Thread: New member intro from the gold coast

Welcome Troyrotor,

You might have to put your airbrush away. Defenders look fine in a single or two colour paint job, most in just a flat colour (not metallic etc). Then again might just be the canvas you have been looking for.

Roughly speaking you have a choice of vehicles with shed like aerodynamics starting from 1948 through to about the sixties they are all restoration jobs for collectors, some make daily drivers. In the sixties you have the series 2/2a, more often found as still working for a living either on farms or daily drivers going up in the collector stakes. Then you have your series 3 somewhere along there came the Stage 1 (first of the V8 petrol engines). Then came coil sprung vehicles. Around the 80s is when you get your Countys, either V8 or Isuzu diesel 4 pot. 90s saw the first of the turbo direct injection landrover engined diesels in the 200 Tdi in 94/95 the 300 Tdi came to Australia, V8 petrols did not get out to Aus at this stage. The Td5 came in 98 through to 2006 then in 2007 came the or puma engine.

So unless you build your own engine transplant job you are likely to be looking at a turbo diesel direct injection/intercooled defender or going back to the County.

Best catch up with a few people from the forum before committin. Have a look at what they have, see what they say, there are plenty of Aulro members up SE QLD .

why not consider one of these isuzu-engined defenders?

Ex-Military Unimogs, Trucks, Land Rovers, ATV's & Bikes

I would definitly be happy with the Isuzu motor coming from my Isuzu powered car.
The ex army look good but the hard tops are so expensive, well maybe not expensive but more than I've got.

As for body shape, I wouldn't be going a series model as I'm not a fan. A tiny bit too old for my liking.

This just came up, has some potential for me but I would rather a wagon and it's too far away.
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