Defender 110 Restoration

Defender 110 Restoration

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P4T

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221 posts

142 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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$4.99 a month... Oh well, Done!

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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Can't you just upload them to the PH service?

richtea78

5,574 posts

157 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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Put them on Flickr, its free!

MelonMan

38 posts

217 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Woken up this morning thinking about defenders and just re-read this thread from the beginning. Great build, wish the car was for sale now.

Willb123

2 posts

115 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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@p4t can I be cheeky and ask how much this restoration cost you and the time it took you? I am looking at doing the same to my recent purchase of a 94 300tdi 110 defender. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated eg... Contacts of supplies for kit and storage of the vehicle for the work. Message me privately if you would not like to post the actual price.

Any help on this matter would be perfect

Thanks will

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

145 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Willb123 said:
@p4t can I be cheeky and ask how much this restoration cost you and the time it took you? I am looking at doing the same to my recent purchase of a 94 300tdi 110 defender. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated eg... Contacts of supplies for kit and storage of the vehicle for the work. Message me privately if you would not like to post the actual price.

Any help on this matter would be perfect

Thanks will
I can't be of any assistance specific to a Defender, but any cars I've done up (a handful now) I've learned to double the cost estimate and at least double the time estimate.

Willb123

2 posts

115 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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TheLordJohn said:
I can't be of any assistance specific to a Defender, but any cars I've done up (a handful now) I've learned to double the cost estimate and at least double the time estimate.
Thanks I'll do that even tho it will make my bank balance sweat wink

lyricalgangster

237 posts

144 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Just read this from start to finish, and all I can say is WOW.

Amazing work, and a massive inspiration for anyone.

I would love to have the skills to do just a bit of this, but alas, I do not!

Fantastic restoration thread, one of my favourites...


P4T

Original Poster:

221 posts

142 months

Sunday 3rd August 2014
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Hi Will

I am happy to answer your questions.

The cost of the base vehicle was £2000 despite being in such a bad state... Defenders hey! The sum of parts was about £9,000 in the end including things like painting meaning a total cost of about £11,000.

This biggest killer in my opinion of taking on a project like this is the sheer amount of time that needs to be invested. I work 50 hours a week for my day job and was putting about another 20 hours a week into the land rover. I don't think its the sort of thing you would be able to do if you had a wife and kids that also needed some of your time as I felt as though every spare minute was spent on the LR.

A lot of the parts were sourced on the internet and delivered to my work for ease. There are PDF parts manuals available online and they proved invaluable for part numbers which can then be typed into a website like lrseries.com and you then have the option of choosing a genuine or spurious part depending on the budget.

I rent an old chicken shed on a farm which is where I did the work but for convenience it would always be better at home in a garage simply for being at home would enable you to spend more time on it.

Current project is a house which seems to swallow money like you wouldn't believe!.. When thats done I need to make a start on the series 3 land rover ive had sat in the shed for a few years.

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/PatrickM...

Funk

26,254 posts

208 months

Sunday 3rd August 2014
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I loved reading this, absolutely in awe of the skill involved.

I have no need of it, but I really want to own that LR one day!

abarth130

257 posts

199 months

Sunday 3rd August 2014
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Just spent the afternoon reading this thread. Hat's off to you sir - that is one fantastic Defender you have there.

crossie

208 posts

236 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Great read!

My brother pointed me here as he is looking to do some work on his defender.

Do you think it worth saving doors or just buy new ones?

neilbauer

2,467 posts

182 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Just found this thread and WOW. Fantastic job love the colour, the attention to detail underneath, the seats and really love the black steal wheels. What an awesome looking Landy smile

Josh-v3n73

1 posts

95 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Hi, I've just come across this and had a quick read - great job!!

One question, if you don't mind? ...

I'm looking to improve the look of our rear bench seats and perhaps the rest of the vehicle to match ... Were your new seats custom built? Who did them for you?

Cheers, Josh.