I think the question is what percentage of the truck is LR? If you've got a
different engine and drivetrain and suspension and frame and all you've got
left of the original vehicle is the body and maybe some of the interior, I
don't think it would qualify as a LR since there is less LR than other
stuff. If you've modified it a bit but the majority of the truck is still
Land Rover than I'd still call it a Land Rover.
I don't really care what you do with your truck. If you only bought the
vehicle because of looks, then change the rest if you want. If you bought it
to use as a way to tinker and try out your modification skills, then fill
your boots. If you bought it because you appreciate the vehicle for what it
is, then leave it stock or modify it to whatever extent you're comfortable
with. It's all a matter of opinion. It's like with kit cars. My cousin has a
Jaguar D-type but it's a kit car so to me it is way less interesting than
the real thing. It's kinda neat but nothing I'd get excited about. Other
people might think is almost as good as the original. Some people obviously
like them judging by the number of kit car Shelby Cobras there are around.
Like I said, I really don't care unless somebody is taking a relativly rare
example of something and changing it when they could use something much more
common and have the same outcome.
Niall Forbes
66 IIa 88SW - The Red Zit
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotian Rover - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/forbes/intro.htm
"See the happy moron,
He doesn't give a damn.
I wish I were a moron.
My God! Perhaps I am!"
--author unknown
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