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— v1.3.0

July 2026

+Build Journals — document your complete Land Rover build, restoration, or ownership history. log repairs, services, parts sourced, problems, and milestones. link entries to CFP1 guides and the parts registry. set service intervals with date and odometer reminders — CFP1 sends a reminder email 30 days before each service is due. share publicly, with the community, or keep private. available to WRENCH and WORKSHOP subscribers.

— v1.2.0

June 2026

+Land Rover club affiliation — verify your membership with a recognised Land Rover club and earn a club member badge on your profile and contributions. submit your club name and membership number from your account page. verified by CFP1 admin within 1–2 business days. verified club members receive 1 year of WORKSHOP plan access at no charge.
+Badge system launched — ten badges available to earn through activity and contributions on CFP1: Founding Member (joined before public launch) · Solihull (7 consecutive days logged in) · Galvanised Chassis (30 days as a paid subscriber) · Feeler Gauge (first guide proposal or edit submitted) · 1st Gear (first published guide) · Clean Rag (3 published guides) · Overdrive (first field-tested confirmation) · Happy Tappet (5 field-tested confirmations) · Parts Whisperer (5 parts registry contributions) · The Anglesey (10 published guides and 10 field-tested confirmations)
+Additional profile badges — Club Member badge for verified Land Rover club members, displaying your club name on all contributions and discussions. Maintainer badge for CFP1 assigned maintainers. Workshop badge for all WORKSHOP plan subscribers. Founding Contributor badge for original founding contributors.

— v1.1.0

April 2026

+WORKSHOP subscribers can now write and submit complete original repair guides
+Full CFP1 protocol form — vehicle, engine, steps, torque specs, warnings, variants
+Guide quality tier system: community / verified / field-tested / canonical
+All existing guides upgraded to verified tier
+New admin review queue for submitted original guides
+Defender 90, 110, 130 added to model filters and guide form
+Series IIA Forward Control added
+Series IIB Forward Control added
+101 Forward Control added
+"write a guide" navigation link for WORKSHOP users
+My drafts page at /guides/drafts
+One Ten (1983–1990) added as supported model
+Ninety (1983–1990) added as supported model
+Discovery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 added as supported models
+Discovery Sport (2014–present) added as supported model
+Defender Wolf — Military added with correct model name
+Defender Perentie — Australia added with correct model name
+NAS Defender — North America added with correct model name
+Defender High Capacity Pickup 130 HCPU added
+Series 1 (1948–1958) added as active supported model — community guides open
+Series IIA Lightweight (1968–1971) added — military GS/FFR, air-portable variants supported
+Series III Lightweight (1971–1984) added — GS/FFR/Ambulance, 24V electrical variants supported
+Freelander 1 (1997–2006) added — K-series, V6, L-series, TD4 engine variants supported
+Freelander 2 (2006–2014) added — TD4, SD4, i6 engine variants supported
+Total supported vehicle variants updated to 157

— v1.0.0

April 2026

+CFP1 launched
+READ, WRENCH, WORKSHOP tiers
+Guide versioning system
+Parts registry (beta)
+Issue tracking on guides

— upcoming

~contributor leaderboard
~CFP1000 — CFP1's flagship community event. The CFP1 community attempts to collectively publish 1,000 verified guides in a single month. WORKSHOP contributors write, submit, and earn guide approvals during the event window. A live leaderboard tracks progress toward the milestone in real time. Top contributors earn exclusive CFP1000 badges, permanent recognition on the platform, and founding maintainer status. One month. One thousand guides. Every model. Every contributor. Date to be announced.
~community repair map — an optional map showing where CFP1 contributors are located. find another contributor near you who has done the same job on the same model. not a marketplace — a community proximity tool. opt-in only. your location is never shown without your consent
~guide request board — upvote guides you need that do not exist yet. the most upvoted requests tell the community exactly what to write next. turns passive need into active contribution incentive
~private workshop guides — WORKSHOP subscribers can create private guides: internal SOPs, custom procedures, and build notes — visible only to them. same CFP1 protocol and structure as public guides but never published. your personal mechanical knowledge base
~failure pattern intelligence — as field-tested confirmations accumulate across thousands of guides, CFP1 identifies which components fail most often on which engine variants at which mileage. predictive maintenance intelligence built from real contributor data
~verified parts suppliers and repair specialists — reputable Land Rover parts suppliers and repair specialists added directly to the parts registry. every listed supplier is verified by CFP1. find trusted sources for parts and specialist repairs linked directly to the guides that need them
~Land Rover experiences — events, trails and camping — a curated directory of unique Land Rover experiences hosted by verified enthusiasts and specialists. off-road trails, bush camping weekends, overland routes, and club events. submitted and verified by the CFP1 community
~166 — a monthly virtual meet-up for CFP1 club members. audio and video. one hour. named after HUE 166 — the first production Land Rover ever built. bring your own beer

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