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Albert McFly

Member Since: 01 Jul 2014
Location: Hill Valley
Posts: 387

50th V8 Brought Back to Life

I acquired 242 as a 1 owner car with 70k miles, she had been used as a builders van by the previous owner and was in a bit of a mess. On collection I was hearted by the beautiful running engine and straight body work but extremely dull paintwork. I set my mind on getting this car back to a condition befitting its badge. The full interior, roll cage, rear step and crossmember were all needing either replaced/repair/renewed.

It received a full strip down and all parts removed including over 20 hours of deep cleaning to remove the grim built up over the years.

It was then ready to be rebuilt and I'm proud to say I done it all myself with the exception of the pro polish which took 10 hours. It is in wonderful original condition with no mods and all original parts.

The following is a list of work done

Pro polish
New interior seats and carpet
New mudflaps
Powdercoated rear step and roll cage
New fuel gauge
New double ss sports exhaust
New gear selector cover

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29th Apr 2016 10:30pm

Pickles

Member Since: 26 May 2013
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3782

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Keswick Green

TOP TOP job Albert,...looks beautiful.
Coming from the land of V8s, I'm always interested in exhaust systems. You mention "twin"?.....Are you running headers, & how far do the twin pipes go,...I notice that hardly anyone in the UK runs TWO pipes out the back?....any pics of your system from under the vehicle?
There is NOTHING like the sound of a good V8 working hard!
Pickles.

29th Apr 2016 10:37pm

Ade90

Member Since: 30 May 2014
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 130

A beautie indeed. The 50th Anniversary 90 is definately my favourite Landy model (along with the NAS110 and 101).

Think I have missed the boat though as prices are, understandably, rocketing. Should have bought one when prices got down to £8k

Great to see one looking this good. Enjoy

Fixing Land Rovers for over 25 years..........and making excuses to the wife for almost as long

1984 110 V8 - Gone, but not forgotten....

30th Apr 2016 5:26am

Jonnie421

Member Since: 12 May 2015
Location: Wales
Posts: 116

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Tonga Green

Gorgeous looking vehicle .
The sound of a v8 is I think the best engine in the world . I had an early Disco 3 V8 absolutely fab sound , but it had to go , was only getting 12 mpg .
I've recently had a Jag xk v8 4.4ltr , that was a real beast.
That went to make way for the 90. To have a v8 Defender would be the icing on the cake !!

Defender 90 Tonga green . My 2007 County .2.4Tdci puma .
Too many other Discos to mention, including a V8 petrol Disco3 and diesel Disco 3 !! ( All gone)

30th Apr 2016 5:40am

7JJM

Member Since: 09 Jun 2015
Location: South
Posts: 26

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 Heritage Edition HT Grasmere Green

Looks good, great model!

2nd May 2016 9:16pm

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