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legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Santorini Black

JOW240725 wrote:
To be in Somersham, I nearly said were you lost! I'm down your neck of the wood tomorrow, looking at a Defender in Mauldon. I'll keep an eye out for you!

I think you mean Maldon and would I be right in thinking it's a red 110

.I would love to meet up Maldon's got a lovely area down by the river but I am trying out the new to me caravan on Mersea Island for three or four night's ,another great Essex place to visit .

22nd Oct 2017 9:00am

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

Zed wrote:
What a great read and fantastic thread.

It's like a Land Rover version of classic cabbie's tales "You'll never guess what I had on the back of my Land Rover..."

Thanks for sharing Legin.

I did the job for 30 years ,the best bit's there no pictures of as some customers did not want pictures taken or time was not on my side then there's was my work with the Ministry of Defence and there's no pictures of that because they took your phone and camera you had both in those days.I also went places and moved cars that I should of took pictures of but just didn't think that anyone would be interested,how things have changed .

22nd Oct 2017 9:28am

Zed

Member Since: 07 Oct 2017
Location: In the woods
Posts: 3019

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

Hindsight is a wonderful thing eh.
Re the MOD, I live by Salisbury Plain and regularly see all types of weird and wonderful stuff being tested/on exercise but sadly it's rather lost on me as I'm clueless about military gear. However a mate of mine who's really into that stuff goes goggle eyed when he comes down to visit and is forever taking photos.

22nd Oct 2017 10:11am

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

I used to deliver to Foulness island just off of Southend and when I say just off of Southend we are talking yards rather than miles

There's a lot of testing go's on there too

I am just looking back on some of the mod's I've had done to my 2012 2.2 90,The first major work was done by Chris at CSK a full Dyamat sound proofing next up Bilstein suspension upgrade - 1" and now it should handle a Alive stage 2 remap ,full marks to CSK a totally different car ,pulls from low down right though the rev range the steering now works and I can listen to the radio as I make swift progress down B roads with no crashing and the rear end following the front.Next up a glove box which had a 12v power supply fitted.

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2nd pictures shows the lovely alisport front bumper I did not want running/day lights so fitted some louvered bezels over the holes

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the Speaker Head lights came from a member on this forum and are a huge boost to front lighting

22nd Oct 2017 6:38pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7873

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

22nd Oct 2017 7:12pm

seriesonenut

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Essex
Posts: 1205

legin wrote:
JOW240725 wrote:
To be in Somersham, I nearly said were you lost! I'm down your neck of the wood tomorrow, looking at a Defender in Mauldon. I'll keep an eye out for you!

I think you mean Maldon and would I be right in thinking it's a red 110 .I would love to meet up Maldon's got a lovely area down by the river but I am trying out the new to me caravan on Mersea Island for three or four night's ,another great Essex place to visit .

He did!

22nd Oct 2017 7:18pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

Good luck with the sale and purchase and JOW have a look in seriesonenut's garage a unbelievable bit of history, enjoy.

22nd Oct 2017 10:33pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7873

Just stunning!! James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

22nd Oct 2017 10:48pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

Just been to Mersea Island in Essex yes Essex for a Holiday about 20 mile up the road from where we live ,the shortest drive I have ever had to a holiday destination unfortunately I never made it back home in the shortest time after dropping the caravan off at it's storage place we stopped for fuel and the Defender would not start the temperature gauge showing very hot, there was no loss of water ,heater was working as a defender heater works the needle on the gauge had been at half mast where it would normally sit before I turn the Defender off so not hot, I have just gone over the 19,000 miles so not new any more

Any way as the recovery lorry turned up it started and drove home all of 5 miles like brand new ,as I saw on a kids T shirt at the one of the shows "it's a Land Rover thing" . Back on the holiday theme Mersea Island is a beautiful location with good food ,lovely walks and a small village feel and I did take a couple of pictures which I can't seem to download

28th Oct 2017 9:17am

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10513

The pic's might be to big

i have had this before and if you can change the resolution to the smallest pixels that will help

if not, look in "other topics" under "images" by L110 CDL

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.

Clayton.

28th Oct 2017 10:36pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

Yes I think your right it's a new camera,I have now changed the pictures size on the camera but can't change the pictures I've already taken

I took the picture below just to try it out.

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28th Oct 2017 10:42pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10513

Nice one

just a thought for you, what about if you take a screen shot of the pic you want to upload, then you should have it on the new setting

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.

Clayton.

28th Oct 2017 10:51pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

I fitted these new wing top air vents

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I had to make a rubber gasket as they didn't sit nice on the checker plate wing tops ,so I found some rubber sheet in the skip that had been used on the straw target's in archery,trying to find a bit with out holes in it was hard but once cut to shape and fitted looks good.

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31st Oct 2017 5:58pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

L110CDL wrote:
Nice one just a thought for you, what about if you take a screen shot of the pic you want to upload, then you should have it on the new setting

I'm going to try that good idea if it works

5th Nov 2017 8:49pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

Mersea Island Essex

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5th Nov 2017 9:00pm

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