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I ran my LSE as a daily driver doing about the same mileage and it was by some distance the best car I`ve ever had. If it is HPI clear, has a decent service history, reasonable mileage. and you can do basic maintenance yourself it could be a good buy. I`d check the chassis , inner wings, rear...

Aside from being a Classic its about as far away from your spec as you could get but theres a nice looking LSE (LPG converted) on ebay at the moment - at £850. No tax or mot and been SORN`d for 2 years but 103k miles AND it has the seatback picnic tables, which are like hens teeth. Its silver...

You could try the suppliers for DIY horsebox and camper van conversions and see if they can do anything. I`d be surprised if there were`nt also suppliers specifically for trailer bits - have you tried trailer retailers like GT, I think they sell spares as well. Some of the big caravan/motorhome...

Mud tyres and winter tyres are different - winter tyres are generally softer compound and designed to try and keep as much tyre in contact with the road as possible.

It won`t be cheap but you could try Nationwide Trim - they re-trim RR`s, and did a great job on my first Classic but so far as I am aware also sell materials. If you are only buying the front seat covers and fitting them yourself they might also be a good source of info on how to fit them

Even on Defenders there are a range of options, so using the term "relatively" in its narrowest sense, a standard Defender TD5 XS is going to be relatively more "comfortable" than a standard TDi, and considerably more expensive because it will be newer. You get what you pay for, and only you...

How about Nicola from Land Rover PR, who made a brief but polarising ( essentially thanks for taking an interest vs show us your tits) appearance on here a few weeks ago and then not since ? She offered to help with questions.

I think I`d avoid secondhand unless you know the guy you are buying it from and how its been used/looked after. If its light occasional use then give David Bowyer a ring, particularly if you are fairly local to him ( if memory serves he was in Devon) - he comes across as the "go to" guy on...

Kwik Fit local to me charge £49.95 - its a national offer but there seems to be some variation in price. Phone them first and tell them what car you have - they didn`t have the adapter for my LSE because of its age. Judging by the number of BMW owners queing up to get theirs done it looks like a...

Try Nene Overland or Nick Kerner Engineeering - they usually have LHD stuff as well as RHD. There are also some crop up on ebay You ought to be able to find one "locally" though, which might stand more chance of coming in budget than an import because of shipping and duty, though not all will...

I`m about 20 mins from Heathrow and use Harris Mayes in Rickmansworth - J17 M25, 01923 711800

Sounds to me like the compressor is cycling on and off to maintain pressure because there is a leak somewhere. I had exactly the same problem on my LSE - you may have 11 month old bags but the rest of the system sounds as if it is 12 years old ( you`d have to wonder if he changed the bags why he...

If you are in Feltham you could try Harris Mayes Country Cars in Rickmansworth and Kings Langley Land Rover in (not surprisingly) Kings Langley - both just round the M25 and generally very helpful. A 95 or 96 plate would be quite old for KLLR to sell but not necessarily Harris Mayes - you just...

SJ`s are hard to find that haven`t already been modified but conversely are not so good that you ought to just leave them alone - i.e. that range of vehicles in the middle .if its a known vehicle I might buy one that had already been modified but I wouldn`t buy one I didn`t know. To my mind it...

To the best of my knowledge the Regiment never used RR`s in the desert, so no "pink" ones. There are records of using them in urban theatres for counter -terrorism, I`ve seen photos of a couple with strengthened roof racks and adapted front bumpers, in both cases to mount ladders for access to...

Try the miltary shows as well - War and Peace etc - bit of a trek but you might get some good advice even if no-one has one for sale. They are all usually advertised on Milweb. Do some research first, I think most of the 11A and 111 ambulances were bodied by Marshalls of Cambridge, and there...

I`d be surprised if any ex MOD vehicle disposal contractors (Witham, Leavesleys etc) still have any so my guess is you will be better off on Milweb (great website for ex military vehicles) or joining the EMLRA and posting a wanted ad there if there are none in classifieds.

I think Mudhunter has it right. Its pretty much the same for all LandRovers. I`d just add 6) AA membership 7) Samaritans phone number.................................

They do exist - sometimes they come up second-hand on ebay but for new ones check the classifieds in the back of Tractor and Machinery and/or Farmers Weekly and/or Shooting Times and/or Horse and Hound and similar magazines, they tend to advertise nearer winter. They aren`t cheap though. Don`t...

Unless things have changed the cheapest (lowest rated) insurable LR product always used to be a bog standard normally aspirated diesel 90, leaving aside classic policies (which generally won`t be available to 17 year olds), and all other things being equal. I suspect you will also find anything...