I've worked on Defenders and MK3's loads and to be honest they are the biggest piles of shit imaginable, very little development or modernization took place after the initial design.
Mk3's still had latch type door catches in the 80's, anti burst door catches had been a legal requirement on new designs since the early 70's, they did bring them in on the 90's though.
Sliding windows, no power, uncomfortable, many design flaws, the list goes on and on
About the only thing they have going for them is the fact you can take back/front/middle from just about any of them and put them onto a modified chassis and the panels are aluminium so they last reasonably well, but the chassis doesn't last unless it's looked after, even then I've seen them rot out in very little time.
Good for making an off road toy from and after bending/scratching every single panel you know it's not going to have a huge rusty hole in by next winter
Can you tell I'm not a fan :laugh:
Steve
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I fuxkin new it, someone would post the the downside on the bigladjohnnyboxer wrote:Are they a bit like BMW GS'sSand Rover wrote: ... they are great all round vehicles but i do think you have to be into land rovers to put up with them
Are they that bad?
Steve
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if you buy a pile of crap then it will take time and money to turn it around but if you buy a nice one , well its quite easy keeping it nice.... i find them quite cheap to run....
would i spend £20000 on one.....NO... would i spend £8000 on one to play with just like a bike... in a heart beat, they are great toys
would i spend £20000 on one.....NO... would i spend £8000 on one to play with just like a bike... in a heart beat, they are great toys
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They're iconic, aren't they
Just like a GS :whistle:
Just like a GS :whistle:
We buy things we don't need
With money we don't have
To impress people we don't even like
With money we don't have
To impress people we don't even like
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I've had a few of the things. They are pretty crap in some ways but pretty good in others. There is something about them that gets under your skin though..
This was the first one when I lived in Dubai back in 1996
Then this one back in UK in 98
This we drove this one around Oz for a year 99-2000
Then had 2 Rangies when we lived in Dubai again in 04
And then got married in this one when we moved back to Oz, can't remember when that was
Now we drive a Ford Fiesta. :blink:
This was the first one when I lived in Dubai back in 1996
Then this one back in UK in 98
This we drove this one around Oz for a year 99-2000
Then had 2 Rangies when we lived in Dubai again in 04
And then got married in this one when we moved back to Oz, can't remember when that was
Now we drive a Ford Fiesta. :blink:
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Dubai in 2004 huh ? Been to the Desert Challenge that year by chance ?
Team Saluki was racing a Defender and I was mechanic for them together with 1 or 2 (depending on year) other people.
Ta, Ard
Oh, I still love Defenders, just not enough to buy one again. :laugh:
Team Saluki was racing a Defender and I was mechanic for them together with 1 or 2 (depending on year) other people.
Ta, Ard
Oh, I still love Defenders, just not enough to buy one again. :laugh:
It'll end in tears I tells ya.
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Go to the desert in a Range Rover? Are you mad, it'll probably breakdown?Dutchgit wrote:Dubai in 2004 huh ? Been to the Desert Challenge that year by chance ?
Team Saluki was racing a Defender and I was mechanic for them together with 1 or 2 (depending on year) other people.
Ta, Ard
Oh, I still love Defenders, just not enough to buy one again. :laugh:
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My partner works for land rover and the mechs say they are shite, says it all but i agree with Al they look the bollocks and would buy one over the competition, got a little tear in my eye coming over all patriotic.
Sorry no it was a hair
Steve
Sorry no it was a hair
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1- 1962 lwb carawagon
2-1972 range rover
3-1975 range rover
4-1979 range rover
5-1994 discovery
6-2001 discovery
7-2003 discovery
hi my name is jim and im a masochist
2-1972 range rover
3-1975 range rover
4-1979 range rover
5-1994 discovery
6-2001 discovery
7-2003 discovery
hi my name is jim and im a masochist