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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741  
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Another pic, taken that first day, after I had paused to get rid of the scabby white 8 spokes and worn out tyres
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23rd Jul 2018 8:29am |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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To give an idea of the underlying condition concealed by the shiny paintwork. This was what the back door looked like, very weld on every door was in this condition or very similar to this.
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23rd Jul 2018 10:01am |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283 
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Those very early B plate (facelift) One Tens are quite rare.
Well worth caring for, and keeping original (if you can). There is a famous LR promotional video featuring a Masai Red One Ten identical to yours. If you are not already on it, you can see it on this facebook page,which is dedicated to prototype and early production One Tens and Ninetys: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1795604747343195/ |
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23rd Jul 2018 10:21am |
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| Bows Member Since: 07 May 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 513  
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I love it!! 2006 TD5110 station wagon
1995 300Tdi 90 truck cab 1989 90 hard top with 200 tdi 1983 110 hard top 1983 110 Hi cap 1954 107 pick up |
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23rd Jul 2018 12:38pm |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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Ah the pictures flatter to deceive. It was in a horrible condition underneath. The chassis was rustier than a very rusty thing and, at that time, nobody did replacements for them, all the shocks were dead, the bushes in the suspension ditto, the gearbox LT95 was very noisy, the engine was worn out (189,000 miles,) leaked water through a porous timing cover, the bulkhead was twisted, the roof was split in the same corner as the bulkhead twist, all 5 doors were absolutely rotten, clutch MC was empty and when I filled it the leak was so fast that it was pretty much empty again by the time I got back into the car The bulkhead outriggers were only there out of habit, there was something wrong with the rear tub as well though I cannot remember what it was after all these years, which was a pity because those early tubs are different to the later models, they had a reinforcing bracket just behind the 2nd row of doors, storage bins in the wheel arches and a small step downwards near the light boxes. All 4 prop UJs were worn out.
I bought it out of a dealer's back yard for £500 after a test drive where I wasn't sure which side of the road it was going to fall off, it wandered all over the road and I mean all over the road, it was a very scary thing to drive. The green wheels and the Michelins (which came from the same dealer for an absolute song) on them were soon replaced with white wheels and Avon Rangemasters (cos I had another 110 and had umpteen spare sets of wheels and tyres for it) Then I went to Salisbury plain for a weekend, with a friend, and got it dirty. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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23rd Jul 2018 2:26pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
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I love it too.
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23rd Jul 2018 5:00pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3149 
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Lovely looking thing! Shame about the rot. What happened to it? 2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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23rd Jul 2018 6:03pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2642 
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Must have had a pretty hard early life to be that knackered after only 14 years.
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23rd Jul 2018 6:30pm |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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Obviously I’m massively biased, best looking 110 - right year, right colour, right engine, right spec
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23rd Jul 2018 7:52pm |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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It was a company car for a publishing company for its first 3 years of life. By the time they sold it they had put over 100,000 miles on it. Then it had 4 more owners in the next 11 years and added another 89,000 miles in those 11 years What happened to it? I still have it. It still has a V8 in it, though it had A 300 in it for about 3 years while I was doing 35,000 miles a year, now it has done nearly 400,000 miles. This was taken during the rebuild 19 years ago, the colour is eastnor green. Click image to enlarge |
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23rd Jul 2018 8:58pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10742
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Very nice
Glad you have started a thread on your 110  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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24th Jul 2018 9:39pm |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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Thank you, I did all this work on it almost 20 years ago, but I took hundreds of pictures while I was doing it. If I get time over the next few days, I will dig them all out and put a few more up for people's entertainment.
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25th Jul 2018 5:54am |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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Yes please!
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25th Jul 2018 6:28pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5165
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yeah get photos of the rebuild! 400k!! that must be one of the highest mileage ones on here
 Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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26th Jul 2018 11:53am |
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