Hello to all members.

My name is Jonathan Eden and I work for the BBC in Oxford, I recently had a Defender 110 stolen and I am in the process of researching a feature on the thefts of this British Icon.

A bit about my loss:

I brought a 1988 defender 110 last year and had started the process of upgrading it to have a vehicle which my family could go traveling around the UK and Europe in. In the six months before it was stolen I had changed all of the lights, completely re-upholstered the interior and re-hung the doors. The project was a very personal one to me and I had spent a lot of time working on “the old girl.”

When I woke to see the vehicle had been stolen it was akin to losing a family friend and my entire family were gutted.

The project:

Some of the details of the feature are going to be kept secret until we air the programme. So obviously I cannot go into specific details, however what I am looking for is information and stories of stolen Defenders especially from those who have any pictures or videos of the vehicles theft. The location is not important but the closer to the south of the country the better for me. Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire and Hampshire are of particular interest to me.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this.

Cheers

Jonathan Eden

BBC Oxford.

Welcome, sounds good.
Far too many of theses thefts occurring.
Can't help with your research I'm afraid, always been a Discovery owner and never had any problems with thefts (touch wood).

Good luck

Hello Jonathan,

Just a question did you have any extra security on your Defender?
You may wish to also have a look at Landywatch on FB, as they have quite a following especially for stolen Landies.

Cheers

neilly said:

Hello Jonathan,

Just a question did you have any extra security on your Defender?
You may wish to also have a look at Landywatch on FB, as they have quite a following especially for stolen Landies.

Cheers

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Hi Neilly,

There was no extra security on the vehicle, it was the next job on the list!!
thanks for the FB advice.

cheers

Hi Jonathan,

Sorry to hear that, there is also a Stolen section on her you may want to have a read through.

Cheers

Might be worth messaging some of the members form this thread who have been the victim of theft

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/stolen-land-rovers.43/

welcome

always sad every time u hear of them getting nicked

did see this link , don't know if it may be of any use to u

http://www.lro.com/news/land-rover/1701/top-5-budget-ways-to-keep-you-land-rover-safe

hopefully then it will prevent the next one walking

good luck with the project

gary

@Jonathan BBC this was my experience. Sorry you had it nicked but Defender owners should realise that security should be their first priority not tarting it up and making it even more likely to get stolen

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/f362gmb-just-found-it-bastid-gone.297108/

biggeeeee said:

Welcome, sounds good.
Far too many of theses thefts occurring.
Can't help with your research I'm afraid, always been a Discovery owner and never had any problems with thefts (touch wood).

Good luck

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I had my Disco nicked from out front ... bastids ... May Bank holiday time, that too seems a favourite ... pick a day when peeps have a lay-in ...