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TD5_dan



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2001 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Java Black
Congratulations. Looks like a nice one. Everyone should have a Series Land Rover alongside there Defender. Laughing

Here's mine


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1970 Series 2A Station Wagon
1970 Series 2A hard top
1960 Series 2
1972 Series 3
Post #364264 13th Oct 2014 9:00pm
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AWOL



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Re: Started having bad thoughts about buying a SII
milesr3 wrote:

Or does anyone have any good advice about the pitfalls? I guess rust is pretty high up on the list...


Oil. Lots of it. All over your driveway!

If I can find somewhere to store it, an SI or SII ragtop will be joining my family in time for next summer.
Post #364315 14th Oct 2014 6:38am
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carrotbay



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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 BMW M57 3.0 Diesel XS CSW Auto Santorini Black
Oh I'm very jealous! Thumbs Up 2008 Defender 110 XS SW - M57N2 / 6HP28X
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I have one of these coming to bits in my garage :


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carrotbay



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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 BMW M57 3.0 Diesel XS CSW Auto Santorini Black
Oh will you lot stop it .. I've got some time off work at the moment and in real danger of buying something whilst everyone is out. Whistle 2008 Defender 110 XS SW - M57N2 / 6HP28X
Post #364340 14th Oct 2014 9:23am
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milesr3



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2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Keswick Green
lukev01 wrote:
More pics please.


Here's a few from the original advert.

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Looks ideal Thumbs Up

May I ask what sort of price you paid ?
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cornish rattler



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United Kingdom 1988 Defender 90 200 Tdi CSW Bronze Green
Re: Started having bad thoughts about buying a SII
milesr3 wrote:
...talk me out of it! It would just be as a third, purely recreational use vehicle. Would probably end up taking it apart and tidying it up a bit with my son. I got as far as browsing the ads in Classic Land Rover Smile

Or does anyone have any good advice about the pitfalls? I guess rust is pretty high up on the list...


Done this with a few series landies over the years with son its great just get it bought you know you want to Mr. Green Graham

1988 Defender 90 county 200tdi ( Beast )

Paul Walker 1973-2013
( I Almost Had You )
Post #364895 16th Oct 2014 10:44am
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Happyoldgit



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey
Looks just like the artificially aged ragtop used on a film production I worked on 30+ years ago Thumbs Up 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.

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I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic.
Post #364897 16th Oct 2014 10:46am
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milesr3



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2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Keswick Green
Go Beyond wrote:
May I ask what sort of price you paid ?


A very fair price Thumbs Up

The trick now is not to go nuts when recommissioning it. First job is to remove the bodywork and find someone local to weld in new footwells and tidy up some of the the more agricultural repairs to the chassis.
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Marlin.45



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Wales 2007 Defender 90 Td5 SW Baltic Blue
Love mine Thumbs Up


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1961 MF35
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22900013A



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Keswick Green
As an owner of two IIAs (and two Series IIIs) as well as the 110 I can heartily recommend them. The only thing to keep in mind is that they are from an era when you did actually have to know how to drive, they will not mollycoddle you and will take some getting used to, but nothing on wheels puts a grin on my face like bowling along in my 109".

The later models are generally a bit more user friendly and will have things like the long handbrake, better dash layout and improvements in areas like gearbox etc. All IIAs were built like tanks as well, much better than even modern standards for Defenders I'm sorry to say.


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1973 Series III 1-Ton
1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker
1969 IIA 1-Ton
1966 IIA 88"
Post #365573 19th Oct 2014 7:33am
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milesr3



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2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Keswick Green
I reached a bit of a mini-milestone over the weekend in completing the strip down of the rolling chassis and removal of the bulkhead, ready for welding and re-painting:

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milesr3



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Making progress Very Happy

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United Kingdom 1991 Defender 110 200 Tdi USW Arles Blue
Fantastic Work Thumbs Up Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197

Self confessed mileage hunter Very Happy
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