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| Will@LRW Member Since: 04 May 2019 Location: UK Posts: 183   
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Let me see if I can help. The first Td5 given a production VIN was 134991 built around October 1997.
There were 151 vehicles produced before they started consistently building Td5s from 159807 at the end of August 1998. The first third or so were built Oct 97 to Jun 98, then the last 100 were steadily built more and more before final ramp up. Rivarama, S840BDU is quite good at number 45. Sicastle, S933BDU is number 84. Some great vehicles you have there 
I will get some more stats for you! LR Workshop Find a Defender's history and spec: https://defender.lrworkshop.com |
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27th Jan 2023 9:08pm |
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| Rivarama Member Since: 28 Aug 2021 Location: London Posts: 155  
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WoW Will that’s so cool. May I ask how you know all this?
For reference, mine was registered in August 1998 - so most likely produced a little bit before that. VIN 155154. Let me know what you think. |
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28th Jan 2023 7:49am |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5183
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none defender related but i am sure that the 1st common rails were starting to come about in 1999, Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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29th Jan 2023 2:35am |
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| Will@LRW Member Since: 04 May 2019 Location: UK Posts: 183
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Yours was built around 19th June 1998. My website tracks every Defender in the UK, so I can dig around the data to find things out.
I've created a page that lists all the vehicles https://defender.lrworkshop.com/collections/early-td5-defenders, which may be of interest (I only show the full number plate where the vehicle is likely not around any more, or it's publically available from other sources). The most common number plates were: S***BDU S***AOX R***ERW R***HAB Only 3 of the first 15 have had an MOT since 2005. They might be scrapped, or live in a barn somewhere waiting for a magazine feature article in 5 years time! LR Workshop Find a Defender's history and spec: https://defender.lrworkshop.com |
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30th Jan 2023 9:59pm |
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| Rivarama Member Since: 28 Aug 2021 Location: London Posts: 155
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Fantastic Will !! Thank you very much for shedding some light on that. 45 just became my lucky number
If you have more info on my car feel free to ping it over if it’s no bother to you. Thanks again so much for sharing !! |
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30th Jan 2023 10:15pm |
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| NathWW Member Since: 01 May 2023 Location: Cumbria Posts: 1
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Evening all,
Very glad to have stumbled upon this thread! i have just bought a '98 TD5 in green which i believe gets me into the pre-prod club It is plated as S952 BDU, looking into archives i believe it to be 125 of the 151 |
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1st May 2023 8:50pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Welcome on board. Please share some pictures
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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1st May 2023 8:52pm |
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| SarahBDU Member Since: 24 Oct 2024 Location: Kent Posts: 1 
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Will, Your site is fantastic except there is no way of reaching you. I want to sell my BDU and was wondering if there is much of a premium on her given she was number 78 off the pre production line?
Thanks |
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24th Oct 2024 8:27pm |
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| Will@LRW Member Since: 04 May 2019 Location: UK Posts: 183
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Hi Sarah. Possibly, but more likely its value would lie in its condition and mileage. The perceived extra value is probably not of interest to most people, so you'd have to convince people about why its special! LR Workshop
Find a Defender's history and spec: https://defender.lrworkshop.com |
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28th Oct 2024 5:22pm |
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| AJC Member Since: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1364
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The fact its number 78 off the line to me has no significance and adds no value.
as mentioned by Will, it'll be down to its confition/mileage/history |
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29th Oct 2024 8:00am |
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