Sad day RIP Defender

[csservices]

At least the door would shut!

 

Back ones wouldn't as it was so rotten the body twisted when you opened them so cut the back body off and made it into a pick up

[fen01]

A lot people don't like the driving position, but find it fine. I drive from lillihammer to the south of France in a td5 with only a break for ferry and fuel. I was knackered but comfortable. Mine was in for a new clutch😎 so I borrowed a mates transit and it hurt my knees!

 

I just wish the radio in the land rover worked...

[Treewolf]

Let's quosh this rumour that the production line is being moved abroad and production will continue somewhere overseas. JLR have made it very clear that this is not happening, despite some early rumours.

 

The dismantlers were in effect following H166HUE down the line, the BIW (Body In White) line is already gone, the rest won't last long. It is likely that the part of the building which held the Defender line will be demolished soon to make room for a state-of-the-art building.

 

Love them or hate them, today marked the end of an era.

[Logdaft]

I drove from Inverness to La Rochelle in France & back in my 2003 Defender 90 a couple of years ago & it never missed a beat or used any oil or water the whole journey!

[william127]

Ha ha you think a Defender rusts?! Get yourself a Fourtrak then.. you will wake up to a pile of iron oxide on your drive...

 

My mate had a fourtrack for a few months, rusty, broke down, you couldn't turn the trailer to a sensible angle as it caught on the bumper and the ride was so crashing he used to say my defender felt like a Bentley in comparison!

[Billhook]

Fond memories of the trusty Defender which took us across all manner of obstacles from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Livingstone in Zambia. The graded roads were just like driving over miles of cattle grids

 

This was in the middle of the night in the middle of the Namid Desert in 1998

Edited January 30, 2016 by Billhook

[Billhook]

To my trusty Sandringham Six, six wheel drive Stage 1 V8 with crane and tipping body. Bit thirsty but very useful.

[mendiplogs]

To my trusty Sandringham Six, six wheel drive Stage 1 V8 with crane and tipping body. Bit thirsty but very useful.

 

Hi BILL is that yours mate thanks Jon

[bilke_user]

So many people knock landrovers and yet over 60% of all the ones ever built are still on the road which can't be said for any other make of 4x4, .

 

I take it this means only 40% got home?

 

 

Seriously though, the 60% claim is from LR themselves.

We've had three and all three have been broken for spares....Chassis rotting and bulkheads rotting were what done for them. Sure a galvanised chassis and bulkhead can be had for about £5k, then there's stripping down the old one to fit the new one, add another thousand to the bill to replace what gets broken when doing this conversion and very quickly you realise an Isuzu Rodeo is great value

 

Model T fords were once great, then came Austin A7's then Mini's then Escorts. Motoring history's littered with great cars that have had their day, Defenders are just the next ones

[Mull]

I take it this means only 40% got home?

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously though, the 60% claim is from LR themselves.

 

We've had three and all three have been broken for spares....Chassis rotting and bulkheads rotting were what done for them. Sure a galvanised chassis and bulkhead can be had for about £5k, then there's stripping down the old one to fit the new one, add another thousand to the bill to replace what gets broken when doing this conversion and very quickly you realise an Isuzu Rodeo is great value

 

 

 

Model T fords were once great, then came Austin A7's then Mini's then Escorts. Motoring history's littered with great cars that have had their day, Defenders are just the next ones

 

 

You had three before you realised you didn't think they were any good?

 

They are like marmite!

 

Got to love this forum, probably the same as many others im sure.

You make a fairly innocent comment, then Bang!!

 

Brilliant.