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griffman



Member Since: 16 May 2012
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United Kingdom 1984 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Keswick Green
90 resto in keswick green
Hello fellas

thought you might like to see this pic of my cute little 90 following a full restoration.

Now 90% complete and on the trailer ready to go to exhaust man for bespoke stainless system.

Originally a 1985 V8 station wagon, various mods had been carried out over the years until she came to me with a 4.3 TVR engine and a soft-top and a prehistoric 3-speed Chrysler auto box.

I have completed a full return to county wagon spec with a modern colour, new Richards V8 chassis, rebuilt 6.3 chevy stroker engine and stage 2 ashcroft auto gearbox, massive torque convertor, 50th anniversary rollcage, 90XS Puma bonnet and interior, lowered suspension(25mm) axle/diff/brake upgrade and I also have a set of Twisted 18-inch supersport alloys to go on.

All of the uprated stuff came from my tired Overfinch Discovery 1 , which sacrificed its life for this build.



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Post #216859 7th Mar 2013 8:04am
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sparkylee



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2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 DCPU Santorini Black
Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up very nice It's good to be back from the dark side


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me@td5.org



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2000 Defender 90 Td5 HT Epsom Green
WOW, What a beauty!

I was expecting to see an old 90 that needed restoring parked in Keswick Green

https://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=Keswick+Gr...m&z=20

I'm sure the photographer from LRM told me about this car at the weekend?
Post #216861 7th Mar 2013 8:21am
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griffman



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United Kingdom 1984 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Keswick Green
me@td5.org wrote:
WOW, What a beauty!

I was expecting to see an old 90 that needed restoring parked in Keswick Green

https://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=Keswick+Gr...m&z=20

I'm sure the photographer from LRM told me about this car at the weekend?


Very funny

The LR mag is coming to do a feature on it when it is complete(10 days or so)
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adafish



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United Kingdom 1984 Defender 110 300 Tdi DCPU Stornoway Grey
[quote=

I'm sure the photographer from LRM told me about this car at the weekend?[/quote]..


he's with me this Saturday.. Whistle Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
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griffman



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United Kingdom 1984 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Keswick Green
Here you go chaps - 6.3 litres of power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12EXemK4uM
Post #217506 9th Mar 2013 7:28pm
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Alex1976



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Lovely looking Defender you have there. Look forward to seeing the write up in LRM.
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RobKeay



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Wow it's a beast.
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custom90



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Killer90 wrote:
Thumbs Up Thumbs Up top colour looks great

Watch the above user or he will be after your keswick wheel arches. Give him an inch and he'll take a mile. Twisted Evil Rolling with laughter

Very nice 90 by the way. Thumbs Up Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨‍🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧
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Post #218545 13th Mar 2013 12:44am
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griffman



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United Kingdom 1984 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Keswick Green
Hi guys - virtually finished

Here is a pic or two

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/...126792.jpg

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/...126799.jpg[/url]
Post #219684 16th Mar 2013 9:27pm
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GUM97



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United Kingdom 1997 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Stornoway Grey
Very nice, had it got an LPG Conversion? Thumbs Up An engine to TDi for!
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griffman



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United Kingdom 1984 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Keswick Green
No LPG - although it used to have LPG when I was running a 4.3 litre V8 TVR engine - I left the LPG filler in so the enviro-mentalists won't shout at me for having a big V8 in my little landy
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Scotland 1999 Defender 90 Td5 HT Caledonian Blue
Very nice build and it sounds amazing, needing more sound clips outside the garage..
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