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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3708   
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Fair Play
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12th Oct 2014 7:58am |
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| Rosso_NI Member Since: 09 May 2014 Location: NI Posts: 275 
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Sunday morning, pot of tea, read and studied this thread from start to finish, awesome build
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12th Oct 2014 9:03am |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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are these off the shelf items? if so where did you get it? that would make it easy to waterproof the mantec raised intake!! :thumbsup: Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  My 109 thread
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12th Oct 2014 10:34am |
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| Defender_Td5 Member Since: 20 Jul 2009 Location: Devon/Australia Posts: 69 
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Hi G-Mack,
http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?page=sho...;Itemid=14 This should take you to the part. Thank you all for the on-going comments and praise. I have another update to follow. Cheers Rob Defender 300Tdi 110 Utility Wagon ROW Overland Series 1 86" |
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12th Oct 2014 10:41am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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Do you do commissions?
Seriously beautiful job well done. |
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12th Oct 2014 10:45am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347
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Haha!
Would love to but I fear I wouldn't be able to afford you sadly 
Besides I have moved heaven and earth to get a lot of bits in order for my own light rebuild soon 
Out of interest what is your daily grind? |
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12th Oct 2014 1:45pm |
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| JustStarting Member Since: 02 Sep 2014 Location: Dorset Posts: 146 
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We'll done that is an epic write up and epic rebuild.
I was expecting a few lines to say that Customs in Oz rejected the vehicle as looking brand new
You should come back to blighty and set up shop ! I think you will have put some well respected garages to shame Do you what this has cost you to date in parts? Understand if you don't wish to reveal the figures but just wondered MY2015 110 Urban Truck Expedition Spec 2005 Td5 TwinCab 1998 110 CSW 300tdi |
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12th Oct 2014 8:01pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3786  
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Beautiful work, simply beautiful,...and professional+.
I've read the thread from the start, you are obviously a very cluey person, congratulations to you for the quality of your work, and also for having the "vision" for what it was that you wanted to achieve. Like another poster has said, "I wish you were my next door neighbour"! just onre thing, spending some time in Aus (the land of V8s!), did you think of fitting something like an LS3?!!!,...for sure maybe totally unsuitable for what you're going to use your lovely machine for, but jeez, it would've made a ripper road car? Whereabouts in Aus are you based?..We're in Melbourne. Well done, VERY well done in fact, Pickles. |
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12th Oct 2014 10:51pm |
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| Defender_Td5 Member Since: 20 Jul 2009 Location: Devon/Australia Posts: 69
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I am Marine Surveyor, I work at and in a varied selection of locations, from shipyards to offshore -oil rigs and construction vessels. It's different, but ultimately not what I really want to be doing with myself.
I'll PM you....
Thanks you very much Pickles. I am over in Perth. To be honest I didn't consider a V8 because of the extended traveling plan (V8 fuel economy...no!) and I know more than enough about the 300Tdi to hopefully keep it going in all conditions. I would however like to build a V8 90 over here...watch this space! Ok, on with the thread! So with me staying in Aus longer than I initially expected, it made sense to bring the Defender out here as well. Also, my dad was driving it in the UK and I couldn't let him have all the fun! So shipping was arranged (this actually took about 2 months to sort from Australia), I popped back to the UK again for three weeks to sort out all the details of getting the vehicle to the shippers. The truck was cleaned thoroughly inside and out, which included steam cleaning the underside. Trailer transport from Plymouth up to Southampton was sorted (man in a Transit Van with a Brian James trailer) and then the big day came: The Defender was well loaded up with tools, all my additional parts and spares and also a friends order of parts for his Defender as me shipping mine out and the use of container space was too good an opportunity to miss out on for him:  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Pictured up on Plymouth Hoe before it was dropped of at the valet cleaners (he spent one and a half days on it!): Click image to enlarge I actually weighed the truck before I loaded it up and with a full tank of fuel it came in at around 2500kg, after everything had been packed it was up to 3000kg! Still, it sits nice and level even with the weight on-board and the handling was extremely good - Those Koni Heavy Track Raid Dampers are worth the cost. Post clean: Click image to enlarge All loaded up on the trailer after cleaning: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge I did feel sorry for the Transit guy having to pull that amount of weight, he was defiantly flogging the guts out of his van on some of the hills along the A303! The weather on the drive up was absolutely shocking, luckily for me though the freight forwarding company had a jet wash at their warehouse that they didn't mind me using so it got another clean on arrival (Australian quarantine can be REALLY funny about vehicle imports). Here is it drying off: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge All lined up: Click image to enlarge In with room to spare, I could have taken more stuff
Click image to enlarge Just in case they got excited at the other end: Click image to enlarge And this would be the last I would see of it for almost 7 weeks: Click image to enlarge More to follow! Rob Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated Defender 300Tdi 110 Utility Wagon ROW Overland
Series 1 86" Last edited by Defender_Td5 on 19th Oct 2014 2:57am. Edited 4 times in total |
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13th Oct 2014 3:46am |
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| Xelr8 Member Since: 26 Aug 2014 Location: Sheffield Posts: 165 
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Brilliant story & Build Thread
Must be a fair few £'s in this vehicle now 
I've seen a few similar to this with Ford RS's on various sites & have owned a couple of cars that have been 'built' from the ground up.
I'm not surprised that it struggled that's way over it's maximum towing weight  Lucky he wasn't stopped.Last edited by Xelr8 on 14th Oct 2014 12:00pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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13th Oct 2014 4:19pm |
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| psimpson7 Member Since: 20 Nov 2013 Location: Gold Coast, Qld. Posts: 221 
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Agree re the transit.
My tri axle BJT trailer weighs 850kgs on its own. Add 3000kgs of 110 to that and you are asking for trouble! 2001 90 HT 6.0LS/6spdAuto. 2003 90 td5 soft top. 2014 90 XS SW 2.2. |
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13th Oct 2014 10:31pm |
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| Philslandy Member Since: 10 Sep 2013 Location: Eifel Posts: 156  
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Rob
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this is the nicest rebuild of a Defender i have ever seen
You will be able to enjoy it for a Long Long time
Cheers Philip |
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14th Oct 2014 11:53am |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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cheers Rob My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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14th Oct 2014 11:55am |
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| fmb123 Member Since: 08 May 2014 Location: London Posts: 4 |
best looking defender i have seen.
very impressive build. looking forward to seeing its Australian adventures! |
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14th Oct 2014 12:29pm |
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