Thread: Thousands of Army vehicles up for sale - to the right buyer

Originally Posted by rijidij

As far as I know all the army Landys are Isuzu, but I'm not 100% sure. Someone else might be able to tell us if the army ever commissioned any Defenders, as opposed to earlier 110's ????

It will certainly be interesting to see what sort of dollars they attract if they do end up spreading them around a bit and giving the general public an opportunity to buy.

If they end up auctioning them in lots of, say 10 at a time, maybe keen forum members could put in a group bid for a lot.

Cheers, Murray

I am pretty certain that there are a (very) few Defenders bought as a top-up.

John

The first batch through the Sydney auctions in October are TD5s, all wagons I think.

Originally Posted by big guy

Surely they don't all run Isuzuuu donks!

All the Aussie ones do, it was part of the specification IIRC

Originally Posted by big guy

the wind noise will drown the engine noise

Youve never driven one..... have you....

As for why have the Isuzu and not something more refined?

think of it like Briggs & Stratton VS Honda mower engines:
Hondas:
Start easily
Are economical
Lower NVH
More technologically advanced

BUT.... Once they start playing up, bin the damn thing.....

Briggs & Strattons:
Invariably take several pulls to start
Bit thirsty on fuel
NVH is comparable to a Isuzu for the pre-restriction models
Have been developed about as much as a hammer over the years....
The older they get, the more tempremental they get

BUT..... you can garuntee with the right persuasion, they always do the job....

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I am pretty certain that there are a (very) few Defenders bought as a top-up.

John

I know of 8 that were bought when there was a need due to Afghanistan taking so many out of Oz.
I was led to believe that wasn't the only "1 off" purchase.
The source was an Army W.O. - who has since left the Army to work for a truck company, he said the Deefers weren't all too popular against the Isuzu's, but that could have been from a servicing point.

There's definitely some Defenders, I've seen a few TD5 110's, most of these were white ones used for normal transport duties. However the majority of their normal transport vehicles are Cruiser's.