Land Rover 90 Defenders are everywhere

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The biggest problem I have is explaining to people that it is not a Defender and it is not a County, it is a base model Land Rover 90.

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****e! i get that with mine and its 2004! i told the boss i had to take the 90 for a service, he asked why i wasnt doing it myself, i said its under warrenty!
his reply was ohh i thought it was an old one you built up:D

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I've seen heaps... well ok... 4 Land Rover Defender 90's where I live (Gladstone QLD) and a few of you lot here also have 90's, whats with that? are they cheap to import? and I'm guessing they don't have any problems meeting Australian compliance.

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one of them most likley be a red/maroon one with black flairs??
its a 2003 extreme, owned by a bloke at callide power station in biloela.
im coming up there next month! i might have to chase them down and get them on aulro:twisted:

cheers phil

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Originally Posted by cmurray

I got mine 7 years ago from Land Ranger spares in Adelaide. I took it to an machining/engineering joint in Warragul to get something made up, and they commented that it was a nice game!! The biggest problem I have is explaining to people that it is not a Defender and it is not a County, it is a base model Land Rover 90.

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Better than what i got going around Aus. All i got most of time was Not seen that model of Jeep before. Or is that a new jeep model.
My reply was normaly . JEEP JEEP , Thats fighting talk That is

I used to just say it was a Defender 110 that has been left out in the rain too long and has shrunk ;)

There's one here in Geelong, pretty sure it's an Extreeme, it's black with a white roof (I couldn't get a white roof when I bought the 110 Extreeme)

It's number plate is ORCA which I thought was quite fitting - not sure if it's someone on here?!

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Originally Posted by Reads90

Peace of Pi**

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Ohhhh lol ... *cough* I knew that.

Best regards
DarrenR

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Originally Posted by discowhite

one of them most likley be a red/maroon one with black flairs??
its a 2003 extreme

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Callide power station is 100Km's or there abouts inland, Biloela is slightly inland again. I haven't done any jobs out at the power station for a long time, but that would make 5 !!!

But of course now I'll be looking for it, got a job to do tomorrow at the coal mine next door then down to Taroon to do a job.

Best regards
DarrenR

imported our defender 90 200tdi

was fairly easy but long process for us and we also think that the car took abuse from being at sea for so long........

it had rust before we brought it as its a uk car........but now its got serious rust


anyone know where we can get cheap capping strips as we now have a hole in one side

dullbird

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Originally Posted by cmurray

I got mine 7 years ago from Land Ranger spares in Adelaide. I took it to an machining/engineering joint in Warragul to get something made up, and they commented that it was a nice game!! The biggest problem I have is explaining to people that it is not a Defender and it is not a County, it is a base model Land Rover 90.

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I used to get that with my yellow SWB Series 3, "nice game" ...no it's not a Game, "but it's yellow" ... yes it is yellow, but not all yellow Landies are a Game (not that there was anything special about a Game).

So Land Rover 90 but not a Defender or County, so round that "County" era though then? What engine is in it, the last of the old 4's the diesel was a "Turbo D" is that right? before the 200TDi?

Best regards
DarrenR

Had I known how rare 90's are over here, I'd have bought an XS a year before we emigrated just so I could have bought it with me. Looked for ages for one, then bought a 110, then saw a 90 in the paper a week later. Oh well...good or bad, at least I have room for the kids in the 110.

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Originally Posted by DarrenR

So Land Rover 90 but not a Defender or County, so round that "County" era though then? What engine is in it, the last of the old 4's the diesel was a "Turbo D" is that right? before the 200TDi?

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Darren,
It's an 84 which had a 2.5 petrol, until I blew it up. As I have explained many a time, County actually refers to the trim specification. They had carpet and cloth seats as well as more sound deadening, and there were Series 3 Counties, and Defender Counties as well, mine was a base model, the seats looked like they were straight out of a series 3.

I bought capping for the 110 wagon from Landrover. It cost about $300 for both sides from memory. Pretty reasonable I thought.