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ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Hidden gem

This morning on my bike in the next village to ours, spotted this hidden Swiss gem inside a farm barn

. I took below poor quality pic with my phone, whereupon the farmer came over curiously, and once I told him about my Defender which he actually had also seen many times parked at our house, he threw the barn doors wide open, turned on the lights and we had a nice chat about his 1968 series 2A, his now 16 year old Defender 90, and my still young SVX. Made a friend who knows everything about rebuilding gearboxes, engines, hot galvanizing and riveting. Most funny thing was that he had never heard of something like Dinitrol (he said the only anti rust that he knows is the hot galvanizing), so he will come over one day to take a look at mine.

Click image to enlarge You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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Last edited by ericvv on 30th Oct 2016 5:16pm. Edited 2 times in total

6th Sep 2013 7:34am

zone30

Member Since: 07 Sep 2012
Location: Gent
Posts: 669

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 X-Tech LE Nara Bronze

6th Sep 2013 8:19am

22900013A

Member Since: 23 Dec 2010
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 3140

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Keswick Green

A proper Land-Rover!

2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton
1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker
1969 IIA 1-Ton
1966 IIA 88"

6th Sep 2013 8:33am

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4395

It is amazing what you find behind barn doors, great spot

and to be honest you can never have too many LR related acquaintances...

6th Sep 2013 8:47am

HTB

Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Surrey
Posts: 71

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Buckingham Blue

There are 4 or 5 series vehicles in various sates of repair in a farmyard on top of the mountain as you head to Chatel from the Swiss side of the border (from Lauserne). Saw them this evening. May try and get a photo this week as we've just trailered the bikes out here with the 110.

7th Sep 2013 10:20pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

Another (different than above) gem spotted in my village today.
Before I get smart comments, I mean the green one with the tan hood of course....

21st Aug 2014 4:22pm

couplands

Member Since: 31 Aug 2011
Location: Peak District & Cornwall
Posts: 1826

We visited our daughter in Geneva last month and went for a walk around the vineyards near Dardagney. We just crossed into the small French village of Challex and spotted this...

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It even appears on Google street view...Dropped pin
near 302 Rue Saint-Maurice, 01630 Challex, France
http://goo.gl/maps/LVzDj

Not sure exactly what model this is, but looks interesting..

Cheers

Simon

21st Aug 2014 9:32pm

newhue

Member Since: 28 Apr 2014
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 351

Sorry to drop in on your post, but hopefully it ties in and is just a cool story I feel.

I bought this off my uncle who did the resto on it. It started it’s life in 1955 on a farm for a decade or so. Must have been used as the chassis was full if seeds and grasses. But was also driven to the train station for a decade or so thee after by the same chap.
Then sold to a chap who was meant to use it on the farm, but basically parked it in the shed for a decade or so. One day a bush fire came along and the shed caught fire. Luck would have it that there was also a water tank on a timber stand near by which also caught fire. The stand fell and the tank hit the ground just on the corner of the shed where the landy was parked, putting out that part of the fire and saving the 107. The rear corner of the truck was damaged however and was the major part of the resto. My uncle is more so into old motor bikes, not Landies, and the resto was a just a gap filler for him. So after it was done it again sat in a shed for a decade or so.

I bought it as a novel thing, thought I was into series landies which I discovered I’m not, and sold it to an American who is a series nut. He came to Australia and drove it around the county for the past 9 months. I believe it’s now going to America. Not bad for a vehicle 59 years old and doing more in it’s old age than it’s youth. Sorry for the pic size, have tried several times but cant get them larger.

and it’s life over the past 9 months
http://southby107.blogspot.com.au/2013_09_01_archive.html My Defender and travels

22nd Aug 2014 12:23am

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

Saw the one I spotted here 10 days ago again. Stopped to take a few more pictures...

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2nd Sep 2014 11:30am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 16871

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

couplands wrote:
We visited our daughter in Geneva last month and went for a walk around the vineyards near Dardagney. We just crossed into the small French village of Challex and spotted this...

Click image to enlarge

It even appears on Google street view...Dropped pin
near 302 Rue Saint-Maurice, 01630 Challex, France
http://goo.gl/maps/LVzDj

Not sure exactly what model this is, but looks interesting..

Cheers

Simon

That looks to be a 107" WB station wagon, a very rare bird and highly desirable. The 107" SWs were very scarce compared to the 109"s.

2nd Sep 2014 12:03pm

Tiger

Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Wales
Posts: 2265

I know where a Series 1 sits in a field on a very back lane in Wales

2nd Sep 2014 12:10pm

newhue

Member Since: 28 Apr 2014
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 351

blackwolf wrote:

That looks to be a 107" WB station wagon, a very rare bird and highly desirable. The 107" SWs were very scarce compared to the 109"s.[/quote]

And appears to be quite standard, even has the pork pie tail lights. My Defender and travels

2nd Sep 2014 7:32pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 16871

Yes, a very original and desirable vehicle, and I want it!

2nd Sep 2014 10:24pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

Building further this thread of nice LRs spotted in Geneva...

Yesterday on the way to the office I spotted another nice Series 2 parked at our local tire center. (and you will see in the pictures a working RR Classic too, I pass that one almost every day pulling boats to/from the yacht club)

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And then today in traffic on the way to the office there was this Td5 which is from the village next door, even if it has a french registration... As often is the case with Defenders, driver is a well trimmed blonde lady....

5th Sep 2014 5:23pm

newhue

Member Since: 28 Apr 2014
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 351

A well trimmed blonde...are you sure. You just not making that part up to build more on the envy.

My Defender and travels

5th Sep 2014 10:09pm

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