CHARLIE Baron’s daily driver is a 2004 Defender 90 Td5 but, like most of us, he always knew that one Land Rover was never going to be enough. There are already others in the family: dad Rupert drives a 2012 110 station wagon and also has an immaculate 1958 Series II that was restored by DLR in 2018 and won the Best Restoration class at the Land Rover Legends show in 2019.
Charlie decided early last year that it was time he acquired an older Land Rover as well, something interesting and preferably with a V8 under the bonnet. An early Range Rover classic was the initial target, but that’s not quite how things worked out.
“I couldn’t find a decent Range Rover classic for my budget, and I didn’t want to take on a full rebuild,” Charlie tells me. “In February 2022 I chanced upon a V8 One Ten on the website and went to have a look. I could see it was something interesting and it was in excellent shape with less than 50,000 genuine miles on the clock, so I
