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BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

2004 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Santorini Black

1958 88” Series 2

I thought a thread on our Series 2 might be of interest to some, so here you are!

It’s a 1958 88” Series 2 with the 2.25L petrol. We found it in Stanton Harcourt in a farm clearance auction. There’s no evidence to suggest that it ever had a home other than this one farm! With an Oxford reg and being on an Oxfordshire farm, it seems probable. As you’ll see from the photos, it was very original bar indicators.

I’ll do a post per stage of the process. Mostly so I can keep track of what I’m uploading!

This was how we found it.

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Having had a look around and a realised it wasn’t too shabby, we bid on it. A few days later it was on its way to Dunsfold DLR!

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1949 Series 1 80 (SOLD)
2002 Td5 90 (SOLD)
2008 Freelander 2 (SOLD)

1958 Series 2 88 Pastel Green (2019 LR Legends Best Restored)
1983 V8 110 Limestone (Previously owned by Tom Sheppard MBE)
2004 Td5 90 Santorini Black (Td5INSIDE Powered & Rebuilt by CSK)
2012 Puma 110 Zermatt Silver (Overlanding Build)

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16th Jan 2021 3:39pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

Once at Dunsfold DLR, Philip Bashall confirmed what we had hoped. It was indeed a very unmolested and original example of an early Series 2. After a throughly good scrub everything looked better than expected.

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16th Jan 2021 3:44pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
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The strip down begins! At this point we’d made the decision to convert it to a truck cab and change the colour to pastel green.

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16th Jan 2021 3:47pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
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The build up then starts.

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16th Jan 2021 3:49pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
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Panels and parts start coming back from paint and being fitted up.

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16th Jan 2021 3:53pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

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16th Jan 2021 3:54pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

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16th Jan 2021 3:55pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

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16th Jan 2021 3:56pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

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16th Jan 2021 3:58pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
Posts: 896

And then here it was at LR Legends 2019. Finished days before the show.

It went on to win the Best Restored for 2019.

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16th Jan 2021 4:00pm

BaronDefenders

Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: London/Cotswolds
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It spent most of its 2019-2020 life in storage at Jordan’s, but it’s now at home waiting to be used come the summertime.

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16th Jan 2021 4:03pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17376

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Nice! That must be a very early 2286cc engine if it's in a '58.

If I am to be brutally honest I preferred it with its original patina and as a hardtop, but it's your vehicle and your choice. It looks stunning restored.

16th Jan 2021 4:08pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7905

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Wow, what a beauty!! Great to see the transformation!

I'm curious what you paid for it at auction.

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
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16th Jan 2021 4:12pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3414

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

That was a quick restoration

The restored pictures show top notch quality. It is always very difficult to decide a full restoration or maintaining the patina. Full restoration however protects all the metal underneath, with modern paint technology. For my 90 restoration I chose the latter. Of course a 90 does not have the heritage value of a series, so just hope it will age nicely again when it is turns 60 years old. I hope I am still around then, and can still fuel up rather than charge up

1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

16th Jan 2021 4:26pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3414

JOW240725 wrote:
Wow, what a beauty!! Great to see the transformation!

I'm curious what you paid for it at auction.

Probably not much compared to the costs of the restoration. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

16th Jan 2021 4:28pm

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