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Pilling Motor Group Landrover Franchise


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Description = Landrover Franchise
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  • Index


  • The

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    defender is a

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    model from

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    Series models and

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    defenders are confused due to their similar styling, although

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    The principal differences between

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    defenders are coil-sprung whereas Series models are leaf-sprung, and also that

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    defenders entered production in 1983, and came in two wheelbases, 90 in

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    The 130 in wheelbase model was introduced later

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    Series I

    1948 Series I 80 inch

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    1948 Series I 80 inch

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    entered production in 1948, with the introduction of the Series I, which came in 80 in, 86 in, 88 in, 107 in and 109 in models

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    It was originally designed for

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    Series I production stopped in 1958

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    Chassis and vehicle number locations

    There does appear

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    Series I (80 in) :

    The

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    The vehicle number (the same as the number as on the bracket) is situated on the bulkhead inside

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    Engine, gearbox, and front and rear axle numbers should be related to the chassis numbers,but these are often some or many digits later - due to spares and supplies for

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    Series I (86 in) and (107 in) :

    These numbers are situated on the transfer box instruction plate on the

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    Series I (88 in) and (109 in) :

    Numbers are on the transfer box

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    Series II

    1963

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    1963

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    A pickup-type series IIA

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    A pickup-type series IIA

    The successor to the incredibly successful Series I was the Series II, which saw a production run from 1958 to 1961

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    It came in

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    This was the first

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    Series IIA

    The Series

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    It was produced between 1961 and 1971

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    There were some minor cosmetic changes from the II, and the 2.25

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    Also the 2.6 L 6 cylinder engine was introduced for use in the long wheel base models

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    This engine was notoriously difficult to maintain, and was

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    Series III

    Little changed cosmetically between the IIA and the Series III

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    However the headlamps were moved to the wings,

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    During its production run from 1971 until 1985, the 1,000,000th

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    rolled off the production line in 1976

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    This was

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    The instrument cluster, which was previously centrally located, was moved to the driver's side

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    defender

    The

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    defender

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    model from the Discovery and Range Rover, which were moving rapidly up-market - especially in the US

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    defender actually began in 1983 as the

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    110 - a simple name which refers to the length of the wheelbase

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    90

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    Outwardly, there is little to distinguish the post-1983 vehicles from the Series Rovers which had been in production since the late 1940s

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    A mild

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    defender was, however, a complete modernization of the old Series platform

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    Spefically:

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    landrover

    defender used

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    This change allowed for greater axle travel and increased

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    ability

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    The

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    It is still largely hand assembled, and unlike most modern cars and trucks, all the major

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    A

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    defender can literally be broken down to its chassis with simple hand tools - there is no unibody structure

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    This is actually

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    This feature allowed

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