mickeyw Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I was tipped off about this rather tasty Defender outside my local stealer a couple of days ago, so off I went for a nosy at lunch time. From the badging it was built by Special Vehicles. At 07 plate would it be Td5 or Puma engined? I know it has the Puma bonnet, but I also know SV have a habit of making older cars looking newer than they are. Am I right in saying the Puma with air-con doesn't have the protruding front grill? This one has. There's no Defender badging to give anything away at the rear. It's LHD and sports some colossal Mickey Thompson Baja Claws on beadlocked Mach 5 rims, A D44 bumper with Warn 8274, Southdown rock sliders, Dan Bars over the factory drag and track rods, Protection & Performance cage that as far as I could see went to the chassis at all points. The wheelarches are on a par with Icelandic stuff I've seen. The front wings are heavily trimmed, as are the rears. There is an interesting tow hitch that to my eyes is a modified Dixon Bate adjustable height unit with a US style square receiver hitch grafted into it. The suspension does not look lifted particularly, a std 110 sits pretty high anyway. There are no cranked radius arms or spring spacers etc. The extra height seems to be due to the tyres. The bump stops have been extended however, there was max 1/5" between the axles and bump stops, I imagine it must hit them frequently and would severly impede off-road performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02jcole Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I saw this defender 110 at the south of england show in ardingly last weekend. I had a good look round it and can confirm that it has a PUMA engine rather than a TD5. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbon Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Now where can I get a set of those arches!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Tastey bit o crumpet, there's enough photo's there to make a lovely life size cardboard cut out to sit on your driveway to lure all those thevin scrouts out the woodwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 It was built by SV to support some of the new vehicle launches I think, I seem to recall they used it on most of the Freelander 2 launch as a "go anywhere" recovery vehicle. Sadly they didn't bring it here Loosely based on the Icelandic glacier bashers hence the obvious similarities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_P Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I think it looks ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 looks nice, it's funny though they do all that and leave the c**p rear step on...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Tonkin Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Was featured in LRO a couple of years back. Was indeed a recovery vehicle for press launches as above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Whatever takes your fancy. Not for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Drove past that the other day on my way through the industrial estate. My local 'dealer' too Not to my taste either. Nice to see a Defender at that dealer for once though, they usually don't have any. The parts department don't even keep parts for Defenders they get so few in. They had to order me some swivel pin shims, the one size they did have they had had on the shelf for three years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 If the steering wheel was on the other side I'd love it and it would be damn good for down here but that stupid tow hook would have to go apart from that it's fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam001 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 *gets sexually excited* that is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiWhite Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 The same but different - I saw this one last month at Land Rover Experience, Eastnor. 55 Plate form what I can make out, and the cage arrangement below the windscreen is different too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 So it looks fancy, but has no suspension travel and would probably break if you drove it off-road. Brilliant, love it, phwoar, etc... Didn't 5th gear hack one of these about in Iceland a while back too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 It was built for the Freelander 2 launch in Iceland I think. Its the puma version, and Si has posted the Td5 version. Seen it a few times at shows. was on the D44 stand back in 2007... or was it the Td5 one? no idea without looking back through my photos. I like it . About the comments on the suspension... they dont build them for suspension travel like we do... over there its all about big rubber for floatation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 It isn't all about max suspension travel here either, but 1/5" clearance to the bump stops would be painful, just from the continual hammering from the bump stops on any sort of rough ground. In fact I'd go as far as to say it would be undriveable - they must have got too carried away with the tyre size. Mine has about an inch of lift on the back and a little more on the front and doesn't rub in normal use with 33x13.50R15 on, anybody know what size those are - maybe 37s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 The LR trucks are on 38's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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