Hello Everyone, I introduced myself over in the new members forum back in December, then disappeared for awhile :grin. I'm finally getting around to throwing my 110 up here to share.
Anyway, long story short, I'm living in South Africa and I picked up a 1994 Defender 110 CSW with a 200tdi at the end of last year. It has the LT77 5-speed, a long range fuel tank (extra tank where the filler neck goes), some spot lights (that don't work), an aftermarket alarm (that needs to be removed), non working factory AC, a radio, and around 270,000km on the clock.
I intend on giving it a bit of a refresh while I'm here, enjoying it, and bringing it back to the states when I head back. I'd like to disassemble and paint it as well as make some minor upgrades here and there while I'm at it. I understand it can be a fine line before the DOT starts considering it a new vehicle so if anyone has some words of wisdom as far as that is concerned I'm all ears. The chassis, body, engine, and most of the doors are solid so they will all be maintained original...
Here it is shortly after I bough it last year.
Like many late eighties/early nineties defenders, onetens, and nineties here in South Africa this one was built by a company called Associated Automotive Distributors (AAD) who, the way I understand it, took over production after Land Rover divested from South Africa in 1985. If anyone knows more about AAD or the history of Land Rover in South Africa I'd love to here it.
Unfortunately for me, it appears that AAD did not keep very good records of what the VIN numbers they were assigning meant and they didn't use the same sequence as all the other ROW Land Rovers so I have been unable to sufficiently decode the VIN. Thanks to the lack of records, when I bought it I was under the impression that it was a 93, but I've since determined that it is an early 94 model. Not a big deal but changes when I can legally import it... Fortunately the chassis, engine, and body numbers all match what is on the title paperwork so I should be good to go once it's old enough. I just might have a few extra hoops to jump through given I don't have any way to establish an accurate date of manufacture.
Here are a few more pictures of it's condition shortly after I purchased it. Not great, but not too bad for 22 year old truck. Most of the plastic interior bits are way past their prime and it's super dirty but nothing that can't be fixed.
Over the past few months I've been busy with it and at times it has in turn kept me busy so I've got a bunch more pictures to post. I'll try and throw them up over the next few days!
Guess, I'll throw in a more recent picture to keep people interested. This is from a trip over Easter weekend...
Thanks for looking.
Anyway, long story short, I'm living in South Africa and I picked up a 1994 Defender 110 CSW with a 200tdi at the end of last year. It has the LT77 5-speed, a long range fuel tank (extra tank where the filler neck goes), some spot lights (that don't work), an aftermarket alarm (that needs to be removed), non working factory AC, a radio, and around 270,000km on the clock.
I intend on giving it a bit of a refresh while I'm here, enjoying it, and bringing it back to the states when I head back. I'd like to disassemble and paint it as well as make some minor upgrades here and there while I'm at it. I understand it can be a fine line before the DOT starts considering it a new vehicle so if anyone has some words of wisdom as far as that is concerned I'm all ears. The chassis, body, engine, and most of the doors are solid so they will all be maintained original...
Here it is shortly after I bough it last year.
Like many late eighties/early nineties defenders, onetens, and nineties here in South Africa this one was built by a company called Associated Automotive Distributors (AAD) who, the way I understand it, took over production after Land Rover divested from South Africa in 1985. If anyone knows more about AAD or the history of Land Rover in South Africa I'd love to here it.
Unfortunately for me, it appears that AAD did not keep very good records of what the VIN numbers they were assigning meant and they didn't use the same sequence as all the other ROW Land Rovers so I have been unable to sufficiently decode the VIN. Thanks to the lack of records, when I bought it I was under the impression that it was a 93, but I've since determined that it is an early 94 model. Not a big deal but changes when I can legally import it... Fortunately the chassis, engine, and body numbers all match what is on the title paperwork so I should be good to go once it's old enough. I just might have a few extra hoops to jump through given I don't have any way to establish an accurate date of manufacture.
Here are a few more pictures of it's condition shortly after I purchased it. Not great, but not too bad for 22 year old truck. Most of the plastic interior bits are way past their prime and it's super dirty but nothing that can't be fixed.
Over the past few months I've been busy with it and at times it has in turn kept me busy so I've got a bunch more pictures to post. I'll try and throw them up over the next few days!
Guess, I'll throw in a more recent picture to keep people interested. This is from a trip over Easter weekend...
Thanks for looking.