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trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

SOLD: 88 inch Safari / Tropical Roof and Sliding Window

For sale

88 inch Tropical /Safari Roof with Sliding Window Sides.

The Roof will need a refurb which was my intention when bought for a future project that did not come to be.

There are 4 small curious holes at each corner which could easily be repaired as I would imagine the new owner would likely refurbish the whole roof and sides.

This was the straightest roof that I could find ( as can be seen in the photographs ).
All the vents open and are free of rust.
I had to travel a great distance to buy this at significant cost but sadly a house move now forces sale.

I am putting photographs of the roof up initially as I haven’t emptied the shed yet
( later in the weekend 😫 )where the sides are currently hiding.

I am looking for £400 for the lot which is a ridiculous price considering how difficult these are to find especially in this condition.

You will obviously need a van or trailer to transport due to size.

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Last edited by trailbear on 16th Aug 2022 7:03pm. Edited 2 times in total

2nd Jul 2022 9:40am

rustandoil

Member Since: 08 Sep 2012
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 738

2005 Defender 110 Td5 XS DCPU Bonatti Grey

I think someone was looking for a safari roof over on the Series 2 forum recently..

2nd Jul 2022 11:19am

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

Hi Eddie

Was that on this forum under the series 2 section?

2nd Jul 2022 11:27am

Defender SVX

Member Since: 29 Jan 2009
Location: Co Durham
Posts: 728

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Soft Top Santorini Black

Rare thing

Drew of salvage hunters was wanting one

Formerly mao99999
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95 DEFENDER 110 CSW 300 TDi Phoenix black
95 DEFENDER 90 HT Monti Carlo blue COUNTY 300 TDi
67 109" SERIES 2a TUNED 200 TDI
64 DAVID BROWN 990 rat look
55 86" SERIES 1

2nd Jul 2022 11:48am

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

Yes very rare thing.

Unfortunately I don’t really know how to contact him🤔

2nd Jul 2022 12:00pm

rustandoil

Member Since: 08 Sep 2012
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 738

trailbear wrote:
Hi Eddie

Was that on this forum under the series 2 section?

No...the Series 2 forum, part of the Series 2 club

I dont know how to do a linky thing sorry

2nd Jul 2022 12:47pm

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

Mmm, I ‘m not much good at that either!

2nd Jul 2022 1:07pm

Barneyboy

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Exmoor
Posts: 1620

1986 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Nato Green

Hi Trailbear, I’m a series 2 member and have just advised Ironchicken64 to have a look on here at your add, hopefully he’ll be along soon and have a look

cheers Paul

2nd Jul 2022 1:59pm

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

Hi Paul

That is very kind of you.
Thanks very much for your efforts on my behalf.

Regards

David

2nd Jul 2022 2:13pm

Barneyboy

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Exmoor
Posts: 1620

Hi David, no trouble at all 👍 cheers Paul

2nd Jul 2022 5:22pm

Linds Hanson

Member Since: 16 Jan 2021
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 485

Shame about the holes what were they for?

5th Jul 2022 8:36am

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

I spoke to a family friend who worked at a Landrover Dealership pretty much his whole career. And he said that customers sometimes had some unusual request for their land rovers although he’s did admit that he hadn’t seen that modification before.

However, the holes would be a relatively easy fix if the roof were to undergo a refurbishment these would I imagine be addressed at that time.

My cousin has a body shop where the roof was to go for refurbishment. He explained that he would use an automotive product ( produced by Indasa ) to bond small plates to the underside of the roof then bond small metal round cut outs to the top surface and then finish off with a minimal skim of filler then paint.
Being mostly on the underside of the top skin this repair would be invisible.

This could be done by anyone who is handy ( which most of us landrover owners are / have to be ) with a little time and patience.
The main thing with this roof is that the secondary ( top roof surface ) is flat with no damage or tears all with all the vents working as they should with no rust on the mechanisms.

As I mentioned It took a great deal of time and patience to find one in this condition after inspecting a few that had been described as being in excellent order which clearly was not the case.

However, my plans changed and I bought my current Defender instead which is why the roof and sides are now up for sale.

I had thought that this was an extremely keen price given the scarcity of this type of items (s) However, that looks to have been misplaced.

Looks like it will just go back into storage for a while and see what happens in the future😳

5th Jul 2022 9:01am

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