nickh7 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Posting for a friend ex 7 owner £8750 Ono - October 2004 Defender 110 TD5 (Police Specification - no ABS) - White - 188,718 miles - Good bits: ○ Only two owners Kent Police + me (from 146K miles) ○ Solid chassis - been looked after ○ Engine & mechanicals in good shape - well maintained ○ MOT until end April 2020 ○ New wheels & tyres 2018 - old wheels needed cleaning up § 7.50 x R16 Michelin Latitude Cross x 5 (new spare inc.) £520 § New Wolf Rims £240 ○ Clean interior ○ Wright Off-Road front cabin sound matting - brilliant noise reduction and keeps everything clean - might benefit from refitting a bit closer, but works very well ○ Wiring tidied up behind dash (coating slightly perished -> indicator problem - now fixed) ○ Rear split 1/3-2/3 seats ○ Legendary off-road and bad weather performance - even with Latitude Cross tyres it drives up hills in snow like it's a dry road - truly amazing ○ Comes with a couple of tubes of matching police-vehicle-white touch-up paint to make everything sparkle again - Less good bits if you're a perfectionist: ○ Front seats could do with a refresh as slightly torn (can buy kits cheap) ○ Front door cards could do with tidying (passenger sealed a little at edge, drivers side a bit loose at top, nothing that an hour with a couple of tools and new fittings won't fix) ○ Rear 1/3 split seat release handle replaced with metal pull (works, just not original pull as per 2/3 side) ○ A few holes in dash tops/sides where police gear taken out ○ Couple of holes in rear roof section where blue lights taken out - were covered up, but now opened again to let new owner decide what to do for best ○ Couple of rectangular holes in the front grille where blue lights taken out ○ Missing Landrover badge on grille ○ Bits of slight bodywork rust in usual places, again nothing that a couple of hours won't fix to make perfect ○ As with many Landy's the aluminium panels could do with beating out in a few places if you're a perfectionist - personally I love a few small imperfections here and there as it shows the cars character ○ I've hidden the OBD under the middle seat console, easily accessible by taking out a couple of console boltsOnly let me down once when the high-pressure fuel hose detached when driving across Belgium. Otherwise been absolutely faultless, peerless and brilliant fun. Approximately 42000 miles in my ownership, 38000 mostly motorway ~55-65 mph, a few thousand to/from Luxembourg on the motorways, and a few thousand more around Scottish Highlands and Hertfordshire B-roads - it's not had a hard recent life at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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