Bowie69

Have two batteries, charge them in parallel, and draw for the radio off them in series..... 12V in, 24V out.... althought you will probably need to upgrade your 12V alternator -this is if you want to run them int eh truck of course! If you just want to run them on a bench then 2x12V batteries in series is fine.

Now this is tempting....... A relatively stock Range/Series 3 would be alright here?

It looks a pretty standard switch unit, try www.rswww.com -they normally hold just about anything electrical, failing that, try an electrical contractors locally, theny ou can pick and choose and get some advice at the same time

Got a footpedal you have to hold? Or worse, a missing footpedal!

I was more thinking along these lines : And: What you think

Mine was a LOT worse than that, and managed to fabricate a panel -to be honest, yours looks like you should be able to remove it, de-rust it, paint and re-fit.... honestly it does NOT look bad! Mine took 2 days of fabrication to fix, one layer of the bottom metal was basically missing, and 90% of the front curved bit beneath the vents..... Needless to say it is now anti-rust primered, and lots of top coats to protect, oh, and waxoyl in the cavity behind the curved bit below the vents.... Hope that helps a bit, I unfortunately don'y have any pics of it off the vehicle

Bucket + football + Land Rover kind of putting?

A RRC is a good choice for a 'first' in my opinion because it still has a lot of the luxuries, and quietness of a regular car, just you can do stupid things with them as well I don't think you'd be disappointed, put it that way

Cool, I'll do a drive-by one of these days

DOT4 is fine in it, DOT3 is just lower specifications, DOT5 is a totally different kettle of fish.....

Hour from me... sounds like fun! Where exactly are you? You got a webby yet?

I had a funny moment with my insurer, I just bought a Range for £500 yet they insisted I had an alarm/immobiliser on it.................. Sometimes logic is torn up when finance is involved.

Sounds like a scaffold tube....

Depending on what you currently have (asuuming it is petrol form your comment) then a 5-bearing 2.25 petrol will most likely go faster in a straight line than teh diesel. But to make it more relaxed, an overdrive and 7.50x16 tyres help a lot by bringing the torque curve of the engine to a more helpful place.