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ISSUE 307 MAY 2023 CONTENTS Find us on @LRMonthly LandRoverMonthly @land_rover_monthly Land Rover Monthly FE ATURES 34 Scram! Meet the retro-inspired Defender 90 built to dominate the desert 42 Best of both worlds Editor Martin visits Dalton 4x4, where offroad thrills combine with greenlane views 48 Rumble in Botswana Old-style Defender 130 vs new Defender 110? Which will come out on top? 48 54 62 CLASSICS 54 Charm of the Centaur If ever anything was fittingly named, it’s this bizarre half-track Land Rover 62 Middle East magic One Stop Workshop adds some Arabian flavour to restomod Range Rovers REGULARS 8 NEWS 10 LETTERS 12 YOUR PICTURES 18 PRODUCTS 23 GARY PUSEY 25 THOM WESTCOTT 27 JACK DOBSON 29 TOM BARNARD 30 NORFOLK GARAGE 60 SUBSCRIBE TO LRM 70 WRITERS’ ROVERS 78 CLUBS 87 TECH SECTION 109 EVENTS 110 MARKETPLACE 114 WORK IN PROGRESS 4 LAND ROVERMONTHLY.CO.UK 4 LAND ROVERMONTHLY.CO.UK
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VEHICLES IN THIS ISSUE 34 1991 DEFENDER 90 S TAGE 2 200Tdi 42 2022 DEFENDER 110 D250 1999 FREELANDER 1 2007 FREELANDER 2 48 2016 DEFENDER 130 2022 DEFENDER X 110 D300 54 1978 L AND ROVER CENTAUR 62 ’70S R ANGE ROVER CL ASSICS 70 2007 FREELANDER 2 72 1988 130 T IPPER 96 2008 DISCOVERY 3 102 2020 DEFENDER L663 114 1993 DEFENDER 90 200 Td i 88 TECH IN ASSOCIATION WITH 87 Ed Evans comments 88 Repair Defender sill, B- and C-posts Side structures can rust severely; we show how to remove them for repair 92 Renew Series bump stop brackets Perches collect mud and corrode away – here’s how to renew them 96 Preserve D3 and RRS undersides Here’s how to extend the life of the chassis and underbody when their time’s up 102 Fit a Defender L663 winch Give your new Defender extra off-road pulling power p34 “You know when something just looks right? You stop and take notice. Everyone does that with this Defender” Pre-book your tickets to our new two-day event – landrovermonthly.co.uk/information/events 5

ISSUE 307 MAY 2023

CONTENTS

Find us on @LRMonthly LandRoverMonthly @land_rover_monthly Land Rover Monthly

FE ATURES

34 Scram!

Meet the retro-inspired Defender 90 built to dominate the desert

42 Best of both worlds

Editor Martin visits Dalton 4x4, where offroad thrills combine with greenlane views

48 Rumble in Botswana

Old-style Defender 130 vs new Defender 110? Which will come out on top?

48

54

62

CLASSICS

54 Charm of the Centaur

If ever anything was fittingly named, it’s this bizarre half-track Land Rover

62 Middle East magic

One Stop Workshop adds some Arabian flavour to restomod Range Rovers

REGULARS

8 NEWS 10 LETTERS 12 YOUR PICTURES 18 PRODUCTS 23 GARY PUSEY 25 THOM WESTCOTT 27 JACK DOBSON 29 TOM BARNARD

30 NORFOLK GARAGE 60 SUBSCRIBE TO LRM 70 WRITERS’ ROVERS 78 CLUBS 87 TECH SECTION 109 EVENTS 110 MARKETPLACE 114 WORK IN PROGRESS

4 LAND ROVERMONTHLY.CO.UK

4 LAND ROVERMONTHLY.CO.UK

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