The organisers of Beaulieu’s famous motoring events are delighted to announce that running alongside its famous Spring Autojumble, on Sunday 19th May, one extra event field will again be dedicated to the very popular annual Spring Old Sodbury Land Rover Sortout which this year will be set up by the Read more »
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LAND ROVER SUPPORTS LEWIS MOODY IN ‘GREATEST CHALLENGE’
Land Rover has today announced its support for Lewis Moody and the team in the Yukon Arctic Ultra, billed as the toughest Ultra Marathon in the world. Former England captain Lewis Moody will be taking part in the challenge alongside polar adventurer Alan Chambers MBE and Phil Wall, founder of Read more »
LAND ROVER-SPONSORED RACE2RECOVERY BECOMES FIRST DISABILITY TEAM TO COMPLETE THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST RACE: THE DAKAR
Team of injured soldiers overcome 8570 km of racing through giant dunes, rough terrain in searing heat with longest daily stage of 852 km 18 months of preparation, hard work and tireless dedication result in first disability team to finish the toughest race in the world Race2Recovery achieve the extraordinary Read more »
Smelly Land Rover?
If you’re planning on letting a girly into your Land Rover, or are a girly yourself (or just a bit of a girly, like Yours Truly), then you may want the interior to smell nice. A 110 Land Rover is a big old unit and is probably full of all Read more »
Land Rover 110 For Sale On eBay
I’m shuddering as I type this….but I actually listed my 100 Land Rover for sale on eBay. Yes, Murpha and I very nearly parted company. I can’t remember exactly when, but looking at the date of my old saved documents, it may have been around January 2012. I was going Read more »
New Starter Motor – New Beginning?
Avid readers of my website (Hi, mum!) will be aware that, although I am over the moon with Murpha’s 200tdi engine and gearbox conversion, I was having intermittent starting problems. It seemed I’d sorted this out – it was just a bad earth – and I wrote about it. You Read more »
Murpha’s Muff
Last year (2012), we had a bit of snow. Not vast amounts, but enough to make the whole of the UK grind to a halt. Well, those who didn’t have a 4×4 vehicle, anyway. At the time, Murpha was running a standard non-turbo 2.5-litre diesel engine. Even in the summer, Read more »
New Tyres (And Pants!) Required!
Not long after I first got my 110 Land Rover, she was MOT’d and went through with flying colours. Not long after that, she scared the crap out of me! I was happily driving along a dual carriageway at about 50mph, which was pushing it with the old engine, when Read more »
Engine Service
My apologies if you’ve landed on this page via a Google search for ‘land Rover engine service instructions’, or something similar. This isn’t a ‘how-to’, just an observational piece. When I first got my 110, as with any car I’ve bought, I decided to give it a quick service. I Read more »
Side Exit Exhaust
When my engine transplant was nearly finished, I was talking to Si at Hangar 53 about the exhaust. To be honest, I trust him there and don’t ask too many questions – he’ll have everything under control. Anyway, he was telling me that the old exhaust system was now in Read more »