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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on January 08, 2006, 22:14:01
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After the reaction to this Poll (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=16758), I thought; "I'll try & capture a few" :lol:
Now this is going to be a damn hard one to do, at there was (apparantly) only 275 built (UK market only??)
This follows on from the long running (& now missing in action) 'Fabulous 50th's'[/i] thread, whch had reached about 19pages?? (bet I can't stretch this one out that much???)
So a few (repeated) bits about the specification (& mine)
1999 'V' plated
12 seats as standard (mine has an all-steel cubby-box)
Bronze Green & Sage Green were the available colours (not even seen a picture of a Sage 110)
Green leather seating (complete, not just the faces)
Silvered door & bonnet hinges
Ivory instruments with chrome bezels
Running-bars/side-steps
'XS' style alloys on 110 (Discovery 1 XS) & 'Free-Styles on 90
Admittedly I'm having a few 'teething troubles' :roll: with mine, which are annoying after an incident free 30,000miles in the Discovery (Discovery breakdowns = 2 new bulbs & a new tyre)
It's been out today over to the wilds of the Lincolnshire coast (a 190+mile round trip), with only a coat of road-grime to show for it.
We went 'Seal Hunting' :wink:
(See here) (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=16923)
I'd like some higher gearing at some point (spoilt by Discovery??), perhaps the GKN overdrive?, as it seems more logical than raising the high-range gearing, especially for towing.
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And here it is, captured on Wednesday 4th (January) with the Ifor-Williams at the local land-fill after a trip with all the rubbish since the last collection (2 weeks prior)
Can't get through the gate now, too high, had to have it opened for me :lol:
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Thats it im gonna be sick....with envy..
I think the 50Th are thr dogs!!!,, I would plump for a SWB if i could but they got it right all the bits and bobs in the right places and you defo have the right colour..
I am waiting to sell my house and i am on the hunt for one myself
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Thats it im gonna be sick....with envy..
I think the 50Th are thr dogs!!!,, I would plump for a SWB if i could but they got it right all the bits and bobs in the right places and you defo have the right colour..
Ermmm... it's not a 50th :wink:
I am waiting to sell my house and i am on the hunt for one myself
Good luck looking for a 90 - 50th, there's 2(?) in the private sales in the Feb 'LRM'
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Be-stickered, applied on Saturday morning (nice & quiet at work, parked only about 30yards from department as well :wink:
Apologies for poor quality images, it was wet & manky when I took them
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I know of a couple of Heritage 90's local(ish) to me.
I'll go and get pictures of them soon plus the show's are coming so i'll be snap happy at them too!!
I'll help you find a few Richard, dont worry.
:D
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I know of a couple of Heritage 90's local(ish) to me.
I'll go and get pictures of them soon plus the show's are coming so i'll be snap happy at them too!!
I'll help you find a few Richard, dont worry.
:D
Thanks Jake :D
If you ever see a Sage Green 110, snap it, it's the rarest combination of the 4 offered
It was available, but I've never even seen a picture of one :?
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Sorry it's not a good image, as it was a gloomy day.
But here's the green leather
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Whoopeee!!
The postman has just been & I've got the registration documents back.
My Defender is now officially S50 RAT =D> =D> =D>
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There's usually a sage green 90 up the road from my office, think the owner is a member of MROC from what I remember - if I see it I'll try and get a pic.
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Whoopeee!!
The postman has just been & I've got the registration documents back.
My Defender is now officially S50 RAT =D> =D> =D>
Just been to Guy-Salmon & got some plates made :D
Phoned Adrian Flux to notify them & they didn't even want an 'Administration Fee' :shock: :shock: (as I'd expected), they said it was because I had a 'Cherished Plate' on the Discovery & expected me to be changing it (plus it had happened within a calendar month)
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now that BTM is one hell of a good lookin landy and the plate suits it, i saw in LRM i think a sage green 90 for about 11000 now that colour i do like :D yours is very classy well done happy motoring
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Like this one???
click here (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dieselcentre.com/images/22472_micro.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.dieselcentre.com/just_land_rovers.htm&h=75&w=100&sz=2&tbnid=gtWA0wyOTCwJ:&tbnh=57&tbnw=77&hl=en&start=9&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dheritage%2Bland%2Brover%2B110%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff)
I'm sure the wheels should be silver though!!!
Ian
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Like this one???
I'm sure the wheels should be silver though!!!
Ian
Blimey that links takes up some width :shock: :shock:
No, the wheels were colour-coded on early models (that one may have sat around in a showroom/compound for a while)
It's quite a bit dearer than mine was.
