Awww lannyman, she's lovely! No wonder you're kicking yourself :S But its when it all gets to cost too much, the rot carrys on even if they're mothballed and the costs escalate... They're super pics, exactly how a landrover should look! I am VERY much liking the Afgan playmobile, super nice... the smoking crater behind it is an inspired bit of positioning =)
I think where the landys win is the simplicity of fixing in the field- bit of damp in the electrics of the modern stuff and you're screwed whereas farmers have been keeping these ole gals ticking for years, mostly on baler twine!
Congrats to you, Spandit, on achieving mud ingestion into the carb, well played