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| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2754  
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Then in 10 years time when it's a bit tired, you galvanise the chassis, fit a 3.2 tdci engine and give it a full service along with some uprated parts, and you have a car which is better than when it was new! That's my plan anyway...
edited to correct my horrendous spelling & grammar! Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. Last edited by Cheshire110 on 1st May 2014 10:51am. Edited 1 time in total |
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30th Apr 2014 10:17pm |
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| Shax Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 391  
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What David said!
It's a big Meccano kit, get yer spanners out and fix it! I have to admit, that my Defender is definitely my favourite car... Has horrible gearbox, leaks, rusts, no space in the back (mines a 90), and has stupid road tax, but I love it... Mr Bas made it better tho!!  ... ,-------,
.. I [__][_]|__ .. I __ |"_|"__| .. "(o)====(o)" ^^_-^-_^-^_^^^^^--^^^^ PAUL G7ALW 14.200 USB 26FB458 / 27.275 SSB |
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30th Apr 2014 10:30pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20359
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You'd probably be able to build one just from parts, but A. Probably EVEN more expensive and B. For some people building one would either be not possible or take them about ten years due to lack of time.
Of course you'd also have to be very mechanically minded too, I'm not so much an oily bits man  but more into the electrics etc. |
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30th Apr 2014 10:50pm |
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| smb Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1232 
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You will more than likely be able to buy them in 'Kit' form with lots of different engine/body/transmission options to have assembled yourself. That way you probably get around all the Euro cr4p rules.
At the end of the day, if there is a market for it and the pricing is right someone will find a way of supplying it. Plus, with all the publicity/speculation/emotions, etc... Going on in this final 2 years of being assembled at Solihull(it's not 'manufactured', only assembled) there is going to be a massive move for people to hold on to them(proven by what is happening with the series 1's & 2's) which in turn is going to create an even bigger 'aftermarket parts & accessories' market which will be needed to keep them going. |
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30th Apr 2014 11:18pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Do what the others have said ....it's what many Land Rover types have been doing for decades
 Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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1st May 2014 6:49am |
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| garethmorgan50 Member Since: 16 Jan 2014 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 94
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Mine was new in 1985..
 Click image to enlarge But, I've tweaked it a bit.. ready for the future!! Click image to enlarge Still a few tweaks to go yet though.. |
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1st May 2014 8:08am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17381 
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If I can keep the Puma going until it is the same age as my oldest S1 is now (65), I will be 118 years of age and probably not driving any more!
It will actually be intersting to see if the current electronic system-dependent vehicles are as durable long term as the oldies, somehow I doubt that they will be. Will it be possible to repair or replace ECUs, injectors, etc, for a TD5 or TDCi in 50 years time? I rather doubt it, sadly. Technical progress has take us into the era of highly complex yet unrepairable throw-away products, and I fear that cars are moving the same way. I bet that there'll be no Toyota Piouses on the road in 50 years either - all the supposedly super-green vehicles will turn out to be less green overall than a Series 1 Land-Rover. Mind you, it may all be immaterial since Putin may have started WW3 and mankind may have been annihilated long before we find out if our Pumas last 50 years.  |
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1st May 2014 8:39am |
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| martinfiattech Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: leicester Posts: 422
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I have a perkins prima kicking around some where, Who needs an alarm !!! Excuse the spelling I`am better with spanners and wires.
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1st May 2014 9:55am |
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| newhue Member Since: 28 Apr 2014 Location: Brisbane Posts: 351 
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I fear you may be right blackwolf. Still I'm hoping to put 1 000 000 on my rig before I retire for good, and so to the car. I think aftermarket makers will be around as long as there is a market to sell to. Some parts will be harder than others to source of course. But one can almost buy a new series 1 in parts over half a century from it's conception, so hopefully Defender will have the same following.
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1st May 2014 9:58am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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It'll be like the old Jeep in the US... people still making and building them in all flavours and colours.
I've built the last 4 defenders I've had, from 300Tdi to Td5, built to just my spec. Ok, they're not "new" and showroom fresh (although I've had 2 brand spankers in the past) but they were just what I wanted. Hopefully my G wagen should turn out the same too. |
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1st May 2014 7:12pm |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735
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All these suggestions are all very well and good when you are mechanically minded. But fitting the sound deadening material and rear carpets were such a major accomplishment for me. I have never done more than top up the oil, fill cars with fuel check tyre pressures and wash them! Oh actually that's not strictly true - I did replace a wiper blade once after I got the guy in Halfords to come out and do the first one to show me how.
Sorry I know most of you will find this lack of mechanical know how really irritating but we all have our talents and this isn't one of mine. |
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1st May 2014 7:25pm |
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| Fatboy Slim Member Since: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Bridgend Posts: 1006 
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Smiles, there is only one way to learn- get the spanners out and do it!!! It may be easy for me to say as I do it all day every day, but trust me, the only way to learn is to get stuck in
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1st May 2014 7:57pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20359
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Just out of curiosity, is LR stopping production due to EU regs? If so that's a good reason to be out of it...
On that subject I cannot make my mind up. In or out. |
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1st May 2014 8:04pm |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735
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True Slim, and maybe when the car is 5 years old, I won't be worried about doing it any damage or harm in the process of tinkering with it like I am at the moment.
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1st May 2014 8:05pm |
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