This particular car is a 1972 Suffix B version, the second iteration in the 25 year-long series of models.

Suffix B cars were produced between January and October 1973, making it the shortest production run of any Range Rover model.

It featured many improvements over the more common 'Suffix A such as rear window wash-wipe, better sound deadening, more instrumentation, a larger twin outlet water bottle and much else besides.

This particular Suffix B was hand-picked by its previous owner, a very well-respected Land Rover authority (and the engineering skills behind LOF Clutches), for a full and comprehensive restoration, costing in the end approximately £40,000, with a finish to rival any 're-engineered' example.

Like all Range Rovers from this era, wet weather and time take their toll, and this is where a 'proper restoration' differs from a mere restoration.

He was fully aware of this difference, so this Range Rover's body was fully acid-dipped and neutralised, followed by extensi...