I’ve known the guy for a better part of 10 years, he’s not one to make up stories. We’ve seen this with american cars during the Malaise era, essentially keep the line rolling, it’s final destination will fix it. 

England uses vast amounts of salt through the winter. I know because I lived near that place for over 30 years. It’s a painful necessity.

I can smell sixty-three years of electrical fires.

Man well done on your very thorough and informative response. Gave me a couple good things to read/watch to know my history better. Sincerely appreciated

Restore:

No, David Tracy.

Just think, in 70 Years at the bottom of the ocean this could look like one of your projects:

Oh man they should leave it as is. That’s amazing.

until its engine seized in 1988, at which time it was moved to Birmingham by a new owner with ambitions on a restoration project that never got off the ground

Is it true the first land rovers just used the jeep willy chassis as the starting point and built from there?

Amazingly - and wonderfully - it does not look THAT different from my old girl... (13 years younger...)

Drivers must have had tough knuckles back in the day...

I prefer restored but as for the Defender replacement.

If they don’t touch it, it will rust away to nothing. Even if they don’t restore it, they will at least need to stabilize the metal.

Never understood the allure of Land Rovers. I was speakibg with a restoration specialist at a museum in Naples, and before that, he worked at a Porsche/Land Rover dealer. One day they were unloading them, and the service manager told him that the truck driver complained of one running very rough, so they bring it in,…

Is it true the first land rovers just used the jeep willy chassis as the starting point and built from there?

I can’t decide if I think they should leave it untouched and put it in a museum, or if they should do just enough for it to run and drive, and leave it otherwise.

I feel the same, but since it is literally the first one, I fell like its better if they restore it to how it would leave the factory as physically/legally as possible.

Part of me feels they shouldn’t restore it, as that would just make it another restored Land Rover. I say they bring it up to just running condition and return it to its last use as a power source for demonstration purposes.

The textures look straight out of Fallout: New Vegas. Check the jockey box for spare ammo.