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alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160

Gordon the 1989 90 OK, so it's not 'officially' a Defender but here's my 1989 Land Rover 90 pick up as it arrived home last night. Seems fairly original and unmolested. Odometer reads 135,000 and it's clearly seen some work judging by the bodywork. However, the chassis seems pretty good (to me at least) – no sign of any rust apart from perhaps the rear chassis legs. Plan will be to give the whole thing a good brush down and oil/Waxoyl/whatever in the Spring. The TD engine has long gone, and the previous owner put in a ex-MOD 2.5 NA diesel, along with a new Borg and Beck clutch kit and fork. I've no plans to change this unless I have to. There are a few little jobs to do which should keep me busy over Winter. Drivers door will only open from the inside if you pull the locking button up at the same time as the handle, seats need covers/recovering, radio needs fitting, new bulbs needed in instrument panel, load area needs a lining, cab roof lining needs seeing to, new sliding rear window required, adjustable height tow bar required, wheel rims could do with a repaint, etc. etc. Enough to keep me out of trouble I reckon. Also considering the slick shift mod to cut the gear travel down a bit. I'm still undecided about the canopy. On the one hand it is pretty solid and won't rip or tear, but on the other I always think they sit too high and make a lot of noise. Look forward to being able to learn more about these motors from the forum. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Last edited by alpacaman on 8th Oct 2016 5:02pm. Edited 1 time in total

4th Oct 2016 9:41am

Mash Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: Guernsey Posts: 1674	Nice looking 90  90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html 90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html 110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html 52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html D3 Hse - Fiona Capri 2l S - Anna Think I might have a problem............
4th Oct 2016 10:02am

dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554	nice to see good 90 in original shape, nothing wrong N/A 2.5 lot lease to go wrong
4th Oct 2016 10:59am

shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347	Very honest looking truck  Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197 Self confessed mileage hunter
4th Oct 2016 11:45am

Tinytim Member Since: 01 Sep 2016 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 54	Nice original farmer spec 90. I wasn't a fan of Land Rover decals but they look 'right' on that colour and configuration.
4th Oct 2016 11:50am

ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127	One to keep as it is. Get that chassis treated, and look after it, there won't be many around like that in years to come.  80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered.
4th Oct 2016 11:54am

Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1843	Nice looking truck I'll look forward to seeing how this progresses 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW
4th Oct 2016 12:12pm

GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383	Love the graphics.
4th Oct 2016 7:12pm

Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539	Great! Stephen.
4th Oct 2016 7:58pm

alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160

Thanks for all the kind words. Gordon (for it is now he) did his first run to the animal feed merchant this morning. Starting to get used to the gearing. Didn't have much time to get out and start looking at which jobs I want to tackle first, but have decided that I definitely want to keep him as original as possible, just perhaps with a few select/tasteful mod cons to make the owning experience a bit more pleasurable. I think new door and window seals will be first on the list.

8th Oct 2016 5:01pm

g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967	pffft! daft name!!  My 109 thread my youtube channel
8th Oct 2016 6:54pm

Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971	I like Land Rovers like that. The only thing I don't like is that they tended to come with 205s and you're better off with 7.50s. Where about in Norfolk are you? There seem to be a reasonable number of forumites around here.
8th Oct 2016 8:05pm

alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160	Why do you say I'm better off with 7.50s Cupboard? I'm just south west of Norwich, off the A11. If there are ever any local meets I'd be up for coming along (although I'm out of action until the end of November now).
9th Oct 2016 2:26pm

Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971

More ground clearance under the diffs, lower rolling resistance. Better on and off road. They were standard on the 110s of that age but not on the 90s for some reason. They only became standard on the 90s a bit later on. The other good thing about 7.50s is that a lot of people don't like them so (at the moment at least) you can get nearly new takeoffs for a sensible amount of money. I was looking at repainting my wheels and getting a new set of tyres but it worked out cheaper just buying a whole new set of someone else's wheels with tyres already fitted.

9th Oct 2016 4:35pm

alpacaman Member Since: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 160	Thanks. I'll definitely be wanting to paint my wheels, so I may well end up doing the same in that case.
9th Oct 2016 4:37pm

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