transientmechanic's new 95 Discovery

[proper4wd]

1995 Discovery, 143k. Stock, new stock size tires. Manual leather seats with sunroofs. Southern truck, originally from Texas then Georgia. NO rust. Not a spec anywhere. This is why I bought it. It runs great, although in typical Land Rover fashion I've owned it for more than a week but have only been able to drive it 3 days because I had to rebuild the distributor! (With no garage, no workbench, in a muddy dirt parking lot)

It's nice to be back in a Rover again... I have had plenty before (87 RRC, 88 RRC, 93 LWB, 64 IIA 88") but have taken a 3-year hiatus and driven a Jeep Rubicon. Until I totaled it 2 weeks ago

Took the Discovery up to the orchard near here (see above) and then down to "the tubs", a waterfall/glacial rock formation that we swim at in the summer.

The tubs:

I have stuff left over from both the Jeep and previous Rovers. This will get my old OME MD lift with Bilsteins, 265/75R16 Cooper ST's on Defender rims, the winch from the Jeep on a custom bumper, and rock sliders.

I will post progress here.

 

[Abel Villesca]

Cool rig!

 

[sven]

Great color and year!

 

[KevinNY]

"The Tubs" look great too.

 

[datrupr]

Very nice. Congrats on the new Rover. Sorry about the loss of your Jeep though.

 

[Scott Brady]

I love that color. Congrats!

 

[Antichrist]

Nice find. Just in time for mud season

 

[Oilburner]

Get it!

My favorite Disco colour. Looks clean, which is half the battle!

JL

 

[jham]

building your own bumpers?

 

[clalor]

Nice looking Disco!

 

[proper4wd]

Springs and shocks are installed along with new tires. I was shopping around between a few different choices, but settled on the Maxxis Bighorns in 265/75R16. I was able to get them locally for $160 each mounted and balanced, plus a $100 credit for my old (basically brand new) tires. I have been very impressed by their performance so far, on road and off.

Springs are OME 761s in front, and 764s in back. The back rides a little low compared to the front, but that is because I travel with quite a bit of tools and gear all the time. I don't have a garage or anything at the moment, so everything stays in the truck all the time.

Some pics from this past weekend, courtesy of my friend Shavit:

Yes the front bumper is a little tweaked and the trim piece below the RF headlight is missing Does anybody have one laying around?

I've been going through all the mechanicals as well; its had a full tuneup, distributor rebuild, rear brakes and wheel bearings, fuel pump, fuel filter, etc. Front brakes are next. I'm upgrading to Defender calipers and vented rotors.

 

[jeff_wright]

Nice shots. It looks like you jumped in with both feet with the old girl. Any more pictures of you and the silver DII on the trail?

 

[Oilburner]

You've had it a month and it's already bashed! :sombrero:

 

[FourByLand]

Welcome back to Rovers!