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| L90Andy Member Since: 29 May 2014 Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon Posts: 717   
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Time to start a thread on my 1984 'Ninety' - keep having to tell myself its not a Defender!
Some of you will have seen my other thread on the life of my 16MY 110 USW which unfortunately is up for sale to free up cash for boring things. However I've managed to keep a little bit aside for this as I wasn't prepared to be Land Rover-less! I was on the look out for a late Series 3 or an early 90 and found this - one of the earliest 90's fresh out of a barn. Its had some historic repairs to the chassis but the body and bulkhead are straight and solid and it has the old 2.25 petrol, likely with leaded head still. Its amazingly original and untouched - supplying dealer stickers, handbook, toolkit etc and no 'mods'. It's also MOT'd till February. Despite its totally original state, which I'm keen to preserve, I will be making a few changes to make it match my the imagery of the 1980's (Only period correct OEM period stuff!) which inspired me when I was a kid. We'll see what happens but one thing I'm sure of is it'll definitely have to be a full soft top. So what actually needs doing then. Well for a car that is meant to be kept in the garage while it just about scraped in as it is (truck cab, having sold the pig-pen on eBay and tiny 600's!), it won't once its got the aforementioned 750's and soft top fitted. So modifying the garage has advanced up the to do list. Next up it runs pretty rich and idles a bit slowly - never having had a petrol before all tips on fettling a Weber 32/34 DMTL carb gratefully received! Diff lock appears to work, but I can't get the lever to move into low range so that'll need some investigation too, I may do this at the same time as repairing the rusty battery box as I'll have the seat box out for that. Other than that, all is good so a gentle recommissioning and enjoy it! Enough waffle, here's some pics:  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Instagram: l90andy 2006 Land Rover 90 TD5 CSW Silver Edition My 1984 Ninety: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56071.html - SOLD! My 2015 Defender: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39625.html - SOLD! |
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3rd Aug 2017 11:22am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Apart from the wheels, that is fantastic. The only thing I'd be cautious about is the condition of the bulkhead. On mine, which is only 25 years old, the bulkhead looked great until I took the dash apart, which revealed some hidden corrosion. No sign at all from the outside. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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3rd Aug 2017 11:32am |
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| trickster5000 Member Since: 12 Dec 2015 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 502 
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Very nice and original
Great colour  Matt.
'89 90 CSW with a 3.5 V8 conversion (WIP) - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic46809.html |
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3rd Aug 2017 12:52pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3750
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Great stuff
For me I would paint the wheels white to match your roof. Or even Limestone roof and wheels  |
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3rd Aug 2017 3:13pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Nooo, not limestone! That's for Series Land Rovers. White is the proper colour.. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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3rd Aug 2017 3:31pm |
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| 1978 Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 519 
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That'll be lovely once you get rid of those hilarious tyres that someone has fitted!
Looking forward to seeing the results. |
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3rd Aug 2017 3:35pm |
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| V8GPC Member Since: 18 Jul 2016 Location: Manchester Posts: 289
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Great looking 90
Is it a 2.25 or a 2.5; I think the 2.5 has additional webbing to the block; they look very similar. The 2.5 is also a 5 bearing crank. I replaced an old 2.25 in my old series 2a with a "90" 2.5 but kept the original "zenith" car setup. Cracking engine; although I did have to replace the head as I was running LPG at the time and thought the head was unleaded but it wasn't. Cheap enough at the time - even paid "Steve Parker" prices. |
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3rd Aug 2017 3:37pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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I think the 2.5 petrol wasn't introduced until 1985.
Later 2.25 engines also had the 5 bearing crank, from around 1980 from memory. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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3rd Aug 2017 3:41pm |
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| mini Anaconda Member Since: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Thames Valley Posts: 783
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Very nice, keep the pictures coming!
I'm very interested in the Ninety and One Tens - my daily driver is a late 1989 Ninety. BORG - Bucks & Oxon 4x4 Response Group |
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3rd Aug 2017 4:22pm |
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| CarMan Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 1861
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Like that a lot
Rob
1993 200tdi 90 hard-top 1998 300tdi 90 soft-top 2016 2.2 XS 90 hard-top (sold) |
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3rd Aug 2017 4:38pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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Very nice
I had the chance to buy a solid early 90 last year but brought the series 3 instead! Should have had them both really but I had my sensible head on that day..... 
I'm looking forward to seeing how it progresses  80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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3rd Aug 2017 7:13pm |
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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539 
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Lovely
Stephen. |
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3rd Aug 2017 8:47pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10756 
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Very nice Andy
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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3rd Aug 2017 9:02pm |
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| Profyaffle Member Since: 03 Oct 2016 Location: N Yorks Posts: 527
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Lovely 90... to get mine in the garage I had the up and over door replaced with a roller shutter door.. scrapes in now with about 10cms to spare
1993 200Tdi Defender 90 |
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3rd Aug 2017 9:13pm |
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