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legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Santorini Black

Why would anyone buy a Defender ? I did more than once !

Hello ,I'm new to this forum so I thought I would share with you my Defender and it's slow change into MY defender.I have all always had Land Rovers ,starting with a few series 2A and a couple of 3's mainly for work and what is now classic shape Range rover 2 door another classic this time a 4 door fitted with a Mazda 3 litre 4 pot diesel then on to Discoverys a 200TDi next a 300TDi auto then to what I think could be the best discovery TD5 auto ,I was then a bricklayer and we always worked locally but about 30 years ago then started off a recovery business and I got in with a insurance company who needed someone to collect burnouts and oddball recovery's ,I already had a old exmilitary 90 from Southern Ireland so for I went pulling motors out from all over the place ,burnouts from under ground carparks to the rooftop top car parks on one of London's top hotels in fields all over Essex ,Kent and London,Anyway the 90 ended up looking like this

Now fitted with a 200TDi with large inter cooler ,stainless steel exhaust and other mods including ARB's roll cage.Bowyer super winch with uprate electric motor and so on,in the early days of offroading you had to make any think you want as there where no specialize seller or internet .I went on a number of French raids including the Croisiers Blanche and the Trophee Cevenol.

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10th Sep 2017 7:26am

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7906

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Interesting history!

Any more photos? James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

10th Sep 2017 7:54am

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

I have a few but back in the day I never really bothered to take them .

.I will take more of the currant Defender

10th Sep 2017 8:04am

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7906

What do you have now? Do you have any of the old ones still? James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

10th Sep 2017 8:24am

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

I was going to slowly work up to date ,my wife has found a lot of old Land Rover and recovery pictures some with a 110 I had totally forgot about ! As for now I'm retired or as my good wife points out that means no work so I have the title of semi retired.Here is my toy a 2.2 90 Puma.

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10th Sep 2017 5:22pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7906

Great looking 90!

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

10th Sep 2017 8:27pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10781

Nice looking 90

thanks for sharing the pics and the info behind them

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

10th Sep 2017 9:32pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

I just found these,a good mate of mine John started to make a bed in his 90 it became a sort of competition between the two of us ,the only rule it had to be home made ,he came up with hammock which he used many times and this was my effort

I used this all over the place with a foam mattress and army sleeping bag very warm .

10th Sep 2017 9:59pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

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This is my 2nd hi cap 110 the first was a 2.5 non turbo no power steering A reg the one in the picture is a early TD5.

11th Sep 2017 8:15am

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

This picture is from 2008 and the last French raid I did ,by this time my son had started to play rugby and most weekends where given up to watching rugby and it became my new hobby.The business had also move on to transporting classic cars so the 90 went and a 110 hi cap TD5 replaced it .

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11th Sep 2017 5:12pm

SonicFields

Member Since: 11 Jul 2017
Location: Somewhere Else
Posts: 124

Great photos and interesting history - thanks for sharing

11th Sep 2017 7:12pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10781

Good looking Hi cap

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

11th Sep 2017 7:55pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

Looking back now at the hi cap thinking that's very nice ,but I remember it being very short of space because of the rear of the cab ,the seat even lifted would not go back far enough ,loved the TD5 engine this was at the same time I had the discovery TD5 auto which was the main vehicle to tow the tilt bed Ifor Williams trailer in the picture and one of the best all round 4x4's I have ever owned sorry all you defender lover's .I also had a V8 discovery on LPG before the TD5 the head gasket went but found I liked towing with a auto box so have always had auto's from that day onwards ,no more V8's.

11th Sep 2017 8:50pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10781

I know what you mean by space, but i have made mine the way i want and being not to tall helps me allot

you could of made a " king cab " for that extra bit of space

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

11th Sep 2017 9:04pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

The defender 110 in this picture came from a firm that painted the electricity pylons and was fitted with a PTO capstan winch ,I found the 110 when I recovered their petrol driven winch mounted on what looked like a Sankey trailer from devon ,I had completely forgotten I bought this 110 looking back I think it was very high miles and on a E reg so a 1987.These pictures where taken about 25 years ago on a Essex green lane .

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12th Sep 2017 1:32pm

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