Utopia Restorations was created with the idea of being an automotive lovers dream. We love anything with an engine and want to share our passion. It doesn't matter what you have as long as you enjoy it and are up for an adventure.
We have a range of services from restorations to sales. On here we want to share our journey and our projects. If you have a dream Land Rover, Rally car, bike, we want to help you make it a reality.
Sigh....been here and done this and miss it so about a decade ago. Mine was a black tourer with the alpina variant m20 block along with the limiter set too 8k. Its a 2.7 litre but left in the 2litre gearbox It was also stripped out and drove like a purists dream. We miss it so as we got married in it and even 0ur daughter "camaro" was conceived in that car.
"JCW instead of a Copper S"... erm... it is neither JCW nor Copper [sic]: it is a Cooper S with the optional JCW sport pack (visual update of bumpers, wheels etc. - not the actual JCW with higher performance)
I'm in Vermont.....one of the most land Rover worthy states.....I've had a 96 discovery and a 92 range Rover county. I'm obsessed....I can't stop looking at these vehicles. I'm. Perplexed cuz I want one of these to be a "practical" vehicle here in the states but everything I hear is that they're too far out of reach......every blip and oil change is too far out of reach.....toooo expensive
The MD Mason might even tell you about the two duff engines he supplied me with One had a very impressive spec on paper which was a complete fabrication and pack of lies it was described by the person he employs in a sub contact basis as total rubbish Don’t get involved with these clowns
Helpful video. I'm actively looking at D2s for an overlanding build, but keep getting put off by all the noise online about terrible reliability. What's your experience of the D2 from that perspective? Obviously they're an old car now, but here certainly seems to be a lot of people getting good fun out of them.
They are great for overlanding and have a lot of space, the big one to look out for is chassis a new one is £4k plus install they can be over £7.5k, the engines are cheap and relatively easy to install. I would look for rust any water in the cabin.
I'm actively looking at D2s for an overlanding build, but keep being put off by all the noise online about terrible reliability. What's your experience of them?
I have had a D2 and a Td5 defender and had no reliability issues. Saying that I did definitely buy well and feel fortunate for that. If you want one defiantly waiting for the right one to come up for sale.
I love these little quirky cars. It's still crazy to me that BMW/MINI didn't bother putting that little door on the other side for right hand drive markets. If the much less experienced Hyundai did it for their vastly less popular Veloster, I'm sure BMW could have done it too. Seems like a lazy decision...luckily I live in the US, but man it must suck for you guys!
