Thread: Defender needed for TV commercial in Qld.

Originally Posted by dobbo

Sure you don't need a brown one? Too much glare trying to film a white Defer.

BILD0191.jpg she likes Fraser.

5 days in the surf is going to kill most electrical and mechanical systems, on any car. If your offering enough money too fund a rebuild of the vehicle after the filming? It may be more cost effective and beneficial to all concerned to use a much older and less electronically dependent vehicle like mine, weeds or in the picture you supplied.

Dobbo
thanks for that
firstly the car is not in the surf for 5 days!!
As I explained before the surf sequence is a part of 5 days filming 2 of them in Noosa it is not a commercial about a car driving in the surf for 5 days, that is just one part.
I will offer you vehicle up you never know they might go for it,that is how it will work I can keep offering different choices and the production company will make the decision based on many different factors.
Also you say an older car like the one in the picture I supplied what year do you think that is??
thanks
Steve

Dobbo's is an 85 model I think, the recognisable shape didn't change between the early 80's to 2012ish
The biggest visual cues between Defenders and Countys are the colour coded flares on 80' Countys vs black on post 1991 Defenders, black firewall vent panels on air-con Countys, decals and they got rid of that god awful pooh brown when the 80s went out of fashion
White is the most common colour by far and has always been available

No-one but a Landy nut can pick the difference between a 1985 County and a 2006 Defender. There are subtleties such as roof design (ribs on older models) and blanked-out air vents (but could be easily body-coloured for filming) as well as door handles. It's not like the difference between Jeep models, for example. May average people can't pick the difference between a Series vehicle and the current model, because the basic profile is unchanged since 1958.

I would think though, that if there is a continuity match required with another vehicle, that 1991-2006 would be the acceptable range. The earlier models have enough differences that they would be detected side-by-side. In the range mentioned, the only visual changes were that some years used body-coloured roofs and some used white - but a white vehicle gets around this. AFAIK all white Defenders have black wheel arch extensions. The only subtle difference is that some will have factory air and some aftermarket - the difference is an inch forward or back on the grill location. I doubt the average punter could pick that, even side-by-side. Matching the accessories might be trickier.

Xtreme defenders had colour coded flares. Not black

Originally Posted by JLo

Xtreme defenders had colour coded flares. Not black

My 2004 90 wheel arches are black..

Anyway, back to the topic!! Best of luck finding the right Defender SteveT.

2004 xtream?? gun gray,, black arches,

Originally Posted by stig0000

2004 xtream?? gun gray,, black arches,

Cha ching! Stig's on the money..

Originally Posted by SteveT

Also you say an older car like the one in the picture I supplied what year do you think that is??
thanks
Steve

If you are asking about the picture you supplied, it looks like a 300Tdi defender - made from 1993-1999. The bullbar and snorkel are UK-made items, not usual to see fitted to vehicles in Australia.

As mentioned, between 1984 and 2010 they basically all look the same.