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Last year, Heritage Classic Car Insurance worked with Land Rover Monthly to introduce Drive 25: a magazine full of driving adventures and info about your Landy. This year, we’re excited to announce that ‘Drive 25’ is back – this time as a feature in Land Rover Monthly magazine. Over the next 6 months, you’ll get to hear 25 Landy stories from people all over the UK; their favourite destinations, best memories and the history behind every single Land Rover. We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we did!
STEVE PURVIS, WARWICKSHIRE
@STEVE_OVERLAND
OCCUPATION: Colour & Trim Coordinator at JLR
MY DRIVE: Defender 110, converted for camping/expedition travel
FAVOURITE DESTINATIONS: Spain/Morocco/Australia
DREAM LAND ROVER TRIP: ‘The big lap’, Australia
THE EBAY DEFENDER: Steve’s Defender was an eBay purchase about four years ago that he went up on the train with a pocket full of cash to collect and the 400-mile return journey to Warwickshire was the first time he drove it.
‘‘It started as a green pick-up,’‘ said Steve. ‘‘I had a very specific plan for this vehicle and I knew what I wanted – a 300Tdi, and a galvanised chassis.’’
The Defender had belonged to a landscaper and, in Steve’s words, looked like someone had attacked it with a sledgehammer. There was also the state of the wiring loom, which was pretty terrifying. ‘‘A lorry nearly drove into the back of us – it turned out we had no rear brake lights. When I looked underneath, the top of the chassis was covered in yellow and green domestic electrical tape. We just took the whole lot out and replaced it.’’
Only the three doors and the bonnet remain – it’s had a new tub and wings, and
