G4 Defender visited me at work this morning

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Originally Posted by boxhead

i have full size pictures but the website is limiting the size i am allowed to post

He told me it was brought to Australia for the promotion of the G4 challenge but it was sold after the cancellation of the challenge

He says he will keep it for life.

I warned him that he may be bombarded with questions from people on his travels and that he should have a look at AULRO


Adam

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Send to me and I'll host them on my website.

Hmmm.... If you see him again, you might want to warn him that the Red Crescent lot get touchy about the use of their logos. The G4 cars should have had the logos removed.

Also, if you do see him again, get his VIN and PM it over... There weren't many 110s made for 2009.

M

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Originally Posted by Scouse

Very nice.

It can't be ex-G4 challenge if he bought it new but it certainly looks like it.
Special order somehow?

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That's why it'd be interesting to check the VIN... ;)

There were 4x commercial 110s made for the recce and a further 2x made for the event. Thing is, I did hear that at least one of them was on its way to Oz so I'm wondering if this is that one.

M

There were two G4-spec* Defender 110 wagons brought over to Australia, both now sold. One is based in SA and the other is in Victoria (as shown by the plate you forgot to blank ;-) ) The logos were not required to be removed before they were sold to private owners. Whether that was correct or not is another matter.


* definition of said spec varies, but hey it's Tangiers orange with the G4 stickers...

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Originally Posted by chunk

I hope you invited him to the Land rover Expo in Sydney:)

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I did actually. He looked like he was interested but i guess you will see if he turns up



Adam

The other one:

http://www.gpsvehiclenavigation.com/...g/IMG_4200.JPG
http://www.gpsvehiclenavigation.com/...g/IMG_4200.jpg

The logos should have been removed before they left the UK...

Anyway, I'm beginning to suspect that these are the 2x 110s built for the event. If you ever bump into them again, do us a favour and make a note of the VIN numbers.

Ta.

M

No, those 110s were purpose-built for the Australian selections and as general promo cars along with two D3s. So they needed their stickers officially in Australia. There are also Aussie flags on them as well.

Compared to the "Mongolian spec" 110s these had a different cargo barrier, no rear wheel carrier or rear bar, possibly other differences.

mmm the two D3 that were sold as far as I was aware one was allowed to keep the stickers the other one had to have there removed

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Originally Posted by dullbird

mmm the two D3 that were sold as far as I was aware one was allowed to keep the stickers the other one had to have there removed

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Not quite, one owner opted to remove them, the other opted to keep them and the rest of the car "G4 spec".