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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2586   
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https://media.landrover.com/news/2023/05/l...ay-edition
 Click image to enlarge "... Land Rover Classic has revealed its first heritage themed special edition Defender – the Classic Defender Works V8 Islay Edition. The themed edition celebrates both the remarkable Spencer Wilks, Managing Director of the Rover Car Company and one of the founders of Land Rover, and the Isle of Islay, Scotland, where the Land Rover name was born, as contributors to the unrivalled legacy of Defender. The Classic Defender Works V8 Islay Edition is inspired by a Series IIa Land Rover owned and used by Spencer Wilks, that now forms part of the Land Rover Classic collection, and the Hebridean island where he holidayed. The Wilks’ Laggan Estate on Islay was used to test early prototypes and in 1947, while driving his heavily modified Rover across the rugged landscape, the estate's gamekeeper remarked that it must be a "Land Rover", thus the name was born. Based on the same technical specification as the Classic Defender Works V8, the Islay Edition is powered by a 405hp 5.0-litre V8 petrol engine mated to an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. Each one is comprehensively restored, re-engineered and upgraded, utilising donor vehicles from 2012-2016. Each carefully crafted and hand-assembled vehicle provides a unique proposition to discerning clients looking for a truly luxurious, comprehensively engineered, collectible classic Defender, direct from the original manufacturer. The Works V8 Islay Edition will be limited to 30 examples, all Station Wagons, with 17 available as a 90 short wheelbase and 13 available as a seven-seat 110 version. ... The Defender Islay Edition is priced from £230,000 for the 90, and £245,000 for the 110." -- 2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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2nd May 2023 9:57am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240  
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The prices are obviously bonkers but on a technical note, I wonder how they've got V8-appropriate brakes behind those Wolf wheels? Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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2nd May 2023 10:23am |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3245 
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A cool £245k
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/d...n-unveiled 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue |
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2nd May 2023 11:00am |
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| kenzle8a Member Since: 12 Feb 2020 Location: None Posts: 1074 
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Its easily within the remit of Alcon / AP etc to make a kit that fits behind a 16, with the right spacers in the bell housing and disc thickness as opposed to disc diameter you can fit an impressive kit behind pretty small wheels with a decent pad compound. You can gain a lot with a thicker disc as opposed to a larger by diameter disc. |
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2nd May 2023 11:02am |
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| Notyalc Member Since: 27 Jul 2018 Location: Northumberland Posts: 139 
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Are they not the same wheels as the MUD variant?
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2nd May 2023 7:54pm |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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I really really like that…
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2nd May 2023 8:59pm |
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| BaronDefenders Member Since: 28 Jun 2019 Location: London/Cotswolds Posts: 805 
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Something about that grey and Limestone combination just works beautifully. Charlie
1949 Series 1 80 (SOLD) 2002 Td5 90 (SOLD) 2008 Freelander 2 (SOLD) 1958 Series 2 88 Pastel Green (2019 LR Legends Best Restored) 1983 V8 110 Limestone (Previously owned by Tom Sheppard MBE) 2004 Td5 90 Santorini Black (Td5INSIDE Powered & Rebuilt by CSK) 2012 Puma 110 Zermatt Silver (Overlanding Build) Instagram: @BaronDefenders |
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2nd May 2023 9:18pm |
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| steveww Member Since: 05 Jan 2022 Location: Uppingham Posts: 529 
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Have a quick look down the back of the sofa!
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britis...cuit/47144 |
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3rd May 2023 9:58am |
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| Linds Hanson Member Since: 16 Jan 2021 Location: Cornwall Posts: 434
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JLR taking the lead from Porcshe's RS removing equipment and increasing the price!
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3rd May 2023 10:07am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240
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Being discussed here:
https://www.defender2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=991280#991280 Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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3rd May 2023 10:12am |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6477 
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9x the price of the base vehicle
 1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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3rd May 2023 10:44am |
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| DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1350 
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The best looking Defender to come out of Classic Works.
Islay Edition. Aluminium, Steel and a salt water, island environment. What could go wrong?  |
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3rd May 2023 10:46am |
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| LET'S OFF-ROAD Member Since: 05 Jun 2022 Location: OFF-ROAD Posts: 49 
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They fit. I had Wolfs on my Works V8 and the Trophy also had steels. |
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3rd May 2023 10:50am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240
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Ah, of course, I forgot about them. I was thinking of the 18 inch wheels on the original ones and assumed they were for bigger brakes. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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3rd May 2023 11:56am |
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