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THE original Range Rover has a fearsome reputation for corrosion, mainly concerning the inner steel bodyshell which hides many areas and joints where moisture sits or flows, and where corrosion can really take hold. These areas include inner wings, scuttle panel, footwells, rear door apertures, rear crossmember – the list goes on.
One of the easiest areas to check, and most accessible to repair, is the boot/load space floor. Early models had aluminium alloy floors riveted in place, but in the 1980s the body became spot-welded and the boot floor was changed to a steel panel. Typically, these corrode along the edges and above the fuel tank filler pipe. Localised repairs are possible but, because of the spot-weld construction, the easiest and neatest fix is to simply replace the boot floor as
