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Hello Fellow Auto Lankans, So I was able to acquire a 1997 Land Rover Discovery 1 a couple of months ago. This is from the last batch of Disco 1`s that came out before the Disco 2 was released with the TD5 motor, so is having a couple of air bags and ABS as standard (plus some basic creature comforts such as: aircon, power windows, heated mirrors, etc…). The truck is powered by the ever popular 300Tdi turbo diesel motor, coupled to a R380 manual box (plus a transfer case with low range and a center diff lock). I know that there are a bunch of LR enthusiasts in SL and a whole heap of Defenders which are set-up quite brilliantly, but don’t know whether there`s much enthusiasm on Disco`s. It’ll be awesome to get to know a fellow Disco owner on the forum (plus LR owners in general), so we’ll see how it goes. My intention is to slowly set up the truck as a capable tourer to take me to remote places and back. Thought of writing this up to record the progress of the truck as it evolves, this is going to be a slow process guys, so please be patient. Hopefully I`ll be able to share information with fellow Landy Owners and this thread might help someone someday in some way. On a different note, I quite enjoy the fact that the general Sri Lankan community over here cannot comprehend the concept of buying a 15 year old noisy truck which is not even a Toyota or a Nissan..! I just reply: “oh I just have to do some work in the garden so need to haul material and stuff so that’s why I got this..”, just to put them out of their misery. LoL..!! Heck even some British guys roll their eyes seeing the Disco, they believe old Disco`s have a whole heap of issues in general. Here`s a pic of the truck in it’s natural habitat: TO be continued…