem is that you can only change the wings and the main body so when you bend just few bits you’ve got a lot of work to do.