Say Hello To Katy

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DRG

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254 posts

263 months

Tuesday 28th September 2004
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Deja Vu.....

Sadly Katy I GB 254 has never been found so I have replaced her, with some difficulty there are only 357 of them, with Katy II GB 010.

Happines, balance, and order are now restored (the desire for retribution on a biblical scale does still however persist)

After a couple of weeks of taking things off and fitting things on she is now the same as the original with the exception of a stainless steel A bar rather than the black powder coat one on Katy I. And I have a rather nice Defender Black leather steering wheel rather than the standard grey leather one.

Katy II...



This is about a mile from home

Pictures of both my girls (should you be a bit sad like me) are here...

http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.allangreen/Index.htm

>>> Edited by DRG on Tuesday 28th September 20:23

Graham

16,369 posts

291 months

Tuesday 28th September 2004
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nice i quite fancy one of those, how are the prices holding up..

DRG

Original Poster:

254 posts

263 months

Wednesday 29th September 2004
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Graham,

Fortunately / unfortunately rather well depending whether you're buying or selling.

A private sale with around 40,000 miles will need about £13 - 15,000. A dealer vehicle, mint, with low ~20,000 miles will cost between £16 - 17,000. Most of the owners are real Land Rover fanatics and tend to look after them. I know one guy got one that had been fairly well modified for off roading for, I think, ~£10,500 - quite a good buy in my estimation.

They can be a bit difficult to get hold of as there aren't too many about. But as my local LR main dealer said, "That'll ollus bi w'th a lot a money!"

The Defender 50th guru is a chap called James, he has posted on here a couple of times under defender50th - what else. Now James is obsessed and is THE best source of advice if you are serious about buying one. I am not exagerating when I say that the inner wheel arches on his GB 002 are cleaner than the windscreen on my GB 010 - No seriously they are. No they really, really are!

If you want any buying advice or even to find one then either myself or I am sure James will be delighted to help.

Allan.

defender50th

44 posts

250 months

Wednesday 29th September 2004
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Cheers for the intro Allan

Dosent everyone polish under there wheel aches
Ok, yeah, i am compleatly obsessed !!!!

If anyone is thinking about buying a 50th then you are welcome to join the Defender 50th owner group at www.Defender50th.co.uk. There is a message board to ask questions and a Defender 50th vehicle register.

Best regards

James
Defender 50th GB 002


Graham.J

5,420 posts

266 months

Wednesday 29th September 2004
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Allan,

Sad that Katy I was never found, but congrats on Katy II, lovely looking car, I've never been a fan of the stainless A-bar's but actually that doesn't look too bad.

And she's green....a proper Land Rover colour

Have fun with her

Graham

DRG

Original Poster:

254 posts

263 months

Thursday 30th September 2004
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They all come in Atlantis Blue (apart from three that were made in black with black chequer plating). It depends what the light is like as it is a flip paint sometimes it looks green sometimes it looks blue and sometimes both!







I did tell you..!

Graham

16,369 posts

291 months

Thursday 30th September 2004
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Blimey my disco td5 wasnt that clean underneath when i bought it new...

Graham.J

5,420 posts

266 months

Thursday 30th September 2004
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DRG said:
They all come in Atlantis Blue (apart from three that were made in black with black chequer plating). It depends what the light is like as it is a flip paint sometimes it looks green sometimes it looks blue and sometimes both!

Aaaah, well I never, it looks kind of Epsom Green in that picture, very perculiar

And that is one clean landy