My Land Rover Life has been a bit quieter this month. Larry keeps klek-klek-kleking along as a good Td5 should do. There are a few jobs that need doing, none of which are urgent. An oil change wouldn’t go amiss either, but given that I’ve done less that 5000 miles in six months, it’s less a ‘must do’ and more a ‘nice to get out the way.’ Harriet is now a rolling chassis, and I anticipate having the new one delivered within a week or so.

Above – Harriet is now almost fully stripped awaiting her new chassis

It is always an exciting prospect, reaching a milestone in a project and I have inevitably been asking the ‘what next?’ question. These idle thoughts are never helped by the easy accessibility of places such as Facebook Marketplace.

It has a lot to answer for.

Of course, Spare Dave has done nothing to stop this idle wandering. Indeed, he has assisted with the locating of such potential vehicles that would be a bit of fun, or cheap in the outset or just look cool.

There have been plenty of links to £500 Freelander’s – a vehicle both of us are keen to own at one point or another, and several Series 3’s that are similar to Harriet. Then there was that £750 Range Rover with a V8 that hadn’t moved for several years too.

Above – This strange looking 6×6 and Below – This Bob tailed Disco were some of the distractions, sorry Projects, Debbie has been viewing.

I think the best ones though are the ones that are a bit quirky. A bob-tailed Discovery was very nearly added to the Fleet. What was tempting about that was not only was it nearby, it would be the perfect starting point to turn into some sort of off-road monster truck. Having seen the Discovery’s charging around the course at Castlewood Show, both of us want to give that a go some time in the future.

Today, we came across a 6×6 1980 Series 3 that required a good amount of work to get it road worthy. It was a very tempting price, had a lot of potential and had the added bonus of delivery as an option too.

At the moment, we do not own a trailer. I fear for the space on the yard when we finally manage to get a hold of one. Until then though, I think we’re going to stick to the cars that we have and make sure they are road worthy before jumping into another project.