My Lightweight restoration

[moorpark]

Hello, I'm new here and I'd like to share my Land Rover Lightweight (Ligero)
All I have to do is put in a 5 speed gear box, which I have. I had to put everything on hold; baby on the way and I ran out of funds.

[moorpark]

[SafeAirOne]

Wow. Air-portable AND Santana! Nice.

I suspect you don't live in my neighborhood.

[moorpark]

I'm in NC

[SafeAirOne]

I'm in NC

Really. I had a whole different continent in my imagination, based on the pics of your rovers.

[o2batsea]

Looks great!
Though, Santanas aren't Land Rovers. Some would say that in many ways they are a bit better made.

[SalemRover]

Looks great!
Though, Santanas aren't Land Rovers. Some would say that in many ways they are a bit better made.

Made with better bits, mostly. Looks nice, I am going to retract my statement if that dash is stock though. That and the thought of mykids randomly yankin fuses yelling bombs away as they fly out...

[moorpark]

The dash is stock. We scrapped everything off of it and painted it. The fuse cover was broken so we fabricated one.

[moorpark]

Looks great!
Though, Santanas aren't Land Rovers. Some would say that in many ways they are a bit better made.

Do you have any articles or supporting information about this? I love driving them and would love to read up on them a bit more

[o2batsea]

The Wikipedia article is a good start. After that just start googling.
Santana nabbed a deal to build vehicles under license from Land Rover back in the 1960s. They are a Spanish company. They still make trucks today that resemble Defenders.