My Adventures & Love/Hate relationship with an 03 Disco dubbed 'Chanel'
 

Figured I start a thread to chronicle my adventures and wrenching/outfitting a Chawton White 2003 Disco II. I dubbed her 'Chanel' since she's a little fancy, always spends my money and definitely high maintenance.

The day I brought her home summer 2014

Bought her from a couple down in Woodbridge CT, a soccer mom used to drive her around and just purchased a brand new one.

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Got to cracking on the major service list that disco mike posted with the help of my buddy AJ who rocks a disco I.

Then tried her out at the old missile launch 'nike site' in Manchester, CT….works well

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Jojo the dog, loving this thing and the low windows

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Trail riding in Middletown, CT two weeks later…little muddy

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Of course she wanted to drive and now she's hooked too

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My favorite pic of the day
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So next on the agenda was to source parts based on functionality and making this thing unstoppable

Found a used OME HD lift kit and TJM winch bumper for a sweet deal on disco web

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Someone at UPS was being a dick and stuck seven, yes SEVEN un-peelable stickers on it during shipping

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much more to post, I leave you with the next stop
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Love it

Quick breakdown of the Muddy Chef Challenge
-all land rover event
-camped out at the famous Lime Rock Park (God I love waking up to the sound of porsche engines roaring and the smell of race gas :elk grin: )
-cooking contest which proved to be a great time
-trail ride through the old logging trails in NY
-visit to the Crown Maple Estates
-trip to Orvis Sandanona for the land rover obstacle course
-Plus it was sponsored by Harpoon and American Harvest vodka - count me in!

Orvis:

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Drooled over this defender for a while, owner was a stand up dude

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Obstacle course

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First on the scene to a series that tipped over due to a top heavy roof top tent, got it back up with virtually no damage, these rovers can take a beating

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The photographer for the event captured my favorite pic of the day

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She ran the course too, the instructor Gene definitely gave us a crash course on off roading and what the rover is capable of

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Off to the Crown maple estates for drinks and hors d'oeuvres
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this 90 was a beast
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back at camp

Gene's disco II
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harpoon on tap
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Couldn't be more proud of her, she won 2nd in best entree and a gift certificate to Atlantic British (which of course I helped her use) :26_7_2:

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On the logging trails

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Got a bunch more footage on the good camera, when I quit being lazy i'll get those up.

Overall fantastic event, definitely will be back next year



until next time I leave you with Jojo the dog wondering where we're going next
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