Why have you chosen a defender?

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

I have said defender

It's alright and has the usual tratter niggles ie wet leg, not particularly quiet and my future plans were galv chassis, bulkhead new doors and fairly soon a discovery transfer box.
Because I'm to tight and don't want to spend £100 on just a transfer box my plan was to buy a mot failure Disco and strip it sell off the bits and effectively get the transfer box for free. So I've just purchased this for £510 off ebay.

I've just been to pay the guy and it looks rock solid and way to good to break. In fact I'll be taking it straight for its mot the day I collect it.
I'm also slowly doing up a 2a in theory to sell once it's done as I thought my kids would never be seen dead in a land rover, but evidently my youngest wouldn't mind driving the 2a if we keep it.

And so my dilemma..
Sell the Disco for the cash, do up the series to give me the funds to sort the defender and buy a kids run around or...
Sell my defender and keep the discovery and use the cash to sort the series and keep it.
I like having the ability to chuck basically anything in the back which would wreck the Disco and I couldn't justify keeping the defender and a series as they are pretty much the same.
Unlike some people a defender isn't my dream car sorry

Good or bad shed me some light of your endless wisdom

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

The Disco is a manual 50th anniversary model.
Come on @Hippo you can have your 2 pence worth as well

Magicgrotto · Mar 5, 2017

Aaaaaa but wot is your DREAM car ???

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

Magicgrotto said:
Aaaaaa but wot is your DREAM car ???

Don't ask cos I wouldn't be allowed back on here

I have vowed to buy another when I could afford to run one (360cid) but two teenagers has put pay to that. It's the only car I've ever been scared to drive and I miss it everyday

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Magicgrotto said:
Aaaaaa but wot is your DREAM car ???

A Ninety!

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

Turboman said:
A Ninety!

Why?

neilly · Mar 5, 2017

You do not say,

What do you use them for / plan to use them for?

Cheers

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Marmaduke said:
Don't ask cos I wouldn't be allowed back on here

I have vowed to buy another when I could afford to run one (360cid) but two teenagers has put pay to that. It's the only car I've ever been scared to drive and I miss it everyday

Thanks for your confession!

Might as well put my hand up as well, and admit I have often been tempted by an old Land Cruiser.

Lot of my Saffer and Aussie mates really like theirs, both IRL and on the forum.

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

Magicgrotto said:
Aaaaaa but wot is your DREAM car ???

Second on the list, probably a well sorted 2a which I could have

Magicgrotto · Mar 5, 2017

So wots your defender Worth ??

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Marmaduke said:
Why?

Long story, but apart from the injuns, they are a better and more honest vehicle than a Defective. And I think the introduction of model names was the end of a proud tradition for landrover.
And, see above!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. Honest!

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

neilly said:
You do not say,

What do you use them for / plan to use them for?

Cheers

My defender is jack off all trades. Tip bi#ch, green laning, commuting

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Marmaduke said:
Second on the list, probably a well sorted 2a which I could have

+1 on that as well. My 2a s have been the landrovers I have enjoyed the most!

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

Magicgrotto said:
So wots your defender Worth ??

Probably 3 1/2 to 4 k seems the general price. It's not fantastic but it's not a shed either

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

Turboman said:
+1 on that as well. My 2a s have been the landrovers I have enjoyed the most!

The 2a would pretty much do everything my defender would but I don't know as I'd want to drive it everyday. Like the defender it's unaffected by depreciation

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Marmaduke said:
The 2a would pretty much do everything my defender would but I don't know as I'd want to drive it everyday. Like the defender it's unaffected by depreciation

For me, 2a, especially 88 canvas top, is THE classic landrover! My series were fantastic on forestry work, in the hardest conditions. And the canvas back gives all kinds of load carrying options.

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

Turboman said:
For me, 2a, especially 88 canvas top, is THE classic landrover! My series were fantastic on forestry work, in the hardest conditions. And the canvas back gives all kinds of load carrying options.

It's a tin top currently with a cat flap

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Magicgrotto said:
So wots your defender Worth ??

Would have though about 5k for my Ninety, one of the tidier examples, and with Detroit locker aand Tru trac. Maybe more in a few years!

Turboman · Mar 5, 2017

Marmaduke said:
It's a tin top currently with a cat flap

Not a big deal to change, canvas and poles or hard top with windows.

Marmaduke · Mar 5, 2017

And a 88" with the headlights in the radiator grill

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