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mcma1



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Interesting defender on eBay....oh dear
Post #222728 27th Mar 2013 9:48pm
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appaloosadude



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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Havana
Why? Just why?.....

Although i want those wheels, I'd struggle to live with the colours.

Looks like killer90 has been at the dash...
Post #222733 27th Mar 2013 9:53pm
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ThreePointFive



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Looks better than the current X-Techs... Rolling with laughter

Utter gash though, but some will like it. One life - get one.


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Post #222734 27th Mar 2013 9:54pm
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TD5_90



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Epsom Green
What a shame. The doors are a different colour silver too.
Post #222736 27th Mar 2013 9:55pm
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taffrican



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Changed my mind after looking again.... looks good from far, but far from good Rolling with laughter Optimists say the glass is half full..
Pessimists say the glass is half empty..
Engineers say the glass is twice the size it needs to be!


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Post #222739 27th Mar 2013 10:06pm
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Pam W



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I'm wondering what happens to the wheel arches when it goes into a pot hole or over a speed hump, on those "proffesoinally compressed" springs..

The stupid lowering (especially to that ridiculous extent) is a dreadful thing to do to a Defender, but the finish of the overall look is also dreadful (even providing for differences in 'taste')
- mismatched doors (no excuse for not getting the newer doors resprayed)
- badly cut and fitted carpet in the load space
- poorly fitting seat squab on the rear bench seat
- bench seat in the first place

Whole thing is Banging Head Our blog - http://landytravels.com/

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Post #222744 27th Mar 2013 10:22pm
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Green Machine



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I don't think Mr Fawcett will be too chuffed that's going under Twisted livery! Talk about brand devaluation! 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green
Post #222747 27th Mar 2013 10:37pm
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Cakey



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It does look twisted , not sure whether its camera angle or its been in a big one
Post #222748 27th Mar 2013 10:41pm
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Pam W



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Green Machine wrote:
I don't think Mr Fawcett will be too chuffed that's going under Twisted livery! Talk about brand devaluation!


Yeah, I was thinking that as well!! Our blog - http://landytravels.com/

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Post #222749 27th Mar 2013 10:42pm
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Defender-Stu



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ThreePointFive wrote:
Looks better than the current X-Techs... Rolling with laughter
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Now now that's not fair as this is horrid and at least my x-tech has correct coloured doors lol Thumbs Up
Post #222750 27th Mar 2013 10:43pm
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ThreePointFive



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Defender-Stu wrote:
ThreePointFive wrote:
Looks better than the current X-Techs... Rolling with laughter
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Now now that's not fair as this is horrid and at least my x-tech has correct coloured doors lol Thumbs Up


Laughing

Of course the real thing looks nowhere near as bad, this is just terrible! One life - get one.
Post #222753 27th Mar 2013 10:53pm
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Green Machine



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United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Tonga Green
It would be interesting to know if Twisted have any record of this vehicle, somehow I doubt it. Did anyone else notice that it doesn't have any sills? They haven't been replaced with rock sliders, it just doesn't have any. That combined with the mismatched doors, Puma bonnet and weird interior (especially the single bench seat in the back) really do make it look like a South Yorkshire special. It comes from the right area too. The only thing it's going for it is the air con unit suggesting it started life as an XS, but it could just be that there's a bit of XS in there somewhere! Perhaps it is someone's pride and joy, but the truth is it's a total dog. 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green
Post #222759 27th Mar 2013 11:19pm
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GREENI



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This Landroer started out life as a x-tech panel van, in 2009 it was taken to Twisted Performance where it had thousands spent on it to RUIN it into the vehicle it is today, also in 2009 it was entered into the worlds fastest landrover competition where it finshed in the top ten (LAST)
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Post #222761 27th Mar 2013 11:22pm
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me@td5.org



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2000 Defender 90 Td5 HT Epsom Green
Looks a lot like many of the Twisted land rovers of the time. It's only in the last few years that people have been giving them silly money for a £10,000 retrim that they have started to look any better, even if they still only go half as well as they claim.

I love that the seller has written the BHP figure as claimed by twisted. More sense than nmost of the sellers on ebay that think a remap gives the 180 BHP. www.td5.org
Post #222764 27th Mar 2013 11:32pm
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TJ101



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GREENI wrote:
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also in 2009 it was entered into the worlds fastest landrover competition where it finshed in the top ten (LAST)
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If i remember right,, That was at Manby 2009,, when we did the 90 deg Challenge on the same weekend?

There was not 10 running i thought,, some serious sad examples California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1

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Post #222766 27th Mar 2013 11:40pm
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