Defender 90 SOFT TOP CONVERSIONS.
Discussion
I have a 1984 series 3 and a v8 anniversary Defender.I think it is better to preserve the value of the v8 by leaving it standard.My series was converted for summer use by Churchill 4x4 in Bromsgrove; it is brilliant for pottering in the good weather and I put the hard top back on for the winter.
pugsey said:
I'm lucky enough to own both TDi5 and V8 Anniversary editions of Defender 90 and would like to have one of them - probably the Anniv. - converted to soft top. Can anyone recommend a company who can do this and do you have any views on the pros and cons. Cheers all.
Nene overland - EXTREME SOFTTOP option ?
If you're in Hampshire, how about Keith Gott near Alton? www.keithgott.co.uk
They seem to have a decent reputation
They seem to have a decent reputation
Denis O said:
Another vote for not hacking the anniversary about. Those buggers retain value like mad when left original but it could cost you a lot if you start to change things.
Take your point but I like the V8. Surely it would cost me even more to have a soft top conversion AND a V8 transplant?
Why not get an OE ragtop with hoops etc....
My mate has a V8 90 and in the summer the hard comes off in one piece thanks to 4 small eye bolts fittted on the roof. In the winter he reverses the process.
I hate to see classic LR's like yours get hacked about they deserve to be looked after and cherished but on the other hand it's a bloody landy which like all Landy's is screaming out to be modded to the owners requirements......
IMHO I would sell the 50th and build a galv chassis'd 90 with a 4.0ltr lump in it
. As all of the 50th 90's I've seen look like they went through special vehicles way too fast and the build quality is worse than a normal 90!
My mate has a V8 90 and in the summer the hard comes off in one piece thanks to 4 small eye bolts fittted on the roof. In the winter he reverses the process.
I hate to see classic LR's like yours get hacked about they deserve to be looked after and cherished but on the other hand it's a bloody landy which like all Landy's is screaming out to be modded to the owners requirements......
IMHO I would sell the 50th and build a galv chassis'd 90 with a 4.0ltr lump in it
. As all of the 50th 90's I've seen look like they went through special vehicles way too fast and the build quality is worse than a normal 90!greenlandy said:
Why not get an OE ragtop with hoops etc....
My mate has a V8 90 and in the summer the hard comes off in one piece thanks to 4 small eye bolts fittted on the roof. In the winter he reverses the process.
I hate to see classic LR's like yours get hacked about they deserve to be looked after and cherished but on the other hand it's a bloody landy which like all Landy's is screaming out to be modded to the owners requirements......
IMHO I would sell the 50th and build a galv chassis'd 90 with a 4.0ltr lump in it. As all of the 50th 90's I've seen look like they went through special vehicles way too fast and the build quality is worse than a normal 90!
So....another route which must admit sounds a possibility. However that broadens my original question to who would you reccommend to do both the soft top and V8 conversion - bearing in mind I want a proper job not an 'on going project'!My mate has a V8 90 and in the summer the hard comes off in one piece thanks to 4 small eye bolts fittted on the roof. In the winter he reverses the process.
I hate to see classic LR's like yours get hacked about they deserve to be looked after and cherished but on the other hand it's a bloody landy which like all Landy's is screaming out to be modded to the owners requirements......
IMHO I would sell the 50th and build a galv chassis'd 90 with a 4.0ltr lump in it
. As all of the 50th 90's I've seen look like they went through special vehicles way too fast and the build quality is worse than a normal 90!
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