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bob10
13th January 2018, 10:42 AM
Restoration of pre-production 1948 Land Rover begins (https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/restoration-of-pre-production-1948-land-rover-begins/ar-AAuzIdE?ocid=spartandhp)


End of the road: a look back at the Land Rover Defender (https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/end-of-the-road-a-look-back-at-the-land-rover-defender/ss-AAdvrNY?ocid=spartandhp&parent-title=restoration-of-pre-production-1948-land-rover-begins&parent-ns=ar&parent-content-id=AAuzIdE&fullscreen=true)
B.S.F.
13th January 2018, 10:53 AM
1948 Defender? What nonsense.
.W.
JDNSW
13th January 2018, 11:54 AM
The Defender was not named until 1989. By that time the vehicle introduced in 1948 and its derivatives had been in production for over forty years - and was simply called a "Land Rover". This name was appropriated as a name for the parent company, with the parent company (Leyland) having become a dirty word.

This meant that a new name was needed for the Landrover, and "Defender" was selected, for reasons that have never been clear. (Plenty of "explanations", noe of which make a lot of sense.)

But calling a 1948 Land Rover a Defender makes no more sense than calling it a Series 1. Series 1 was only introduced as a term after the Series 2 was introduced. They were always just "Land Rovers".
bob10
13th January 2018, 01:28 PM
Yeah, yeah, right. My mistake. It's the end of the World, the article states the 1948 pre production land rover. sheeesh! [bighmmm]
V8Ian
13th January 2018, 05:43 PM
Bob, weren't all the various series long term prototypes of the Defender? [wink11]
Toxic_Avenger
13th January 2018, 05:47 PM
We all know that the pre production land rovers ceased once they unveiled the pinnacle of LR- The 2012 Defender 90, specifically those in Orkney Grey.
DiscoMick
13th January 2018, 06:42 PM
Interesting story - thanks for sharing it - and great to see such an important pre-production Land Rover being saved and restored.
bob10
13th January 2018, 07:42 PM
1948 Defender? What nonsense.
.W.

Sorry I am. Nonsense it is. I should have known better than disrespect the land rover elders. They answer to a higher power, and respect them we must.

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RANDLOVER
14th January 2018, 12:15 PM
Yeah, yeah, right. My mistake. It's the end of the World, the article states the 1948 pre production land rover. sheeesh! [bighmmm]

Confusing Series vs Defender Landies, lucky you weren't excommunicated for such sacrilege!
bob10
14th January 2018, 07:17 PM
Confusing Series vs Defender Landies, lucky you weren't excommunicated for such sacrilege!

Yeah, scary stuff. Then again, I don't know the difference between the different dinosaurs, either. You know what they say, one mans Australovenator

Wintonensis is another's Timinus Hermani. The one I wouldn't like to run up against is Rhoetonsaurus Brownei, which is rumoured to be the centre steer of the dinosaur world. One brown eye to steer clear of.