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Hi All When you remover the outer front wing from a Discovery 1 the first thing you see id a longitudinal box section spot welded to the outer face of the inner wing. Mine has rotted quite badly and I am just wondering if anyone sells these. If not I will have to make one aman

Did Land Rover produce a Discovery 1 with windy windows as opposed to electric windows. I would like to convert my front windows to winding handles instead of electric aman

Hi All I have tried searching for this item but no joy. Mine is badly corroded and I wouldn't want to put it back on the car once I have repaired my inner wings. I can rebuild it but it will take time. Anyone know if these are available new or does anyone have a decent one they want to get shot...

I am having to replace the inner arches on the D1 and the section that is horizontal that goes up from the battery box, under the fuse box/header tank and then down to the bulkhead including the wings either side of the shock tower I am thinking of replacing with 1.5mm aluminium. Can you guys...

I watch quite a few youtube ideos on welding and bodywork. Most of them a rubbish but now and again I find some really good ones and when I do I am going to post them here. This first one is quite long at 42 minutes but it does show how anyone really can make good repairs in thin guage sheet...

Last year I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in Trans-Pyrenean Expedition and it was fantastic. We spent 10 days traversing the Pyrenees with a group of 3 Land Rovers, camping every night and a good time was had by all. It was not an organised, guided tour but a group of friends...

Let me introduce you to Muggsy, my 97 Discovery 1. I bought it from the family of a recently deceased friend of the same name. They were going to scrap it and neither I, nor Muggsy whould have wnted that. RIP Mugsy, I will look after your truck for you Bruv. I know very little about this...

Hi All We have three dogs who are going to be in the back of the Discovery from time to time and it would be nice if they could stick their heads out of a window. Have you ever seen a kit for opening side rear windows for a Discovery? Paul

Hi All I am getting my Discovery 1 in the next couple of weeks and I am very excited however I don't really know an awful lot about these vehicles and I am looking to learn as much as possible. This is why I joined this forum but I would also like to get some D1 specific workshop manuals to help...

Hi All I am getting a Discovery 1 in the next couple of weeks and apart from welding what jobs should I be planning on doing sooner rather than later? I will give it a service with new engine oil, filters etc Would it be prudent to change the gear oil and that of the diffs etc? I can't ask the...

Hi All I joined this forum many years ago because we were going to buy a Land Rover to tow our Airstream but things went another way and and we got another vehicle. Well that vehicle died and was not worth saving and now (or very soon) we have a Discover 1 I don't know very much about the...

Hi All I have not owned a landy for a good few years since I had a series 3 back in the 90s. We have recently bought a vintage Airstream Caravan that we are in the process of restoring and we need a good reliable tow vehicle so I thought the obvious choice would be another landy. There are...