Anyone own or would like to own a defender?

Certainly something about them. Especially Off road prepared with a Body Lift, Huge Wheels and Tyres, Snorkel And The Likes

Share your experiences if you have any

In Particular This One?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3008986216...=p5197.c0.m619

 

Get one, trust me it'll be the most fun you'll ever have in a car
I've just got this

 

I love them,id really love to own one bit i have to be sensible and resist temtation lol

 

Ive been considering buying a 110 defender to replace my shogun sport but im not sure what to do? i have 2 kids and il be having more so it would be a family car for us! ive looked at x5's and range rover sports but i love the defenders! i borrowed my dads 90 for a few days when my shogun was in getting its mot and service and i didnt want to give it back lol

 

I have a disco (poor mans defender!) so much fun, but they aren't cheap!

 

I like the orange G4 challenge defenders.

 

got to watch for ringers in these i know shit load of them and old regs on coil springs just ask to see numbers or if its a chassis reshell ask to see bill for chassis be warned

 

I've had 9 defenders!
Absolutely the best car on the road!! So much fun! I've had them all, series 88-109........90-110-130 defenders, tdi td5 TDCI ...... My current 1 is 300 tdi with genuine 9.000 miles n I literally pour veg oil in it n off I go! 4 barrels of veg (20L EACH) and Ł20 diesel!!!! Loves it!!
But as stated, 50% of them stink!!! Be carefull ,landys get robbed alllllll the time!

 

I'm another one guilty. I'm restoring a 90 at the moment with my brother.

 

I've had a few myself and I'd have another tomorrow.








Also had a range rover v8 and 2 300tdi discoverys

 

They look great! Loving the top one!
Still after one of these as a bit of a toy...
Dunno what a realistic budget is for a rough one probably around Ł4000 I imagine?...

 

Love the 90! interested to see how they change it for the new series as believe they have to to meet the euro Ncap and pedestrian friendly stuff.

Heres my old 300tdi Disco getting dirty.





And getting cleaned

And it not always going as planned.....



Best part was the PA system and the 170dB train horn!

 

My mates mother in law bought one for the bad weather last year lol. I drove it to the mot station and it sounds daft but i was smiling and laughing to myself.

I thought land rovers were unreliable or is that just the new ones.

 

Nice toys! I've a swb pajero and I off roaded it not long ago wicked fun

 

I'd have a Defender in a heartbeat....always loved them and always 'spotting' them ! If I had the space to part one up 'out of the way' here I'd have one now, but parking on the lawn would;t go well with her, oddly enough....

I will get one one day though !

 

Green Laners/off roaders in general are a right bunch of odd balls

 

"Let's off road"

I used to be really into landies. With some spare cash Id have a nice 90 truck cab but only for the choice of aftermarket parts and mods. They aren't the final answer in off road capability but overall the availibility of parts seals it for me.

I had contaminated rear shoes in my jimny, local factors didn't keep them in stock and I called every dealer within a 100 mile radius none had them in the shelf! I needed them reasonably sharpish, dealers all said they've not had a need for them! If it was a 90 I had the choice of about 5 landy specialists nearby I could have used.

I don't miss the off road scene now. It had changed a lot in the time I was regularly involved. There's still a good bunch that do it but there's loads that just drive like fucking idiots ignoring all safety and skill. Anyone can bolt a winch on a kitted up 90 using it all effectively and safely is a different story.

That said, I have more time for cycling now........what a bunch of boring bastards that attracts!

 

 

I've got a Discovery now, as with having a young son its a lot easier than having a 90, bought as a nice example and then i kind of went crazy, its not on the 33's any more, the picture with the plant trailer is the most recent

 

ive got a disco 300tdi, rear seats removed and a commercial bulkhead fitted, rear windows being blacked soon. side exit straight through exhaust just gone on. i use it as a van and love it.
had a few landrover products and liked them all apart from the thirst on v8s. my disco commercial 300tdi was the best, 5 years 55000miles and apart from brakes and filters only needed a gearbox. loved it but it rotted, sills gone, inner wings gone etc. surprisingly the boot floor was good.

 

How come ive seen a few discos with.. one life live it stickers on them.

 

Believe it was the Land Rover advert of past.

 

Thanks for that. So there saying to enjoy your life and live it buy a land rover lol.

 

How you getting on with the Series? 300tdi in yet?

I've just bought another 300tdi, passenger sill is mint but drivers in non existent so got a bit of box section to weld in, also gone under the battery, but its the mintest i've seen apart from that. 105k and the trim looks like its done 20k, engine and gearbox perfect so i think its a keeper

 

How does the discovery compare to the 90's AJC?

 

Built a few in work over the years, most recent being my favourite,









Was used once then sold, guys now put it back to the way it was in the first picture

 

tbh ive not done alot with it, things have changed in my life and work so i think its going back up for sale.

 

You're joking?

It was nice that! How much were those tyres?
That's the size I want on the jeep

 

About Ł280 a piece I think he said!

Leave the jeep with me for a week I'll knock something up

 

He must be mad. It looks mint with the big tyres on it.

 

I don't think I'd have the clearance till we lift it.



You're right glenn. It looks ace with the tyres on it.

 

Built this at my work. Series 3 on a shortened defender 90 galvinised chassis with a 300tdi and autobox

 

Still tempted by these!
Not sure if a Disco will be a better buy though...

 

Is it me, or does it look like the chassis is still a bit long? (Rear wheel too far back...?)

My dad had various Series 2/3's. A LWB, which he had about a month, Turing circle was shit, then got an Ex Securicor, SWB, complete with armour plating. Needed a clutch and gearbox. Nice and easy when you can take the floor out!

 

Mates bought this little peach, an Overland Defender.

Cost a fair whack, has Nappa Leather Recaro seats, DVD player etc.

20 inch wheels, he is yet to get proper off road in it.

Yet.....

 

I think off roading is wicked fun but ruins the car lol. My Pajeros me cheap every day work car so I don't go too mad in it. But it dose what the land rovers do no worries so not bad for 700 quid

 

The silver 90 with the big wheels on looks ridiculous!

as does the one with the 20's,

imo a defender is a work horse

 

How do the 90's compare to your discovery mate?
Disco's look like bargain's at the mo!...

 

drive same, just look different

they're cheaper, more comfortable, more practical.

but you still can't beat a 90. i'd get instead of my disco if i could afford a Td5 110

 

The rear arches are actually front arches grafted on to the rear tub.
Great old things to work on, currently got 3 chassis swaps on the go
with a 4th waiting to be started