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    Best places for parts

    OK so single stainless steel sports exhaust will probably be the best option then, yeh but with a straight pipe I would have a hard job getting through an MOT. I like the idea about the disco gear box but tbh I'm we're not going to use this as an every day vehicle, just for fun, Sundays, bad...
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    Best places for parts

    Nice, ah so your down in the borders I see. Yeh it's not going to be a no cost spared build, more an if it's justifiable we can get it. Like we're building it to last hence the galvanised chassis and solidly built parts, still unsure on the suspension setup yet as we will be doing plenty of on...
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    Best places for parts

    Thanks for all that minidod!!! Yeh just done a little reading about the gear boxes and realised the R380 is the newest one and the LT77 was Leylands and the stronger LT85 was Santana's. Yeh your right this wont be cheap and there's noway I could afford this while being a broke student but me and...
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    Hi, After my recent trip to Germany with my girlfriend I noticed there's been a huge influx of Defenders over there (a lot were imported from here, was told by her Dad that Germans love them), even slap bang in the middle of Hamburg! Saw a beautiful brand new TD4 110" black, rear blacked out...
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    Hello from Scotland!

    Nice to see some locals here :), yeh got real problems with insomnia, started in my last years at high school then got worse at uni but it means I have more time to read up! Also thanks disco mikey for that, will definitely take a look :). ~stu
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    Hello from Scotland!

    Hi, I'm Stuart a 19 year old student from Perth Scotland, and a big land rover supporter (where I'm from a Defender or a pickup is like every second vehicle :)). But stuck driving a Fiat Grande Punto Sport (nice but not exactly a serious off-road machine). Dream is to rebuild a 90 station...