Sorry, not thinking before hand, the correct colour is (as stated) Atlantic Green
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During a trip out this afternoon to Skelmanthorpe to take 'Small-Child' & SWMBO to a class-mates birthday party, I continued onwards to Penistone in order toreturn the documentation for my old Discovery as I received it back during the week & it was the first chance I got to go over.
To my surprise it was sitting on the forecourt glinting in the sunlight, i almost wanted to take it back home with me
The first few 'WebShots' published images of S50 RAT (http://community.webshots.com/album/533244076DLzOxD), more to come throughout Spring.
It was nice to (mentally) compare the 2 vehicles over the route I went to Penistone.
I know the 110 has lower transfer box high-range gearing, but it still climbed a gear higher (or without appearing to struggle)
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I knew I'd get one (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=4215) :lol: :lol:
See here as well (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=1198)
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will keep an eye out over here and take piccies if i can
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will keep an eye out over here and take piccies if i can
You've still got to catch Dominic Blyth yet, so meet him before looking for 'Heritages' :lol: :lol: :lol:
He owns the Defender 50th up at the old cottages near the light-house
his business site (http://www.saniman.co.uk/)
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he passed me the other night , often see his motor outside his house but never see him around with it . Will park outside his house next time and blow the hooter till he appears? :lol:
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he passed me the other night , often see his motor outside his house but never see him around with it . Will park outside his house next time and blow the hooter till he appears? :lol:
Never met him face-to-face, but whenever I 'speak' to him on the 'Defender50th' forum, he asks if I want to call over whenever I go to Royston Vasey-by-the-Sea.
As you can probably understand RV-b-t-S isn't exactly my idea of paradise
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We were passing Simmonites today and thought we would drop in for a nosey.... anyway they had this in so I grabbed a couple of pics .....sorry about quality was on my phone :lol:
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Thought they'd still got that one, we almost went to look at that.
It was on the 'viewing list', as I didn't expect the one I bought still being on sale, allowing for the 'lead time' of magazine adverts.
It's a nice colour, suits the 90 better than the 110
I'm given to understand that Simmonites have a (shall we just say...) certain reputation over their pricing.
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Well John bought a hi-lift jack and paid a little over the odds but not much.......some of the prices they quoted though nearly had me choking! They quoted 16 pounds more than our regular place for a defender cubby box and we asked for a price on a gear knob for the discovery and were quoted 35+ vat! Oh well you live and learn :wink:
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I remember my old 110Tdi (http://community.webshots.com/photo/97182853/1102002307047309372NWRTiV) being in Simmonites & looking at it, then discounting it due to the price (& wanting even then a CSW)
So by the time we bought one, having been told by SWMBO that we only needed 2 seats & plenty of Dog-space, & decided that a 110 Hard-Top was sufficient, it re-appeared at Copley Motors (the Halifax LR main-dealer, on the road (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=408500.999999615&Y=422500.945078376&width=500&height=300&gride=408699.999999615&gridn=422499.945078376&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=grid&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=1&scale=25000) to Sowerby Bridge)
Without going into the details of the test-drive
Warp drive compared to my 2A Light-Weight. Cresting the hill to the M62 at almost 70mph (salesman driving) :shock: :shock: :twisted: :twisted: & subsquent haggling over price, px & accessories
(and a test-drive of a new 4.6HSE at the time as well)
Simmonites were almost £700 dearer than the main-dealer (+ there wasa good warranty offered by Copley)
I know it was the same as I looked through Simmonites old 'LRO' adverts & found it (plus a Simmonites rear number plate under a seat)
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This weeks projects.
Rear recovery (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=16817) is now sorted out (temporarily) & the tachometer is now finally re-positioned (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=17529).
The next steps are to install one of my pairs of Anderson Plugs (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=17471) & wire-up the 12S socket (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=18106)
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Forgot :oops:
There's these 2 on my 'WebShots', so that's a start :lol:
V981 GND (http://community.webshots.com/photo/170172201/1235784527047309372eBNaWf)
V627 OGC (http://community.webshots.com/photo/344259925/1395697421047309372FwtiZz)
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The 2 that *were* local have now gone.
I had'nt seen either of them in 2 years but since then i have'nt been looking.
I'll be on the hunt at the show's then :roll:
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I've been out this morning up to my favourite little haunt.
To my intense disappointment the cafe (http://community.webshots.com/photo/134495436/1167107113047309372LXnUGn) I'd intended calling at was closed for renovation (just hope they don't 'renovate' the price-list as well)
Water was very low at the reservoir that is crossed to gain access to the western side of the bridge
Still, it was quiet down there, so I sat with my flask of tea & the 'Yorkshire Post'[/i] contemplating going up onto Ilkley Moor (http://community.webshots.com/photo/281497139/1394118730047309372xRoPGy) as well. Sadly it was a bit over cast & therefore not really worth the extra travelling.
