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DasLandRoverMan

Member Since: 24 May 2011
Location: Dumfries & Galloway
Posts: 31

1984 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Epsom Green

110 CSW Build

I've had a couple of station wagons in the past, and really loved my V8 110 one, asides the fuel costs.
Now, the current family bus is a VW Sharan which at 11 years old, and 188,000 miles is getting a bit long in the tooth, so the wife and I spent some time contemplating it's replacement.

I recently swopped some bits with a mate and ended up with the remains of his old CSW, known as 'The Canary' when it was on the road.
It's demise came about in a head on smash with an AA van caused by diesel on a wet road. The only major damage was the O/S wing, bulkhead and windscreen frame, along with a banana shaped front axle.

It's currently coming apart, whilst we also have a nice HD chassis to rebuild it onto, along with a 3.5 Mazda diesel engine and autobox to make it go.

Some pictures will appear soon. 1982 Wife
1984 300 Tdi 110 H/T 'Recovery'

Plus 4 kids and a dog.

Previously owned: 1956 86" Series I, 1960 SWB Series II, 1964 Series IIA Forward Control, 1966 Series IIB Forward Control, 1969 Series IIA Lightweight, 1969 Series IIA One Ton, 1973 Series III One Ton, 1975 101 Forward Control, 1987 V8 90 CSW, 1988 2.5 TD 90, 1988 V8 110 CSW, 1992 200Tdi Defender 90, 1993 V8 Range Rover, 1995 300 Tdi Discovery.

25th May 2011 9:37pm

Zagato
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Member Since: 08 Jan 2011
Location: Billingshurst West Sussex
Posts: 5013

Hey Das don't make it too nice - I don't want to regret buying mine instead of commissioning one of your rebuilds

Look forward to the pics mate

26th May 2011 6:55am

DasLandRoverMan

Member Since: 24 May 2011
Location: Dumfries & Galloway
Posts: 31

Unfortunately the state of the Sharan means it's going to be built a bit faster and cheaper than first planned, then spend some time and money doing all the really fancy bits onc it's on the road.

One thing I am fairly certain of is that given a budget equaling that which you spent on your truck I'd have a very nice vehicle that would last a long time.
However, as I'm doing it on the cheap it'll be a little more restrained. Either way I really can't wait to have a CSW back in the family.

For those who are interested in such things, I'm also planning doing it out with a 7 seat interior, hopefully with leather seats etc from an ES spec Disco. I'm also considering a wee experiment utilising the Disco heater core, and see if I can make it a bit warmer in there without resorting to the latest setup.

All about recycling me........ 1982 Wife
1984 300 Tdi 110 H/T 'Recovery'

Plus 4 kids and a dog.

Previously owned: 1956 86" Series I, 1960 SWB Series II, 1964 Series IIA Forward Control, 1966 Series IIB Forward Control, 1969 Series IIA Lightweight, 1969 Series IIA One Ton, 1973 Series III One Ton, 1975 101 Forward Control, 1987 V8 90 CSW, 1988 2.5 TD 90, 1988 V8 110 CSW, 1992 200Tdi Defender 90, 1993 V8 Range Rover, 1995 300 Tdi Discovery.

26th May 2011 12:13pm

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