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wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2107 |
I just found this and thought it was a very interesting concept .. but wonder how much of the original vehicle use be used to keep the ‘classic’ and ‘original’ status in the USA...
Looks like a thorough job Maybe we will see one re-imprted to the UK ?? http://expeditionportal.com/form-meets-function/ Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126 |
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2nd Apr 2019 8:16am |
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Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3286 |
Loads of companies doing similar now. Locally we have Arkonik who pedal their wares over the pond for silly money. https://www.instagram.com/arkonik/
The best I have seen are Tophat. https://www.instagram.com/tophatclassics/ Their Defenders are in a different league to anything including Twisted etc. For a different aesthetic but similar concept Cool'n Vintage look amazing but I'm yet to see one in the metal. https://www.instagram.com/coolnvintage/?hl=en |
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2nd Apr 2019 8:29am |
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GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381 |
I like Tophat stuff.
Also check our ECD Automotive Design. https://ecdautodesign.com/ |
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2nd Apr 2019 10:02am |
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oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741 |
I know nobody is really interested but getting parts for some of these creations in the future when Defenders are no longer the toy of choice for those who have to follow the most recent trend in order to be seen as cool, with it and down with the hipsters, is going to be a nightmare.
A friend of son in law wants a Defender for exactly those reasons and couldn't care less about the price, or keeping it for more than a minute when they are no longer "trendy" It is not a Defender, it is a One_Ten |
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4th Apr 2019 7:16am |
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roel Member Since: 08 Aug 2009 Location: Lelystad Posts: 2039 |
The funny thing with the US is that it has to be original while importing it but after that you can change everything. If you would build it that way in the UK you wouldn't get it in the USA. Roel
1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001) 1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009) 2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts. 2003 90 Td5 (2009-now) |
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5th Apr 2019 7:54am |
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OsloBlue Member Since: 14 Jul 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 822 |
Ahem Osloblue voice of the young typing: I'm in my 20's and i didn't buy my defender on a whim. I went through god knows how many different cars and it had to stop. So i said to myself if i had to have one car for the next 20 years what would it be? And hence why i'm here. My mate & family had defenders for their farm, and pretty much only use them on the farm, they have a Ferrari California & VXR8 for getting about town. Now i have one and use it as my daily driver a couple of mates have seen the cool factor. And are trying to procure them. A couple of them are outdoors men or construction workers like myself. A couple want them for travelling as they're explorers. Only one of them wants one because of pure cool factor, but i think its more down to personalisation Roel: i've spoken with a couple of american defender owners, seems a lot of people import them in order to modify the out of them and whack on a price tag just like they do here. They think that the NAS spec price is justification for a eurospec... I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/ Current: TD5 '110 "Lucinda" Thread here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62562.html |
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5th Apr 2019 8:19am |
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Doc P Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Midlands Posts: 565 |
More of the same: https://bustedwallet.com/project-azure/
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14th Apr 2019 9:32pm |
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