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| Dutch Guy Member Since: 13 Nov 2017 Location: Hekelingen Posts: 16   
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strictly not defender specific but I am sure it will be of interest to some
https://www.bva-auctions.com/v3/en/auction...t=11082315 especially the fiat is quite special, maybe there is a bargain to be found! |
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26th Jun 2018 8:16pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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That Fiat is interesting. It looks like the designers were given a childs' drawing of a Land Rover and told to build it. 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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26th Jun 2018 8:47pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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Looks more like they took the Land Rover design and modernised it like Rover should have done. If they had then we might have seen the Defender continuing like the G-Wagen is.
It appears to be a steel monocoque body. And has an interior much more like it was designed to accommodate human beings. For the 1970's it would have been pretty modern, I mean compare the styling to the Land Rover Series 3 which would have been the current Land Rover at the time and that was still using late 50's styling - all Land Rover ever did to update the styling was fit a different grille and windscreen - 10 years later! Looks like compared to the series 3 the engines were pretty evenly matched, and the diesel can't have been any worse than the Rover one - because frankly what is?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Campagnola There was also a Renault version; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_TRM_500 I love my Defender, but then like most of us I accept its problems. We're really not in a position to cast aspersions on other manufacturers 4x4s. For all we know the Fiat might actually keep the rain out and have a usable heater.  |
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26th Jun 2018 10:40pm |
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| Mystic Merlin Member Since: 11 Sep 2013 Location: Malaga Posts: 15  
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A very interesting auction, thank you very much for sharing
 It will be interesting to see how long I can resist for !  |
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27th Jun 2018 12:55pm |
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| Dutch Guy Member Since: 13 Nov 2017 Location: Hekelingen Posts: 16
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Perhaps we should cross post to the other discussion how much you can buy for GBP 500, in some cases an entire series ii
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27th Jun 2018 4:23pm |
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