Hello,
My name is Tim. This is all quite new to me and I am still learning a lot as I go along. I don't normally like to ask people for help and prefer to go it alone, but I am at a point where I want to share the Land Rover experience with other like minded people.
I bought my first Land Rover in October last year. It is a 1998 Defender 90 and I have done quite a bit of work on it already, mainly in relation to the engine. Well I say my first Land Rover, it is shared between me and my Dad. I was addicted to it as soon as I got behind the wheel, even though it was a wierd experience jumping into it after driving my car for so many years. My first memory of it is banging my elbow on the door within the first 5 minuites of getting in it. I learned my first valuable lesson and the reason why most Land Rover drivers have their arm out the window !
Like I say I was addicted and I couldn't go back to my car after driving it. I finally got sick and tired of the hassel involved in driving my car, people tailgating me and the fear of people damaging it. I decided it was about time I bought my own Land Rover. I wanted something tough, rough and ready. I wanted a beast, something I could park safely without worrying about people vandalising it or pushing shopping trollies into it. I wanted something that would keep the serial tailgaters at bay or at least give them a nasty shock if they ran into the back of me.
I had been looking at a Land Rover for a year or so while I was going about my daily duties at work. I couldn't stop looking at it when I drove past it parked outside a local garage. It was the beast I was looking for but it wasn't for sale. I watched the modifications being made to it and everytime I drove past it got better. Then one day the for sale sign went up in the window. The rest is history as they say and I now have my very own C reg 90 pickup.
It needs a lot of work doing to it but I am determined to enjoy working on it and getting it up to scratch. I have a lot of plans for it but at the moment I am concentarting on getting the foundations right, sorting out the little niggles that come with 26 (or so) years of use. Once that is done the fun can begin!
Tim
(Haven't forund the spell check yet so I apologise for any mistakes)
My name is Tim. This is all quite new to me and I am still learning a lot as I go along. I don't normally like to ask people for help and prefer to go it alone, but I am at a point where I want to share the Land Rover experience with other like minded people.
I bought my first Land Rover in October last year. It is a 1998 Defender 90 and I have done quite a bit of work on it already, mainly in relation to the engine. Well I say my first Land Rover, it is shared between me and my Dad. I was addicted to it as soon as I got behind the wheel, even though it was a wierd experience jumping into it after driving my car for so many years. My first memory of it is banging my elbow on the door within the first 5 minuites of getting in it. I learned my first valuable lesson and the reason why most Land Rover drivers have their arm out the window !
Like I say I was addicted and I couldn't go back to my car after driving it. I finally got sick and tired of the hassel involved in driving my car, people tailgating me and the fear of people damaging it. I decided it was about time I bought my own Land Rover. I wanted something tough, rough and ready. I wanted a beast, something I could park safely without worrying about people vandalising it or pushing shopping trollies into it. I wanted something that would keep the serial tailgaters at bay or at least give them a nasty shock if they ran into the back of me.
I had been looking at a Land Rover for a year or so while I was going about my daily duties at work. I couldn't stop looking at it when I drove past it parked outside a local garage. It was the beast I was looking for but it wasn't for sale. I watched the modifications being made to it and everytime I drove past it got better. Then one day the for sale sign went up in the window. The rest is history as they say and I now have my very own C reg 90 pickup.
It needs a lot of work doing to it but I am determined to enjoy working on it and getting it up to scratch. I have a lot of plans for it but at the moment I am concentarting on getting the foundations right, sorting out the little niggles that come with 26 (or so) years of use. Once that is done the fun can begin!
Tim
(Haven't forund the spell check yet so I apologise for any mistakes)
