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ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 ![]() ![]() |
MOT day yesterday - the second one she's had in the UK. Always problems logging on as the 50th isn't listed in the categories. Anyway she flew through with no advisories
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ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 ![]() ![]() |
Anyone who may be interested tradecarview.com have listed a 50th similar to mine for sale. Please don't be put off importing a vehicle yourself - it is really easy.
If you are tempted I'm happy to offer any advice / reassurance ![]() |
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Andy80 Member Since: 31 May 2013 Location: Essex Posts: 490 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ooooh there's three 50th's.....
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GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383 ![]() ![]() |
did I say this is my most fave Defender on here??
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ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 ![]() ![]() |
I don't believe you've mentioned that fact before greeni
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ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 ![]() ![]() |
New filter and oil at the weekend together with a full tank of super unleaded ready for her journey further north on Thursday.
Couldn't resist taking her out for one last run on a lovely evening. The burble and crackle from the tail pipe has never failed to lift my spirits and make me smile. It has been a real pleasure owning her from start to finish and will be missed. I hope her new owner appreciates her like I do and continues to care for her and preserve for years to come. I wouldn't anticipate ever getting the opportunity to have another project like this but who knows? Would I import again? Definitely! I don't think any of the post 50th special editions have come close in terms of individuality and as for the Japanese spec - a timeless classic ![]() Click image to enlarge The last picture taken tonight ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2535 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I don't know about you Jeremy but I'm feeling quite sad and it's not even my motor. I just have a passion for the Rover V8. As someone else said it has to be one of the best Defenders on this forum. Defender 90XS SW
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ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 ![]() ![]() |
Hi Alan, she's going to an enthusiast and I'll just have to attend our meetings in the DC (the weather can please itself then) until another project turns up
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Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1427 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I do promise to take good care of her Jeremy
![]() -------------------- 22MY Defender 110 D200 SE, Fuji White. Kielder 4x4 Safari Instagram @defender_v8 |
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GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383 ![]() ![]() |
Without doubt the best Defender I've ever seen. I hope you look after her Dan, that's where we would fail, it would need to be my 'daily' and it would be ruined in a month.
I know it's yours to do what the hell you want to do to it, but please keep it as is ![]() Jeremy, next project??? ![]() |
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Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1427 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I do intend to keep it looking as good as it it now GREENI and I have a Disco4 for everyday use
![]() ![]() -------------------- 22MY Defender 110 D200 SE, Fuji White. Kielder 4x4 Safari Instagram @defender_v8 |
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ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 ![]() ![]() |
Resurrecting a very old thread but those who know me well enough already know why.
Once I had gone through the process of importing I was contacted to ask about the process and subsequently this person who has since become a good friend made a purchase from Japan. His vehicle turned up at Liverpool a couple of months after mine and due to his personal circumstances has remained untouched and unregistered for 7 years. It's quite a bitter sweet story but I've now been asked if I'd like this project to help us both with our own circumstances. I couldn't say no. In the next few weeks I'll be going to collect. It's coming home. I'll be starting a completely new thread starting from collection day, assessment and commencing of sympathetic refurbishment to finish. Watch this space. |
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L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10881 ![]() ![]() |
I will be watching this space or the new space
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Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1427 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It doesn't seem like over 5 years ago that I picked the original Beast up from you, here she is enjoying the sun a few weeks ago at the top of Weardale. I will watch your new project with interest, I've got another white Defender arriving soon to keep the Beast company
![]() ![]() Click image to enlarge ![]() Click image to enlarge and here's an artist's impression of the soon to be new arrival ![]() ![]() Click image to enlarge Cheers Ian -------------------- 22MY Defender 110 D200 SE, Fuji White. Kielder 4x4 Safari Instagram @defender_v8 |
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