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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5068   
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I like the 1948-2015 badge, it fits when they stopped making the car, when my car was made etc etc and is special...there just isnt/wasnt enough of 2016 (3 weeks) to count it as 2016 so 2015 is accurate in my eyes.
That said its almost as incorrect as having Solihull Warwickshire on a badge or worse Solihull Birmingham, Solihull hasnt been in Warwickshire for 40+ years and was never in Birmingham.   Mike |
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31st Jan 2016 11:26am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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You're working hard to justify the 2015
29th January - 3 weeks? On earth you divide by 7 for a week - what planet are you on? |
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31st Jan 2016 11:53am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772  
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Weather its three weeks, four weeks or one day, the fact is production stopped in 2016 so the badges are wrong
Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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31st Jan 2016 12:57pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5068
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they restarted on the 4th Jan at the earliest, ended a few days before the last one finished off the line before the end of jan SO...there were only 3.5 max weeks of full production (not even fully capacity) in 2016, orders stopped mid 2015, so its neither significant nor justifiable - although they only produced in 2016 because of delays in 2015! Anyway - you can account for 3 weeks but none you have explained how to explain your badges have the wrong county and area on them   Mike |
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31st Jan 2016 1:14pm |
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| NJS22 Member Since: 26 Oct 2012 Location: Cornwall Posts: 169 
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Land Rover error again 1998 90 50th Anniversary 4.0 V8
2016 90 Adventure 2015 Range Rover Sport 1971 Range Rover 2 Door Wife won't let me have any more...!!! |
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31st Jan 2016 2:02pm |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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Ditto Disco... 
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31st Jan 2016 2:18pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5068
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I still find it funny... get worked up over a date 3 weeks out but
the location is wrong on that badge
Whittley - world head quarters, not in Warwickshire Solihull - Largest production facility, not in Warwickshire Jag - not in Warwickshire Engine plant - not in Warwickshire Halewood - not even in the midlands Gaydon...yay Warwickshire  Mike |
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31st Jan 2016 2:27pm |
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| rtm89 Member Since: 14 May 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 256 
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Not that I would ever do it
but have you tried googling the Defender heritage, find a reg number and put it through an HPI. This should give you a chassis number and allow you to order at the dealer? |
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31st Jan 2016 2:35pm |
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| Mike_B Member Since: 23 Jan 2011 Location: Moray Posts: 550 
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HPI check wont give you a chassis number, It'll only allow you to input one to confirm it's correct, otherwise it'd be a surefire way to ring a car.
Why not ask another forum member who has one, either to order the part for you, or you lend you their chassis number! One big family and all that! |
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31st Jan 2016 3:11pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2693 
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Was Solihull not in Warwickshire up until 1974 and therefore appropriate at the time the vehicles were made?
Given the heritage is a copy-cat that makes sense. |
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31st Jan 2016 3:20pm |
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| apt100 Member Since: 05 Mar 2015 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1547 
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Don't the Heritages say "Solihull England"? So location isn't an issue on them?
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31st Jan 2016 3:28pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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31st Jan 2016 4:00pm |
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| Nostromo Member Since: 17 Jul 2015 Location: The Mendip Hills Posts: 73
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I'm sure someone will start making 1948 / 2016 badges in due course . . . . and I think if they did exist, these would be quite correct on a 2016 built/registered vehicle. But that said, my Defender was built in 2015, so, I think the existing 1948 / 2015 badges would be correct and appropriate on a 2015 built / registered Defender . . . . . . Problem is, all this remains totally academic, as Land Rover Jaguar don't / won't sell me any 1948 / 2015 badges for my 2015 MY XS ! ! ! . . . and I keep missing the odd ones that apparently come up on ebay ! ! 
I do like the 2000000 badge above and wouldn't dream of trying to copy that on my XS . . . |
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31st Jan 2016 5:45pm |
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| Mike_B Member Since: 23 Jan 2011 Location: Moray Posts: 550
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They started production in March 1948, which is less than half the year, so shall we now say they were made from 1947? Or should we only count full years and say 1949? OR SHOULD WE JUST USE THE ACTUAL DATES! |
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31st Jan 2016 6:05pm |
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