LR sites on Series chassis repair and defender grumbles

"Doorbell" wrote in news:vpZze.116666$ snipped-for-privacy@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

Excellent article on the Defender. Lots of ideas there to replace screws and bolts before they cause corrosion.

I hope to be replacing my 1997 D90 as some stage in the near future but will be looking for a nice clean 1998 model. Don't like what I am hearing about the Td5's.

Another negative thing about the 1997 (and later models) is the obvious thinness of the aluminium body panelling. This vehicle was previously used by a gamekeeper and it seems to have been dented by every twig that touched it. Every time he rested his rifle on the bonnet to shoot a fox he pressed the wings in with his body and elbows and left the marks of the rifle bipod on the bonnet! The 200Tdi was much a much more robust creature.

Derry

So then a general decline in standards, just as well I shall be sticking to my series 3. As for dents, they add charachter :)