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Last Defender
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:59 pm
by Gob
The final Land Rover Defender has rolled off the production line.
Workers at the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plant in Solihull, West Midlands cheered as the last one was presented with its lights flashing and horn blaring.
More than two million of the 4x4s have been produced over the past 68 years as it became one of the most-loved and long-lived road vehicles.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z3yfngTHj3
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:19 am
by dales
....the last one was presented with its lights flashing and horn blaring.
That's quite an accomplishment considering the Lucas electrical system.
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 2:18 am
by datsunaholic
dales wrote:
That's quite an accomplishment considering the Lucas electrical system.
You're assuming they INTENDED the lights to be flashing and the horn blaring.
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 2:49 am
by Bicycle Bill
"More than two million of the 4x4s have been produced over the past 68 years as it became one of the most-loved and long-lived road vehicles."
But wasn't it intended to be an
OFF-road vehicle??
-"BB"-
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:32 am
by MG McAnick
datsunaholic wrote:You're assuming they INTENDED the lights to be flashing and the horn blaring.
That's exactly what i was thinking as I read that post.
Lucas headlights have three settings. Off, dim, and flicker.
http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:45 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Blah blah - yes, but they were not "Defenders". That name came a lot later.
TIme was, they were just Land Rovers (I, II, II and so on). That name didn't come about until 1990 as a change from the 90 and the 1/10 and THAT was only because they started producing the Discovery in 1989
It will always be the Landie for those who loved it F 'Discovery'
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:39 am
by kmccune
Are the bodies made from aluminum and do they still use the GM based aluminum V8 engine ?
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:08 pm
by wesw
if it s good enough for Wesley pegdon, it s good enough for me....
be a luv and pop one in the post for me?
a really old one please.
you never know when the zombie apocalypse will come......
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:21 pm
by kmccune
Based on the 215 cu in .Oldsmobile V8 are they still using those ?
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:40 am
by Jarlaxle
The Buick V8, actually...was dropped after 2004. Later ones (in the US) used the Ford/Jaguar 4.4 DOHC V8.
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:43 am
by kmccune
Thanks .
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:47 pm
by Burning Petard
Was this ultimate vehicle the smuggler model (with the machine gun mount at the back) or the police model (with the machine gun mount in the front)?
Re: Last Defender
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:09 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Burning Petard wrote:Was this ultimate vehicle the smuggler model (with the machine gun mount at the back) or the police model (with the machine gun mount in the front)?
or the UN model with the mid-mounted gun.