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    RRC paint thoughts

    My 1993 LWB is Beluga (with a shitty Maaco respray from 2 owners ago) and I've always hated the colour, but you take what you can get when you look for these things. I've been thinking Portofino Red when the restoration gets there (a while yet). I'd keep the inner shell black, as it's in...
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    Looking for a journal...

    Undoubtedly one of the best Land Rover trip journal sites, ever. This kind of stuff is severely lacking in the era of Instagram. The Africa Overland Network is a great source for these indie trip sites. Unfortunately a lot of older links are broken, but anything you can get to from back then...
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    When to buy Genuine

    There's some major quality issues with Genuine rotors the past...2-3 years at this point, maybe? A few years ago, the "most reliable rule" was to go all-Genuine to reduce the "theoretical more likely issues" that might creep up with generic or Lucas-brand components, but that logic doesn't seem...
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    Feeler -- 1995 RRC LWB Sell It?

    I drove an RRC in high school, totally awesome high school truck. Big, safe, cool, quirky. Mine was never mint. That said, that was 11 years ago, it was only 14 years old, parts were more easily available, and Classic values were pretty much bottomed out by 2007, the current uptick unthinkable...
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    discovery 1 rh mirror $20

    Sweet, check your PMs. :)
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    discovery 1 rh mirror $20

    Does it have glass?
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