Thread: Where are the early '90s Defenders?!

Yes, the 120 was an Australian innovation, perhaps copied from the Landcruisers which introduced an extended chassis in the mid 1960s in Australia, as their lwb was only 104", which they extended to 121". The English 127 was inspired by the Australian 120.

I'm pretty sure that is correct - Landrover lost most of what market they had by simply not selling any for several years, and the change from local assembly to fully imported made any variants much more difficult to manage, so they did not bother until the market had been re-established to some extent.