land_rover_one_ten Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I am thinking about buying an ex-mod V8 110 soft top which I have come across. I have not owned an ex-mod land rover before and am curious about its history. It is on a G plate but do I need to know its military registration before I can get the merlin report? Does anyone have any idea what role it might have performed in service? Were V8's used for different roles than the 2.5 N/A? Were there any V8 FFR? It has the square blocks on the wings but is 12v so I don't think it was FFR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 the folks over at emlra may offer an insight. Pictures may help for a guess of previous use. If it has the antenna wing box plates and cabling fitted it may be a 12v ffr or adapted for radio using the clip in sets with 14v chargers. the 110 soft top may have been for forward support roles, in some countries petrol is easier to get hold of thn diesel. Indeed the v8 was able to be used on many grades of petrol in third world countries. The data plate should be on the seatbox to give more clues to reg etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I know absolutely nothing about ex mil stuff. However what i will say is this: I worked/lived in Belfast late 90's and just about every defender i heard was a v8... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_rover_one_ten Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks for the info. I will get some pictures / more info up once I have completed the deal. From my research there seems to be a batch of ex-mod 110's V8 from either 1989 or 1990. I wonder if the mod got a job lot from land rover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 RAF Regiment Rapier missle teams use V8 engined 110 & 130 until MOD changed to a complete across the fleet diesel engined fleet, it could be ex raf, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMc Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 There was a batch of 650 (or so) V8 110s ordered in 1989/1990. I believe that they were intended for use by 5 Airborne Brigade, as there was some issue with using Diesel vehicles in the intended role or theatre of operations. I've got the Land Rover Military Defender V8 Supplementary Parts Catalogue for this batch of V8 110s - I'll go and find it, as I'm sure that it had details of the contract and variants, as well as the range of registration numbers. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_rover_one_ten Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi Paul That is very interesting - I wonder what role / theatre would required petrol? Hopefully if you can find the Parts Catalogue it might have some detail. Also hoping to close the deal on the 110 next week so should be able to supply photos / reg numbers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Surely easy enough to find out where 5 Airborne operated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_rover_one_ten Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Ok done a bit of research into 5 Airborne. They were based in the UK but could be deployed anywhere as a rapid reaction force. Apparently all their vehicles (land rover, scimitar, motor bikes) ran on petrol as they were airlifted in by hercules and then could refuel from the hercules wing tanks. Makes a lot of sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 But aircraft turbo prop/turbojet [hercules engines] engines run Kerosene [similar to white diesel] so wouldn't work in petrol engined vehicles. most likely the last batch of petrol vehicles for operation areas where diesel is hard to obtain but petrol supply was fairly easy to obtain, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_rover_one_ten Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hmm. I guess that will teach me for believing what I read on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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