need some help with a purchase...
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Morning all,
a friend has decided to get back into the world of landy ownership - hes found a truck he likes and paid a deposit. problem being - its in scotland and he's in london.
its a defender pick-up - 2008 (has been cat C and repaired) - hes due to pick it up this week but has just noticed its down as a 7 seter on the log book (seller sent him some pics of the paperwork). if its a pickup how can it be 7 seats?
he's concerned that its a dodgy conversion after it was written off i.e they put the pick up bed on the new chassis. its got an irish plate on it which is making details about it harder to find out.
hes not concerned about the fact its been written off (it was relatively cheap), its more that the V5 might not have been updated.
any thoughts?
a friend has decided to get back into the world of landy ownership - hes found a truck he likes and paid a deposit. problem being - its in scotland and he's in london.
its a defender pick-up - 2008 (has been cat C and repaired) - hes due to pick it up this week but has just noticed its down as a 7 seter on the log book (seller sent him some pics of the paperwork). if its a pickup how can it be 7 seats?
he's concerned that its a dodgy conversion after it was written off i.e they put the pick up bed on the new chassis. its got an irish plate on it which is making details about it harder to find out.
hes not concerned about the fact its been written off (it was relatively cheap), its more that the V5 might not have been updated.
any thoughts?
Even the little bit you've explained would be enough for me to walk away.
Plenty of Defenders out there without going down the Cat C route.
A truck cab might just be a former seven seater in a previous life as a station wagon:
Four inward facing rear seats and two front seats with one extra seat in the middle, but I'd say it's unlikely - not sure when the extra middle seat was withdrawn as an option but I suspect it was pre-2008, and I'm pretty certain by 2008 the inward-facing rear seats had also gone in favour of just two forward-facing rear seats meaning a 90 would be just a four seater.
My money's on your mate being sold a 90 on the papers for a 110 (which would've had seven seats in rows of two-three-two, all forward-facing.
Plenty of Defenders out there without going down the Cat C route.
A truck cab might just be a former seven seater in a previous life as a station wagon:
Four inward facing rear seats and two front seats with one extra seat in the middle, but I'd say it's unlikely - not sure when the extra middle seat was withdrawn as an option but I suspect it was pre-2008, and I'm pretty certain by 2008 the inward-facing rear seats had also gone in favour of just two forward-facing rear seats meaning a 90 would be just a four seater.
My money's on your mate being sold a 90 on the papers for a 110 (which would've had seven seats in rows of two-three-two, all forward-facing.
Ah, my mistake. I just had it in my head it was a 90. 110 pick-ups are quite rare on a 2008 plate, but a crewcab pick up less so.
It could be legit, but the conversion from station wagon to crewcab would be quite lengthy and involved as it'd need a new rear bulk head between the rear seats and the load area. Not impossible, bit a lot of work for it much gain.
It could be legit, but the conversion from station wagon to crewcab would be quite lengthy and involved as it'd need a new rear bulk head between the rear seats and the load area. Not impossible, bit a lot of work for it much gain.
ok - so the conversion probably took place when it was written off. i'm guessing there was a shell change and never recorded on the V5.
got written off, bought back, owner decided to add some mods, and then changed the body. hes not particularly bothered but it does seem a little odd to me.
got written off, bought back, owner decided to add some mods, and then changed the body. hes not particularly bothered but it does seem a little odd to me.
These are like a Meccano set. You can convert from estate to pickup to soft-top to double cab (for a 110) with little more than a spanner, a screwdriver and a couple of hours. Everything is interchangeable. I wouldn't let the actual body style vs the V5 put you off too much, but definitely do all the due diligence in other areas.
I did warn him!
I’ve got a feeling the chassis is not right.
Tyres are being changed at the weekend. Then the suspension is being stripped out next week.
He basically bought it for going shooting - it’ll end up not getting used very much at all.
Then he’ll try and get rid.
Thank you for your input gents. You can lead a horse to water...
I’ve got a feeling the chassis is not right.
Tyres are being changed at the weekend. Then the suspension is being stripped out next week.
He basically bought it for going shooting - it’ll end up not getting used very much at all.
Then he’ll try and get rid.
Thank you for your input gents. You can lead a horse to water...
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