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| nidge n Member Since: 04 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 719  
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Looks like a handsome truck being put to good use
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10th May 2015 5:21am |
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| SailingTom Member Since: 19 Nov 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 1720 
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Very Nice
You also win the biggest wind deflector contest |
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10th May 2015 8:17am |
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| GypsySamuraiAnt Member Since: 31 Mar 2015 Location: Brisbane Posts: 131  
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Brilliant truck!
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10th May 2015 11:18am |
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| Bastion Member Since: 08 May 2014 Location: London Posts: 35
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That's a fine looking vehicle Ozy. It's got that understated elegance to it.
Quick question since you've owned a 300tdi, does the handling feel any different with the weight of the Arb bull bar on this one? I'm assuming the 300 was experienced as stock or without such an addition. |
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10th May 2015 1:37pm |
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| ozy013 Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Melbourne Posts: 105 
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Mmm hard to say Bastion. The 300Tdi was a 130 crewcab, ex Telstra vehicle (telecommunications provider). When I got it with 27,000ks on the clock, it had no bar, but was fitted with HD old man emu suspension.
The bar I put on was a TJM one, no difference in handling suspension wise. She was always pretty well loaded , as I used to cart spare bits and bobs for the forklifts and trucks we used to work on back then. Great motor the 300Tdi! It's hard to compare the current Puma 110 alongside my old 130. This one still sits on the original Land Rover suspension, and it's doing a fine job. The 110 sits almost square, it's pretty balanced, what with the ARB bar and 12,000lb winch up front, and the 120 litre fuel tank and drawer system ( which is always loaded ready to go) over the rear. In the long run, I'll probably change the suspension set up. But it handles well enough for now. |
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11th May 2015 5:59am |
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| Purdey Member Since: 31 Mar 2015 Location: Hants Posts: 8 |
What a super looking truck
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12th May 2015 5:05pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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Do I see a Kaymar wheel carrier there? Nice
You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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12th May 2015 5:15pm |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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Fantastic truck there
I really do like the ARB style bumper but I really don't need a winch let alone that much steel hanging on the front for every day life. Great to see one being used, I always think Australian defenders have the most fun in there lives! Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197 Self confessed mileage hunter  |
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12th May 2015 9:43pm |
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| ozy013 Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Melbourne Posts: 105
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Thanks for your comments guy's, the wheel carrier is a Rijidij product, made locally by a true gentleman, Murray, one of the vendors on AULRO. He has a shed that is every mans dream!
http://rijidijoffroad.bounce.com.au/# |
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13th May 2015 7:23am |
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| MarkM61 Member Since: 11 Dec 2014 Location: Brisbane Posts: 11 
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Gunna have to steal your Defender's name, for our new 110, dictated by the number plates we were randomly allocated
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5th Jun 2015 5:48am |
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