The magazine that covers all you need to know about your Land Rover. Every month our team of experts will bring you inspiring features on inspiring UK and overseas driving and adventures, stunning restorations, technical knowledge and how-to instructions, news, views and opinions on all things Land Rover, old and new!
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Classic Defender V8 hijacks Defender Octa colour palette
Defender tackles leaf menace on the rails
Electric Defenders keep Kenyan safari lodge running year-round
JLR to cut over 50,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions with a new crosscar beam
Life-saving Ada’s fond farewell
LETTERS
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PRODUCTS
GARY PUSEY THE ENTHUSIAST • It’s pantomime season!
THOM WESTCOTT ROVING REPORTER • Rediscovering the Discovery
JACK DOBSON DOBBO DOWN UNDER • Mighty month of maintenance
TOM BARNARD MARKET NEWS • Avoiding divorce by passing the buck
So you want to repair Land Rovers for a living? • Drawing on a couple of decades in the trade, Richard Hall has some entertaining and blunt advice for those wanting to try it themselves
Promoting your business
HEAVY METAL • Land Rovers play an instrumental part in thriving military vehicle restoration business-turned hit YouTube channel, Mr Hewes. LRM visits the impressive workshops to find out how
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Supporting the business
AFRICA’S WILD FRONTIER • Cliff Fawcett reveals why Angola’s untamed landscapes make for one epic overland adventure
RED WHARF NINETY • JLR hosted several celebratory events for the Defender and its ancestors ahead of production ending in early 2016 – this Ninety played a key part in one of the most memorable celebrations
ANNIE THE AMBULANCE • Between 1951 and 1956, almost 10,000 licence-built Land Rovers were assembled in Belgium, the majority for use by the country’s relatively small armed forces. This ambulance was among them
A DAY WITH MILLERS OILS • Millers Oils is as old as the motor car itself. We visit one of the UK’s longest established lubricant companies, which has been supplying garages, owners and car manufacturers since way before the very first Land Rover was launched
KEEPING YOUR LAND ROVER HEALTHY
RC4WD D90 • Peter Gray tests a ready-to-run Defender 90 model that doesn’t skimp on detail
TRIED & TESTED
Keeping up appearances • There’s patina and then there’s tatty. Tom’s Ninety was half and half
Tdi time • Martin replaces his One Ten’s leaky old engine
3 FOR £3
Life savers • LRM reader George Surgenor has used tractors and Land Rovers to fundraise for charity, and his 90 serves as a reminder of those who fought for their country. George takes up the story
EVENTS
LRM TECH BRITPART • Pay more, live longer
ED EVANS advises
RETRIM A VINYL SEAT • Land Rover seats often lead hard lives. Thankfully, bringing them back to as-new condition isn’t as expensive or difficult as you might think
DEFENDER REAR TUB • When building a rear body tub, geometrical and bonding accuracy is vital, as Steve Miller learns during this professional tub build
REPLACING AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR • Replacing an air con compressor on a V6 diesel is not for the faint-hearted. Ed follows the process as Steve Grant gives a textbook demonstration of patience and keyhole surgery
JAGUAR ENTHUSIASTS CLUB
1984 LAND ROVER NINETY • RORY FRASER, TIMBER FRAME BUILDING BUSINESS OWNER, ROSS-SHIRE, SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS