VEHICLES IN THIS ISSUE: 34 1999 50TH ANNIVERSARY DEFENDER 48 DISCOVERY 1 OVERLANDER 56 1959 SERIES II 88in 66 1961 PROTOTYPE SERIES III

AMPHIBIOUS LIGHTWEIGHT 76 TWISTED DEFENDERS 84 1958 SERIES I 3.5 V8 88 2023 RANGE ROVER SPORT P510e 96 RANGE ROVER SPORT AND DISCOVERY 3 102 DISCOVERY 1 RACE CAR 114 1989 DEFENDER 90 200Tdi

FEATURES 34 Natty Anniversary

Restoring this baggy 50th Anniversary Defender was a tough task that involved buying a second example for reference

48 A Kingdom Divided

One couple traces the path of Britain’s watershed, the line dividing water flowing west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea

76 A day with Twisted

Former JLR engineer Greg King kickstarts our new series that looks at UK Land Rover specialists with a visit to Twisted

CLASSICS

56 The winner takes it all

When the Aussie army wanted to replace its Jeeps, it field tested a Series II – here’s the remarkable tale of how it was rediscovered

66 Water works

In the early 1960s, UK’s military planners saw the need for an air portable amphibious Land Rover. This is the story of a rare survivor

TECH

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

95 Ed Evans’s sage words 96 A different kind of NVH

Tips to help eliminate nasty noises caused by worn or broken components

102 At last: racing the Disco

The team has completed the Discovery racer. Now to drive it in anger

106 Torque Back

Got a query? We’ll find you the answer

REGULARS

08 NEWS 10 LETTERS 12 YOUR PICTURES 16 PRODUCTS 23 GARY PUSEY 25 THOM WESTCOTT 27 JACK DOBSON 29 TOM BARNARD

30 NORFOLK GARAGE 84 WRITERS’ ROVERS 95 TECH SECTION 108 SUBSCRIBE TO LRM 110 MARKETPLACE 113 EVENTS 114 WORK IN

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