1988smithy said:

I have indeed! Was planning to try and view that and 2 more both in Milton Keynes in 1 day on the weekend but it's a helluva jaunt for me. Maybe do that 1 in Newport Friday afternoon. There's 1 in brownhills as well which is local so going to see that before the weekend if I can.

I was looking at station wagons but they just don't have the same presence as a double cab do they?

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1988smithy said:

Seriously considering changing my disco td5 for a 110. Either double cab or station wagon.

Reckon I've got a budget of £10k max, I've seen a 2.4tdci double cab at craddock for 10k that I might go and look at on Monday, or 7-10k seems to be ball park for a decent td5.

Looked at a 1993 tdi today, it was nice and straight but 196k on the clock, front doors were rotten and footwells were starting to scab up. Also n/s swivel/hub was leaking bad and engine was covered in oil. 2012 mot failed on chassis corrosion but im sure it looked like a galv one its on now. Bloke wants near as bugger it 8k.

Now I know the td5 having owned this disco for a couple of years so would feel more confident owning a defender powered one but I've read good things about the puma grunt and interiors being much nicer. But more complicated electronics I gather.

So any opinions guys/gals? Anyone got real world experience of the puma defender or maybe have owned td5 and puma?
Search on here doesn't bring an awful lot up about tdci

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1988smithy said:

Meet big blue

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Harveyg582 said:

Ooh, very nice!! Good colour too

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1988smithy said:

Cheers mate, it's had a respray. Done a good job too! Uploading a vid to yootoob showing a few issues and general condition I'll post link in a bit

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/big-blue-td5-double-cab.332879/

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Harveyg582 said:

Good stuff, I'll have a look at the video later.

I'll add your new thread to my list of watched ones, I'm looking forward to seeing more of it.

Do you have any particular plans for this one or will it be staying fairly standard?

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1988smithy said:

No pressure then! Standard suspension and running gear, couple of bolt on bits like swing away wheel carrier and lock lid for pick up bed planned but nothing outlandish. Just keep it well maintained and use it

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