I'll wait for a nice sunny day (like it's turned out now :twisted: )
Sorry. Some of the images are now in my 'WebShots' (110 'Heritage' album)
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Saw the 90 'Heritage' in Simmonites this morning, whilst I was 'Out & About' (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=19004)
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I'm 99% certain certain I saw an Atlantic Green 90 yesterday at a business address somewhere local.
But, for the life of me, I can't remember where it was to go back & look for it :oops: :oops: :oops:
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There was a couple of 90's at Gaydon.
I got one of them here (http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/Jake/gallery/gaydon2006/0/40bdf8b3495e02e949a8dda727569fc1.jpg/).
:D
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Thanks Jake, that's the one that was in 'LRW' a few issues ago.
Nice motor
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I was out with 'Andy the Landy' & one of my neighbours yesterday (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=23650)
After meeting up with Andy we headed through Mossley (?) on the very south-western edge of Manchester.
In a driveway was sat a Bronze Green 90, complete with colour-coded alloys.
I'm pretty damn sure, it was registered as 'L90 LRO'
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If I remember I'll look out for it tomorrow on my way to work and report back :wink:
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If I remember I'll look out for it tomorrow on my way to work and report back :wink:
Thanks Andy, I think it was Mossley, looking at my atlas. It was about 5-10minutes after we set off
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Saw the vehicle in question today joining the M60 at Ashton :wink:
Not found where it lives yet :?
Their is another 90 Heritage in dark green resides at the top of Mottram Moor (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=400000.216235647&Y=395000.452693554&width=500&height=300&gride=399214.216235647&gridn=395859.452693554&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=100000&in.x=3&in.y=10) :wink:
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Saw the vehicle in question today joining the M60 at Ashton :wink:
Not found where it lives yet :?
Their is another 90 Heritage in dark green resides at the top of Mottram Moor (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=400000.216235647&Y=395000.452693554&width=500&height=300&gride=399214.216235647&gridn=395859.452693554&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=100000&in.x=3&in.y=10) :wink:
That's not where we passed with you is it??, & my guess at Mossley is wrong??
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You passed us just north of Horwich End Whalley Bridge - This is ANOTHER Heritage :wink:
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You passed us just north of Horwich End Whalley Bridge - This is ANOTHER Heritage :wink:
I stand corrected (& await photographs)
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How mad is this !
I was driving along the sea front at Southsea and all of a sudden I thought of 'BTM'
Hope you like them.
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/f24788d4036897cbd678c19982c5a48e.JPG)
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/75e7fde5aa2eaf6eb2610bf49fb12093.JPG)
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This beauty was at Billing
90 picture (http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/Jake/gallery/billing2006/2/7573411f82e023a881328f679b2674de.jpg/)
It had a matching trailer too.
I did'nt see the trailer till it was leaving and i then realised i did'nt have a camera to hand.
:roll:
It had matching alloys as well. Looked really smart
:)
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now thats nice jake 8) very nice :wink:
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Paul, Jake.
Thankyou they're both very nice.
The lighting layouts aren't as good as mine though :wink:
Front (http://forums.mud-club.com/files/defender._s50_rat._technical._electrical._nas._front_lighting._3_149.jpg) & Rear (http://forums.mud-club.com/files/defender._s50_rat._technical._electrical._nas.tail_light._4._121.jpg)
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The rear lights look super'b
Very smart
8)
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This follows on from the long running (& now missing in action) 'Fabulous 50th's' thread, whch had reached about 19pages?? (bet I can't stretch this one out that much???)
Could this be the one? Fabuous 50's (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=1214&highlight=heritage+model)
I have always seen the heritage and the 50th anniversary models and have always faniced owning one [-o< but it is a very faint hope. lol.
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The rear lights look super'b
Very smart
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Thankyou, they're VERY bright as well
But I'm having a devil of a job to find a swing-away wheel-carrier that doens't interfere with them now
'Devon-Rover'
That's the one, it's a bit behind the times now, as I've seen 2 (new to me) FreeLanders recently
It says 'Missing In Action', as it disappeared during the glitches the site had last year, & the comment you quoted was posted before Tim ('Muddy-Web') recovered it
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There's 3 for sale in the new issue (January) of 'LRO'
Page 191; High Peak 4x4 (http://www.highpeak4x4.co.uk/) in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
It's a Bronze Green 2000 ('V' plated) 110, with air-con.
Page 202; Private sale.
A 90 in Atlantic Green, 1999 ('V'), ABS & ETC
Page 202; Private sale.
110. Bronze Green. 2000 ('W')
They still seem quite a rare sight to me, I've only seen 2 others (& that was before buying mine)
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Found a nice picture of a Heritage 110 on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyonheart/56373141/in/set-1220137/)