Is it worth saving? 50th anniversary Discovery?

Worth keeping going simply because a lot are being scrapped.

if you are going to do it as an original it will cost you more, as an ordinary disco you can fabricate your own bits etc, but a lot of work to do them, also the cost if you have to pay somebody, sell it!!!!, wash the **** off it first and then people wouldn't know it has been used for a tractor/dos mobile

dieseldog69 said:

Who let the tratter driver in ere?

Why would a 50th Deafener be worth saving more than a 50th Discovery? Think you miss the point, a 50th is a 50th, a Discovery is far better than a Deafner

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Have owned a 50th defender among others TD TDI td5. Very special v8 nas style that you just couldnt buy in that era otherwise. Pity it wasn't 4.6 tho. Rare and valuable.
Currently a rrc owner dear boy, so a cut above you disco apologists

At the end of the day, for the same reason I didn't save my dog's 50th ****e,
It was a great big steaming turd
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I apologise for nothing, I chose a Disco above a RRC as "been there, done that" and a good few times with 3.5s and 3.9s and last RRC was fitted out with a 4.6 THL block and some rather interesting head work had been done to help it along, now that was rather quick!!!

Discovery selected over a Deafener as I want comfort in the cab, I simply cannot get comfortable in a Deafner and they just have no appeal for me. Granted, a great many guys buy a Disco as they can't afford a Deafner, I wanted and bought the right vehicle for me.

As far as the argument for saving Vs scrapping, personal vehicle choices aside, I see very little point in just scrapping any vehicle, all problems can be fixed, tons of parts available for it, and it is a special limited edition, all boxes ticked, get your grinder and welder to the ready.

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dieseldog69 said:

I apologise for nothing, I chose a Disco above a RRC as "been there, done that"

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Point taken, you'd prefer a rrc to have extra weight up top, more overhang and body roll

cooltide said:

Have owned a 50th defender among others TD TDI td5. Very special v8 nas style that you just couldnt buy in that era otherwise. Pity it wasn't 4.6 tho. Rare and valuable.
Currently a rrc owner dear boy, so a cut above you disco apologists

At the end of the day, for the same reason I didn't save my dog's 50th ****e,
It was a great big steaming turd
:behindsofa:

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disco apologists ive allways prefered disco over rrc and p38

cooltide said:

Point taken, you'd prefer a rrc to have extra weight up top, more overhang and body roll

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More overhang Can't find it but Disco is not any longer than a RRC and certainy the LSE variant is longer still

Top heavy, body roll. Erm, not by much and my first RRC wallowed like a pig in a mud pit in any sort of cornering, not really seeing this with my current 200Tdi and certainly not with the last Disco which was a 3.9 auto and driven enthusiastically everytime we went out in it.

I am floundering here with finding your argument validity, apart from, you have your opinion which says scrap it, then again, think you'd say that if the 2014 MY L405 got a puncture too

Point is land rover have rolled out loads of not really special editions. What was special about this one? Bonny paint and a plaque. If they had fitted a 4.6 and uprated springs, it would be something special.

If it were a csk, a Holland and Holland, or a defender 50th to name but a few it would be worth saving.

Looks like this is being sold to a member on here as a winter project