Land Rover Monthly

The magazine that covers all you need to know about your Land Rover

The future’s bright

IN THIS ISSUE…

NEWS

LANDROVER MONTHLY

LETTERS

YOUR PICTURES

PRODUCTS

The unfortunate truth about EV ownership • Award-winning journalist Gary Pusey is co-author of Range Rover The First Fifty, trustee of The Dunsfold Collection and a lifelong Land Rover enthusiast.

South African adventures • Thom is a British freelance journalist who has written for The Times and The Guardian, and now mostly spends her time reporting from Libya.

I spy something beginning with L and R… • When Brit Jack Dobson emigrated to Australia in 2010 he took his passion for Land Rovers along with him.

Car ad detective • Tom Barnard is an author, veteran motoring journalist and LRM’s market guru

Cambelt calamity

Calamity averted

When road tests go wrong

THE DAY OF THE D4 • With greater availability and falling prices, the Discovery 4 is now ripe for upgrading. Alisdair Cusick reports on how one owner has modified his D4 to make it more practical and capable off-road

REV’S RESTO • New mental health and wellbeing project launches with the stripdown of a 1975 Series III

PATINA POWER • This bonkers Series I might look innocent, but it packs a serious 435bhp punch

THE SERIAL SEDUCER… • There’s always something special about the first, and when the number one in question is a low-mileage and very original CSK, it’s small wonder that a succession of owners has been seduced…

DESERT VETE RAN • The expedition One Ten owned in the 1980s by veteran desert explorer Squadron Leader Tom Sheppard MBE certainly has a tale to tell…

The Reckoning • We finally get to experience the Grenadier, both on and off-road, when we join Expedition 1.0 in the Scottish Highlands

Ten years in, a ten-step plan • Alisdair’s 2023 looks to be Range Rover-themed

Fired up, ready to go • This month Trevor has mostly been dealing with unwilling Td5s

MARVELLOUS MALVERN • The sun shone down on the stunning Malvern hills for the first outing in the 2023 LRM events calendar

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Spirit of Defender • Projects, repairs, modifications and advice

FINAL JOBS: DOORS, LIGHTS AND INTERIOR • Trevor completes the rebuild of his classic pick-up truck, looks back over the project, and decides to put the new wagon to work

FLUSHING A HEATER CORE • Unhappy with your heater output? Alisdair Cusick explains what may be wrong and how to make your heater efficient again

TORQUE BACK • EXPERT ADVICE AND READERS’ TIPS

THE FINAL TOUCHES • The Freelander project rolls in comfortably under-budget, as Ed questions whether he’s got value for his money and time, and receives a little shock

STOP SALISBURY AXLE OIL LEAKS • How to fix a diff pinion leak and stop it from happening again

EVENTS • FIND THE LATEST EVENTS AT LANDROVERMONTHLY.CO.UK/EVENTS/

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