kid4lyf said:
True. I have a buddy with a disco and he paid $90 for a trailer light harness.
Yea, that $5 four wire plug.
One thing to remember about Land-Rover in the US: they're a luxury marque, plain and simple. The usefully agricultural vehicles the rest of the world gets just don't make it to the US market. Even the Defenders we get are the upmarket leather seat, automatic-transmission V8s - no cloth-trim 300TDs here.
DrMoab said:
Casm, the older Land Rovers rocked....I would not own one made in the last 15 years for anything in the world
Agreed. The Defender was where the rot set in with the proper Land-Rovers; for the most part, it was all downhill from there. There're arguments in favour of the last generation of Discovery - but again, we didn't get the agricultural-spec models here, and build quality on them was always hit-or-miss at best.
For anyone looking to get a Land-Rover in the US, try to find a Series III. You still have the 88", 101", and 110" wheelbases to choose from, but also gain the improved interior (still hose-out) and all-synchromesh gearbox. If you decide to go for more power, swapping out the 2.25-litre 4-banger for the
Rover V8 is a well-documented conversion for these vehicles; just be sure to replace the transmission at the same time with the much beefier 5-speed usually attached to them. Also, if you get one that's early enough, it'll be pre-smog.
Anyway, it may all be a moot point. I've been looking for info to confirm this, but rumour has it that apparently Land-Rover has been haemorraging money left, right, and centre (not surprising given the current model lineup) and Ford's looking to dump them. It'd be a pity if this happened, particularly with the recent demise of
MG-Rover (the UK's oldest car manufacturer with a tremendous history and it's now in administration), but their products are entirely unappealing anymore. Too bad they didn't seek to exploit the two-solid-axles market in the US currently looking for a choice other than the Wrangler...
