1997 Land Rover Discovery Offroader Rock Crawler on 2040-cars
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
If you have been looking for an Expedition vehicle this black beauty might be worth your consideration. This is a fully loaded Disco. Power everything and it even has heated seats and 2 sunroofs. Nice European leather interior. It is loaded with some of the best equipment for off-road driving and serious expedition travel. This Disco would also make a great starting platform for an awesome rock crawler.
Good: This Disco has a long list of aftermarket parts worth much more than the starting bid. Front and rear RoverTym bumpers, and matching side rock sliders. Front and rear skid plats. Legendary Hannibal Safari aluminum roofrack. Completely reworked suspension including coilovers, Bilsteins, front and rear link assemblies, rear shock mounts, etc., etc., even minor things like extended stainless braided brake lines. 5 steel NATO wheels with Interco’s TrXus. Bad: Currently, it is being driven daily, but it really should not be bought to be a daily commute vehicle – it’s a weekend toy. It has aftermarket exhaust which is very load. You might like that or you might not. The engine light is on. According to my mechanic it is due to O2 sensors. I did not bother to change them and the light has been on for years, but motor seems to be running strong as always. In my state due to its age I do not need to pass emissions test, but your state might be different and you might need to replace O2. You also might want to replace rotors and pads. There are signs of minor surface rust here and there. A weekend project to clean and repaint these spots is a good idea. It has been used as an offroad expedition toy so minor scratches and other imperfections should be expected. Also, I unplugged rear power windows for safety while rock crawling. Bottom line this Disco is a great starting point for a rock crawler build. Add a winch, lockers and higher gears, and you got yourself an awesome rig. All sales are final. Sold As Is, Where Is. Good luck. |
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Well, we're guessing Jaguar Land Rover knew that, as the British company was kind enough to loan out its climactic testing chamber to Jaco van Gass and Luke Darlington, a pair of veterans wounded in their service to Queen and Country. Van Gass, a former private in the Royal Army, and Darlington, a Royal Marine, are attempting to earn a spot on the British Armed Forces cycling team for the upcoming Invictus Games.
The Games, inspired by the Warrior Games held in the United States, are a sporting competition reserved for injured servicemen and women, either active duty or veterans, and is slated to take place from September 10 to 14 in London's former Olympic venues. Van Gass lost his left arm below the elbow after getting hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (he also suffered from a collapsed lung, punctured internal organs, severe shrapnel and blast wounds, a broken tibia and a fractured knee). Darlington, meanwhile, suffered a traumatic brain injury during action in Afghanistan, and he now suffers from weakness in his right side and cognitive issues.
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The first time we did this, my chosen Fiat 500 Abarth took about a third of the popular vote in our reader poll. The second time, my lovely 1980 Oldsmobile 442 did just a little bit better against a 1989 BMW 635 CSi. Despite holding the opinion that my automotive choices, though perhaps a little bit more... obscure than my fellow editors, are still better, an outright win would go a long way toward boosting my vehicular self worth a few notches upward.
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