Pollywog

Would DVLA allow a personalised registration to be transfered to a Q plated vehicle? If vehicles are given Q plates or new registrations how does that effect the emissions tests at MOT time & for that matter taxation classes?

Could you re-coat the swivels somehow? I'm sure I've seen threads about filling and recoating pitted swivels. Or is there something worse going on with yours?

Early 90/110 brake pedal assemblies with the type 50 servo will also bolt in place if you can't get a good series 3 one. I put a Defender one in my current project just yesterday to go with a disc conversion, I did have to rebend the pedal to straighten it up as it is bent to the right on a Defender not leaving much room in my footwell. Later type 80 servos are much bigger and you'll probably have difficulty making one fit in a 2A. It's worth having a read of this: http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/dual_brake_conv.htm As everyone else has said it's worth stripping down and refurbing your current arrangement, and making sure it's all properly adjusted before you decide to change too much as a lot of folk are happy with the standard. If you decide to go even further then there are a few disc conversions available. The Zeus kit is the cheapest but uses E-Type calipers and machined discs and won't take standard wheels, the Rocky Mountain kit uses GM parts and machined discs and again won't take standard wheels, the Heystee & Roam kits are the best as they use replacement swivel housings and hubs designed to take standard Defender parts but they are also the most expensive. I went for the Heystee kit as after reading the problems people are now having getting spares for the old Chris Perfect systems I decided getting a kit that uses standard LR spares would be best as I plan to keep the vehicle for a long time. It will also allow the use of standard rims and looking at it built up I think I'd even be ok with 15" rims if I wanted to. Esentially when I've finished I will have an early Defender brake system in my Series 3 but it would of been cheaper to buy an early Defender...

I would imagine that the lack of autojumble at Eastnor was down to the fact many didn't want to go back after the disaster they had last year. I know I heard a couple of traders saying they may not bother next year due to it being quite a quiet weekend. On the plus side as a buyer it was nice to be able to look things over on the saturday and not have to worry that it would be sold by the time I went back on the sunday.