Years ago when imports started creeping into the country I went with my brother to look at a DR30 at some backyard importers house. the car was a bucket of shit, shit interior, f**ked gearbox, etc etc... so he didnt end up buying the car. but i started researching them on the Internet and really wanted to buy one, so after I got my part time job I saved and saved.
I was also fortunate enough to live near Tom Monkhouse, so saw his beast driving around the streets, there was also a clean DR the same as mine in the area, it sounded tough as nails.
Unfortunatly the few DR's that came up for years were pretty expensive, with rust, crap interiors or other problems. I then thought about getting one imported, but then gave up on the idea of buying an import. Then one day at my brothers house, his friend mentioned their other mate had a DR in his shed that had been sitting there for over a year, I should make him an offer because it was ment to be really clean example, I had remembered breifly seeing it once before.... Before I had even inspected the car I brought it.... It turned out to be the cheapest one I had seen over the years and the best condition also the colour I wanted, same interior and wheels
here she is 2 years later