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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3140   
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So far as I know Limestone was only used on very very early 110s, never on 90s.
Personally I think a white roof looks great, especially with white rims, and black grille and mudguards, however I do agree it is better when matched to a solid colour. It doesn't work as an image with metallic paint. If I was having a vehicle in, say firenze red (which I think is a super colour) I would go for XS spec with the whole thing in red. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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31st Oct 2013 8:36pm |
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| 238kirk Member Since: 03 Nov 2012 Location: Doncaster Posts: 233 
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A proper land rover should have a white roof and be solid blue, green or red, with white wheels of course, timeless
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31st Oct 2013 9:16pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
Personally I rather like your vehicle - functional, practical, classic Defender appearance - not some drug dealer's pimpmobile for the urban jungle. Oh and I rather like the classic Mk1 railway carriages displaying their traditional colours in the background - to complement your Defender. Last edited by Cuthbert on 31st Oct 2013 11:04pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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31st Oct 2013 10:56pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
Is "farmer spec" a bad thing? Is that nod to it's utilitarian past not part of the appeal of a Defender? |
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31st Oct 2013 10:59pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
White, Limestone, Ivory White for roofs ........ now we are getting into the finer details of Land Rover's colour palette over the years. Should have known that white is never just white.
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31st Oct 2013 11:02pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
Yip, have to agree that spec sounds rather appealing! Although the majority of recent model Defenders I see on the road are Grey and they all kind of look the same. I just wonder if Keswick Green is too 'cheap and entry level looking' when it comes to selling the vehicle on? |
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31st Oct 2013 11:09pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3140
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Red? Red was only for fire engines until the very end of the 70s when we got red Stage 1 V8s. Really they should only ever be green.  2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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1st Nov 2013 7:55pm |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735
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I absolutely adore the defender with a traditional (farmer!) look. Isn't that the defender we've all admired for donkeys years? It looks particularly good in Keswick Green with the HD Wheels to match.
This is the colour combo I really wanted to order but I was put off by people saying a high spec defender in Matt paint and white roof could be hard to sell on if I ever decided to. So I went for Havana instead with no contrasting roof. The vehicle is too expensive for me to take the gamble. |
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1st Nov 2013 9:37pm |
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| timbar Member Since: 30 Jul 2013 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 245 
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New to this I wanted what turns out to be farmer spec with some internal upgrades. The only way to get that seemed to be to buy new! We went second hand, and everything seemed to be grey, black or silver. Now we've had it for a while I'm a bit more aware of what's available, but at the time there seemed to be little choice.
I still like white roof and modulars -- but now we've got the 'fender I think the colour scheme concerns aren't anything compared to the sheer fun of having one at all. 2009 110 XS Station Wagon |
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2nd Nov 2013 5:41pm |
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| deplec Member Since: 21 Aug 2012 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 152 
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You hit the nail on the head with the original post. 
You paid for it, have the roof any colour you like. White, Black, Polka Dot, covered in astro turf.... Personally I love a bit of retro like this one: http://www.northamericaoverland.com/images...-brown.jpg But I can only afford / have space for 1 Defender so I bought a more 'modern' black and silver one, just because I liked it. Whenever I see another Defender I don't think farmer or banker, I think "cool a defender! I want one!" - and then I remember I have one and feel chuffed!  |
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2nd Nov 2013 6:27pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
I'm kind of interested in the psychology angle here. Are you saying that you bought a Defender in a spec that wasn't really what you wanted, then you wake up every day for years looking at a vehicle that isn't your first choice of colour and then you console yourself with the thought that one day you may offload it at slightly better price than your original first choice. Mmmm I'm really struggling to get my head around that one - especially if you were spending around £30k of hard earned cash? I'm sitting here still trying to design my ideal spec for a new Defender, so much choice and I the requirements of a potential second hand purchaser in 3 - 5 years time ain't on my radar - too many other extras to resolve. |
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2nd Nov 2013 7:00pm |
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| AlpsLandy Member Since: 11 Jan 2012 Location: Alps Posts: 116 
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I've always wanted practically every Defender that i have ever seen. I think they all look cool and the great thing is you can pretty much do whatever you want with it.
I followed Smilesapart's logic entirely - and came to the opposite conclusion (although importantly its not a top spec model...)
I've got a couple of 'nice' cars where I'm a bit precious about the doors in car parks etc and I wanted my Defender to be something I could use up mountains and down lanes without worrying too much about the odd scratch here and there - but its each to his own
 Click image to enlarge I'm hoping to keep it forever, maybe I will and maybe I wont but its the one I wanted most  - I guess it's the same for all of us whichever colour combo / spec we go for 2011 Defender 90 SW
2006 Discovery 3 HSE Last edited by AlpsLandy on 3rd Nov 2013 8:04am. Edited 1 time in total |
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3rd Nov 2013 7:49am |
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| 238kirk Member Since: 03 Nov 2012 Location: Doncaster Posts: 233
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^perfection, that's what I like
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3rd Nov 2013 8:03am |
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| dudley472 Member Since: 15 Nov 2012 Location: wolverhampton Posts: 96 
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Nothing wrong with farmer spec !! green with a white roof does it for me
Click image to enlarge Last edited by dudley472 on 3rd Nov 2013 1:54pm. Edited 2 times in total |
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3rd Nov 2013 9:05am |
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