Out with the new and in with the old

[douglasgdmw]

After a lot of contemplation during lockdown and putting the Defender up for sale (which generated lot of enquiries but mostly chancers who thought I needed to sell).

Decided that life is too short and took the plunge on an old series. During the summer staycation I had a chat with the owner of Twisted about my Defender and a very brief Facebook post that I saw on their site.

Ended up popping down to LR Motors (part of Twisted for normalish Defender sales) and did a deal trading in my Defender for this old girl born in 1963 (Series 2a Petrol).

Still waiting to get a couple of bits finished off :
- Re galvanising the bumpers, windows, door cappings (hopefully this week)
- Changing the windows to standard marine blue (now done)
- Fitting lap belts
- Waxoyl the chassis

Been painful waiting since early August, nothing compared to Renmure's wait admittedly

So car is nearly ready and can't wait to get her. In true Landy naming tradition she will be called Yulanda.

So prior to arrival just need to watch some YouTube videos on double de clutching as no syncromesh on 1st/2nd.

So suspect I may be popping along to some spanner/sponge meets to get some assistance although will probably leaving a day early !!!


From this:



To this


George
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[robin]

Double de clutching under pressure. If you dont get it driving in second within a few seconds you'll have lost so much momentum that you need first again

Needs a supercharger to give it some more torque

[robin]

P.s. enjoy it, and make sure you take plenty of reading material for the way home!

[douglasgdmw]

Just had a phone call from LR Motors today.

Part of the plan was to Waxoil the chassis to preserve it in the future. When they were performing the preparation work they have discovered the chassis is not in a very good state and is beyond repair - and certainly nothing they would not send out to a customer.

So looks like the old girl will be getting new undergarments which will delay my delivery date - weeks, months I just do not know yet. .

However the good thing is that LR Motors have said that there will be no cost to myself and they will get a new galvanized chassis and install it.

Only slight concession is that they need the Defender earlier than anticipated, so being picked up on Saturday - which also means I get the difference in price earlier as well

Disappointed that there will be a delay but so grateful that they hold their hand up - so many other garages would have just waxoyled the chassis and left me to discover the issue once any warranty had expired.

[IanD]

Sounds expensive and a good result for you even with the delay in delivery.

Without your waxoyl request would this have been found ?

[douglasgdmw]

Possibly not as the car was waxoyled previously. So may not have been found for a while.

Suppose the fact its a historical vehicle and not subject to an MOT means that something like this could go unnoticed.

I am probably in their goods book anyway.

Someone contacted me about my car post the deal and I passed on their details. Found out tonight he has bought my Defender today.

Someone else contacted me for advice on selling their defender a couple of weeks back, passes his details and knew they were wanting more stock. They bought his defender and sold it in a couple of days.

So 2 sales passed their way from me


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[robin]

I think chassis replacements are de rigueur for landies of a certain age. Great result though & top service from LR Motors too.

[renmure]

Been painful waiting since early August, nothing compared to Renmure's wait admittedly

..... which will delay my delivery date - weeks, months I just do not know yet. .

Hahaha. Welcome to my world

Looks nice tho and will be worth the wait I'm sure