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With a 1.2 box and 265/75 tyres that ^^ I could not agree more with! You either need to sit a 25, or 35, neither of which is ideal!

I have done that with everything I have done to the 110. It has been my daily drive since I was 18, and having converted it to a station wagon for the growing family I intend to keep it as my daily drive for a long time yet. Therefore I do not...

Completely agree with that. And even though galv I have seam sealed and filled the frames of my door bottoms with dinitrol. Being glav is just another additional protection element. It does not replace the existing ones like paint and wax.

I have not yet replaced the rear door yet. Am looking to buy one next month now I have gathered all the other parts. I didn’t get a definitive answer on Ali vs steel skin. But think I will go for Ali same as the original and the other doors. I...

Update as promised. My son took it out yesterday evening and drove a few roads which we have driven a thousand times. He knows what speed it would normally do and what gear it would be in. It's a mix of country, town and fast A roads with a...

Wheels are good (ideal in my opinion) the transfer box is the wrong ratio for a Defender (again IMO). Get a 1.4:1 ratio LT230, it bolts straight on and the car will spring back to life and look good too. Small wheels kindof gets the ratio's...

Agree with that. Use the one you have until it breaks. Then get the series one next time.

They are exactly the same hole spacing. The series handle does sit snug up against the wiper cover (if you have one). I am trying to find a photo of it fitted to mine. I have one of the defender handle fitted to the series door where I swapped...

On my 110 I found that running 35" diameter tyres was the same as fitting the 1.2 transfer box in terms of speed vs revs vs drivability (I am sure someone who can be bothers can work out the actual ratios and tell me different). Running both...

Yes, I would treat anything metal in the same way. even if it galvanised it gets the same treatment. Then you can touch up the wax as needed and re-apply every couple of years, but the paint should last as the wax protects it, and the metal...

That is the style that you will have had fitted before and tends to bend a break as you have found. The one you have ordered form ebay you can see where the bolt tabs have been bent, on a new one the bolt tabs are flat (pic below). It is the...

YRM has several workshop documents showing how to fit the repair panels. Most are just bolted or riveted in place so are nice easy DIY replacement panels.

I would say that looks quite normal for a 14 year old defender that has never had any love.

Check YRM for repair panels, They have most of what you will need. It would not be cheap but is likely to be the same amount of work for a much better result than swapping the tub, as a replacement tub is likely to have similar issues even if not...

I would just use rivets. I have a chequer plate door card and just drill and replace the rivets when I need to remove it. If you are going to use self tappers make sure they are stainless, they will hold it no problem, especially with some...

As @Anaconda says, Wax is the final treatment not the only treatment. If the axles, and other things are rusting they need the rust removed (wire wheel or similar) treating with a rust converter/stabiliser, painting with primer (I like red oxide...

Strangely I have heard of the World Wide Web. If we had a couple of grand to buy expensive wheels then that would be a consideration, maybe. We don't, so it's going to be a spray, paint or grease of some sort. Since I have a can of PTFE spray...

I know you can get different grades of stainless but I am always dubious using stainless for structural applications. It has different properties to high tensile mild steel. none structural I have replaced nearly everything with stainless, but...

They are all old enough to be on the flat rate tax and are all classed as private light goods vehicle. Also all shortly to qualify as historic and be exempt so the tax class is correct for all. It’s just the body type.

You can see the old fordson standard owned here by a friend that we are halfway through applying it to in the photo You can see where has and hasn’t been done. Finish Still looks the same 18months later but it is kept in the barn. A litre did...

To clarify at the start I am not interested in changing the body type so it is ULEZ or similar exempt. This is purely so things are correct on record with the DVLA. All the vehicles will be historic class in the next couple of years, and only the...

My suggestion may not fall into the cheap category either as Owatrol is fairly expensive but cheaper than stainless parts! Its also one of those things that once you have a can of it you find all sorts of other things to paint with it. My old...

You could try one of the patina oils that act like a clear coat, something like owatrol oil etc. this will keep them looking original, but stop them rusting. It is used a lot on old tractors etc to preserve the work worn look but prevent it...

I would agree as that is my preference. But as there is already holes drilled in the wings for the separate headlight guards I would Be going guards and a-bar. @Landlover99 it may not be a cosmetic change. But I would fit a set of these: LINK...

Very nice. Those little tractors and often their Land Girl drivers did much to keep Britain from starving in WW2. Neighboring farm still used one in the 60's. I drove it some as a youngster and had to stand both feet on the combined clutch/brake...

Many thanks for the link, having been looking around in this price bracket that looks like quite a lot of vehicle for the money providing the work claimed to have been done has been done and to a good standard. However I have just bought a...

As mentioned above it is your land rover do what you want to it, but if you are looking at a potential future sale then as you say originality is what is currently valued, but everyone will modify their vehicle in the way they want. That is what...

Probably a very old tractor as well.

That is a pic form my rebuild after the engine fire (Thread LINK) which was done in a friends barn. The old tyre belongs to a fordson standard N which has been in his family since the 60's originally used on their farm in Wales, and now on his...

As above first thing is to ensure structurally and mechanically sound. If that has been done you can focus on cosmetics. What you have looks from the single photo to aboriginal and unmolested. As they are currenrtly what command the highest...