what would YOU do?

The honda CRV owner in the household has finally got fed up driving a bland slitty and never beig able to find it in the sea of other bland slitties in assorted car parking situations.

A new Defender was mooted with the bonnet jockstrap - mid spec 90 SW.

I suggested taking the same money (or indeed a little less - I'm a scot) and building one up more or less from scratch on an HD galv chassis with a new take-off body (older style Td5) some good suspension and one of them brazilian 2.8s. Either registering it as new and getting a test, or using the identity of an old d-plate we have (in that case it would have the drum brakes on rear).

What would folks do? Talking about 18 grand all in for the build-up or the same or more for a tranny job.

how long is she prepared to wait before....

a) its finished?
b) you get divorced?
c) you get bored?
d) she decides enuf is enuf and insists yu buy one?

point taken - Edith has taken 6 months to get to a powered chassis...

i was actually going to get some of those landy building expert types to do it.

i think its a good idea if yu

have the money available - ie no saving up for bits
have a group of guys to help to push you on when yu cant be bothered

cut the crap an go buy yerself a 300TDi