That almost looks and sounds like a tax reduction exercise for someone’s car/parts business.

It was a good price im my book and I have been assured that the Landy Works. The body needs a bit of work here and there but that for me is the fun part, i.e. taking something back to its former glory. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands dirty on this one. Can't wait.

Two more for now. Two of the three are from the original sales advert and the other is from the owners own collection. The rest of the pics highlight the bad bits but that's something I will sort out when I get my hands on it.

That's a real good post indeed Dave and I understand fully where you're coming from. I can recall driving the old 110 V8s in the early to mid 90's and they were a handful albeit quite impressive at the lights against the fastest Lada:D You then go and place 240BHP under the bonnet and the...

P.S. The Blue Landy in my Avatar is something we agreed to purchase yesterday so I've gone for a bog-standard Rover as per evereyone's advice.:D I'll start stripping it when it arrives and give it a health check prior to sorting the damage and adding bits if required. It is running a built...

One more Landy and Jap Performance enthusiast. I just knew there would be someone else on this forum with similar hobbies. The Supra is one of the four Original Top Secret Final Evolution Supes from Smokey's place in Japan. It runs the HKS T51R Signature Turbo while the wheels were...

Dear All, I’ll soon be permanently located in Durham and since the purchase of my new wheels (In the Avatar) I’ll be looking for a proper off road course/location or two in the North East. I will trailer the Landy so no issues on the travel front. That being said I don’t...

Mobile tool chests and lots of them. My compulsive disorder ensures nothing is ever out of place.

Good luck indeed:)

The last 10 comments are really the bones of my argument and it's interesting to hear what people have to say. In my other life I play around with Japanese Cars (Toyota Supra MkiV Twin Turbo) which in its basic factory guise produces circa 280-330 BHP. You then add a few juicy mods (those...

Hats off to you there Stu. Cracking workmanship if I may say so.:)

Really, that much, I'm surprised with those figures. Sounds good though.

Not when the burglar and post lady are potential food packages.:D

The TD5 lump seems to be a strange bit of kit; a bit like Marmite where you either love or hate it. Some threads on here suggest that a 200/300 engine is the best for simplicity plus low gremlin stats, whereas the TD5-unit has electrical niggles. I'm still reading and learning but I suspect...

This 90 seems like a good purchase but I'm wondering if I should go for the 200/300 lumps after reading some of the threads on here. 8k seems very reasonable indeed for a 90 which appears to be in good condition, scratch on the panel aside, that is. It looks to have been used for towing...

The only gremlin that we’ve encountered so far is that it can’t quite distinguish between a burglar and the postwoman. We’ve tried reprogramming it but to no avail.

I've picked up a couple of points from this thread below so in real terms the kit mentioned in my first post is specifically designed to refine the driveability of the standard road system. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f50/release-your-td5-power-199872.html Forgetting torque gains for a...

We decided on the Rotti Mk1 Land Rover Defensive Suite. It’s effective in most situations. It has a sleeper mode and then suddenly – bang. Very reactive indeed.

That sounds right, S. If you take a look at the rear of your LR with the new wheels fitted and compare it to the old pic, assuming that I am judging the ingress of the steps correctly, the you're looking at a definite change. It could be a reduction of 10 to 20 in all honesty. If you ever...

Guys, I have seen this link for a Landy on ebay with a whole host of basic upgrades: Land Rover Defender 90 Truck (2003) TD5 Rebuilt on a Galvanised Chassis | eBay -Larger Intercooler fittted by Alive Tuning -EGR System removed by Alive Tuning -Huge ECU re-map completed by Alive Tuning...