The original ROVERHAUL
In the Fall of 2003, ROVERHAUL started with a complete restoration of our 1971 Land Rover Series IIA.
We stripped it down to the frame—touching nearly every nut, bolt and rivet along the way. It wasn’t just a restoration, it was a learning process. At the time, I loved driving cars, but had very little experience working on them.
That project changed everything.
It wouldn’t have happened without the right people. Chris, Sam, Faris, and Kal were all part of it—Sam pushed me to start, and Faris gave us the space (and a lot more). What began as a hobby quickly became something bigger.
Looking back over twenty years later, it’s clear that experience shaped what ROVERHAUL is today—built on curiosity, problem-solving, and making things better for the way we actually use our Rovers.
Starting with the major restoration of a 1971 Land Rover Series IIA, ROVERHAUL grew into a hub for that restoration, a Land Rover Picture Gallery and Ovalnews, a Land Rover news site.
Currently between projects, I promise that 1981 Range Rover will drive like new one day. I’ve put up all the pictures (almost 1600) from the restoration along with some specific articles about what we did and how. I still hear from so many people asking all sorts of questions. I really try my best to answer each one. The number one question is always, “Can you restore my Rover?”. And I always have to answer the same way, these are all personal projects and not a true commercial endeavor. I do recommend anyone who has the passion, time and means to go for it. It’s a really interesting and rewarding project.
The Picture Galleries now have over 6000 images. You can see our projects, Land Rovers through the years and our huge collection of Land Rover advertisements, Press Releases and Official Photography. You can get a real feel for how Land Rover has advertised the vehicles from 1948 through today.
Our ROVERHAUL.com YouTube Channel is a great source for Land Rover videos. We’ve made our own and curated playlists of some others.
OVALNEWS started as a way to document the stuff other Land Rovers sites didn’t. Lately it’s evolved into a place for me to post the latest Pivi Pro release notes. There’s a huge archive there for people interested in the old commentary.