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    Thinking of buying a defender..

    Interesting that there are a couple 1998 300 TDI that are about 4500 on ebay. I would have assumed they would be much pricier vs the much earlier versions. For example http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-90-300tdi-/121741189666?hash=item1c58572222 Looks alright, is it because it has...
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    Thinking of buying a defender..

    Thanks for all the advise. Is there any non obvious place for sourcing a gem apart from autotrader and pistonheads? So far from what I gather, 200 or 300 TDI and chassis/ bulkhead galvanised would be my prerequisites. What years should I look at or avoid? What year is the cut off before they...
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    Thinking of buying a defender..

    http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201508125986553?make=land_rover&sort=default&page=1&model=defender_90&postcode=ss177su&onesearchad=used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew&channel=cars&search-target=usedcars&radius=200&logcode=p Sounds well loved, anything in this example that would be worrying...
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    Thinking of buying a defender..

    It revealed a lot of threads, hence my apology for not searching first. Fair enough, sounds like its probably a bad idea then if my budget will only land me a basket case.
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    Thinking of buying a defender..

    I just did the search... apologies for being a noob and not doing so beforehand! gifted mechanically... I'm hoping to discover hidden talents. heh. I like tinkering with things, but never on a car. Space wise, I have a garage out back of the house, though not sure if will accommodate the...
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    Thinking of buying a defender..

    Hi guys, So after watching that top gear ep of the the defender being phased out, I thought it might be pretty cool to have one as a second car. Probably have a budget of about 4k, so something old and basic. Whats a good way to get up to scratch before buying? Things to stay away from, things...
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