rivington Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Hi, the Discovery I just bought is a 1995 300 TDi 3 door and it has special vehicles on the back door and also a vin type plate under the bonnet saying special vehicles etc. I have owned 3 Disco's and never seen or heard of this before. Does anyone know the difference if any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I think SV were responsible for the commercial versions of the Discovery (and freelander for that matter). I suspect your truck left the factory without any windows behind the b post, and no rear seat. If it has these now it is likely they have been added afterwards. It is of course possible that it has some other hidden history, but without more details of the physical state of the vehicle it would be hard to tell... hth Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivington Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Hi it is not a commercial one, it is a 3 door 7 seater model with all the windows etc in the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 It would be very easy to convert a commercial one to a 7 seater. Suspect that is what has happened. All the mounts are there for seats and belts and the plastic covers on the side windows on the commercial are, I suspect, very easy to replace with glass units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8CAMEL Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 IIRC special vehicles do all the non standard work. This included spring upratings etc so for example it may have had heavy duty springs added which meant it had the special vehicle badge added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinny Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 IIRC special vehicles do all the non standard work. This included spring upratings etc so for example it may have had heavy duty springs added which meant it had the special vehicle badge added. mine is a 3 door 300tdi with this sticker on the back i dont think its any different to any other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thys Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 mine is a 3 door 300tdi with this sticker on the back i dont think its any different to any other If you can get hold of James Taylor's book, "Land Rover Discovery 1989 - 1998", you will find a chapter on Special Vehicles. I can recommend this book as it covers the Discovery from Design and Development and all models up to 1998. Publisher: MOTOR RACING PUBLICATIONS LTD, Unit 6, The Pilton Estate, 46 Pitlake, Croydon CR0 3RY, England. ISBN 1899870 40 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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