Land Rover Owner Spring 2019

Check out my shapes. MARTIN ‘STAYIN’ ALIVE’, WORKSHOP EDITOR I’ve never been any good at dancing! NEIL ‘NIGHT FEVER’, EDITOR How come they get to dress up? KAREN ‘DANCING QUEEN’, ART DIRECTOR I’m goin’ back to my roots. MARK ‘DISCO INFERNO’, ASSISTANT EDITOR When I said we’d be celebrating 30 years of Disco, I meant the Land Rover Discovery, you fools! JOHN ‘DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY’, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THANKS TO: Harlequin Party Shop (harlequinthepartyshop.co.uk ) for the costumes. Mark doesn’t dress like this normally (we hope).…

I didn’t know what I was looking at the first time I saw a Discovery. I was driving up the M1 towards Sheffield in spring 1989, when a pair of what looked like Range Rovers with Truckman tops drove past. Being in my Series IIA, I had no chance of keeping up with them; and it was only later, when the Discovery was unveiled, that I realised that they were test mules for the new model. A lot has changed since and the relatively primitive vehicle (compared to current models) from 30 years ago is now a true classic. But the lineage is sound – it has always been a 4x4 for the family and a vehicle you can depend on to get you to your destination, in comfort, whatever the terrain or…

1st prize LACHLAN CAMERON WINS A SEALEY ½in SQ DR CALIBRATED MICROMETER TORQUE WRENCH ‘Lachlan perfectly captures the appeal of wild camping in the Scottish Highlands at Glen Etive. His 1990 Defender 90 with Front Runner roof tent proved ideal transport.’ NEIL WATTERSON, EDITOR 2nd prize TOM HAWCUTT WINS A SEALEY 5W CREE XPG LED HEAD TORCH ‘Tom puts two great icons together with his Defender 90 under the Millau Viaduct in France. It was part of his epic 4000-mile Euro trip.’ NEIL WATTERSON, EDITOR…

For stockists, to order a free catalogue, or to buy online, go to sealey.co.uk 1st PRIZE Sealey Welding Helmet Auto Darkening Shade 9-13 (S01001) LIST PRICE £77.94 2nd PRIZE Sealey Breaker Bar Extendable1/2in Square Drive (AK7315) LIST PRICE £50.34 For a chance to see one of your pics in print, send them to wolr@LRO.com. Include a vehicle description, where the pic was taken and names of anyone in the photo. Please send us the biggest file sizes you have. Well done to first prize winner Lachlan Cameron who wins a Sealey ½in Sq Dr Calibrated Torque Wrench. Second prize, a Sealey 5W CREE XPG LED Head Torch goes to Tom Hawcutt.…

Mike Nellist was never interested in Land Rovers. Sure, he could see other people were, but that enthusiasm passed him by. After all, why would you be interested in an old Defender? Rusty and crusty, old-school technology, noisy, uncomfortable. Obviously, the world is full of much better vehicles. Mike knows all about that because he has his own business, which can fairly claim to be Cheshire’s leading Mini specialist – and we’re talking new Mini here, BMW’s slick, urban object of desire. Mike’s a factory-trained vehicle technician. ‘I worked mostly on Rover 200 cars,’ he tells us. ‘As part of the apprenticeship we went to Solihull and had a go on their off-road course.’ Still not interested? ‘Well, I always liked the look of them, but I didn’t need a 4x4.’…

Inspiration for the 110 came from Mike’s family – especially the kids, who loved his previous green 90 but soon outgrew it. Camping weekends in remote areas are what this truck is all about. Bacon can be sizzling within minutes thanks to easy access through those gullwing lockers, and cooking gear being attached to the rear door. Also in the pipeline is a roof tent for Mum and Dad.…