Vader is gone, roll on "Lara"

[Maxxed_Ross]

Well after a short ownership Vader the Defender is moving onto a new home. It wasn't for sale a week and a mate's brother in law put a deposit on it last night :wavecry:

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but onwards and upwards. It was sold to fund this monster... meet "Lara" the 2001 Tomb Raider Edition. One of only 400 made world-wide (only 100 made as a double cab) I'll get better pictures when I pick it up on Thursday :snap:

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can't wait! :D

[Dan1971]

Cool .....

[zsserbia]

Nice one, any plans for it?

[Maxxed_Ross]

thanks lads

might change the front bumper as I'm not too keen on it... but apart from small stuff that's it. These are worth alot more standard

[stamford]

That I likey! :D Best one as well imo. Prices are a bit strange on these, some high some seem a bit cheap and not to everyones taste. Funny as I was watching Tomb Raider last night! V8?

[peterzs]

Vader is gone, roll on "Lara"

Both look great, but I know whos picture I'd have hanging from the interior mirror.

Bet Lara soon gets muddy and dirty!!!!!

Have fun.

:smile1::smile1::smile1:

[Maxxed_Ross]

That I likey! :D Best one as well imo. Prices are a bit strange on these, some high some seem a bit cheap and not to everyones taste. Funny as I was watching Tomb Raider last night! V8?

They are vasty different. The 90 versions (300 made) seem to go between £8k and £14k for a mint one... these 110 versions (only 100 made) start at around £14k and can go as high as £20k. The only other 110 for sale just now (in Glasgow strangely enough and not as nice as this one!) is up for £17k :w00t:

I suppose that's a realistic sort of price considering they were over £30k new back in 2001... an insane amount of money for a Defender back then. I was speaking to my mate that works for Landrover about it the other night and he was saying even the basic Tomb Raider had over £7k worth of extras on it from the factory - and with this one having the "Extreme Pack" that was another £4k

It all adds up! :nugget:


As for the engine, it's a sensible TD5 I'm afraid. The movie version was a 4.2 V8 from a Discovery and mounted into a Defender 130 Hi-Cap (they never came as either a soft top or a V8!)

Landrover Special Vehicles built two of them, and as for as I know both are now in motor heritage centres

[stamford]

You can't go wrong with the TD5, cheaper to run than the V8! My Disco has the TD5 and returns reasonable MPG for its weight and tows extremely well. I was toying with idea of a Tomb Raider later on but the lack of dog carrying capacity is putting me off. I may well go for a Disco 3 but the build problems are putting me off.

[Maxxed_Ross]

you can put a hard top on the back you know

[stamford]

Yea I know but they'd be separated from the car with the cab, don't think they would like that! Besides it'll change the looks too much!

[vanishing days]

this is awsum!

[Maxxed_Ross]

cheers!

A bit of an update after 2 weeks of ownership, 38 hours without sleep and a 19 hour round trip to go get it...

Thought I would tidy up the front a bit as it was very faded and I had a set of brand new surrounds sitting in the garage

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but discovered a slight... "issue" with the headlights

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the plastic trim was all that was holding in both headlights... certainly explains why the beam pattern was so terrible on the trip back North in the dark

easy fixed though

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then Susan bought me a nice new head unit - a funky CD-less unit that sucks in your Ipod!

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fixed a few other little issues and added my own touches

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then added some custom stickers that a friend made up for me

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then some drastic surgery to fix the dodgy spot light wiring

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oh and I got my new private plate fitted too. Technically I bought the plate before I bought the Defender. A bit of a risk as this is about the only 51 plate TR on the owners club!

[stamford]

Love the plate :yes: This must be a keeper surely?

[peterzs]

Lucky the lights hung on in there, reminded me a bit of my old MGB.

Does look good, can see the attraction, great number plate as well.

:beer2::beer2::beer2:

[ZS]

I've allways wanted a WildCat :D - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3Nq7CKYaRdQ/TBkMLip2EkI/AAAAAAAAQoQ/yIPiPDKM43c/s1600/Wildcat+300STR1.jpg

But that Tomb Raider version I like, never seen one before (and certainly makes my Series 2a look in very bad shape! lol)

[Maxxed_Ross]

£90k for a landrover is a bit excessive for running about town lol

[zsserbia]

cheers!



oh and I got my new private plate fitted too. Technically I bought the plate before I bought the Defender. A bit of a risk as this is about the only 51 plate TR on the owners club!

"If you light a fire and it starts raining, you may say your fire had caused a rain, only if it was the only purpose you were lighting it." :smile1:

[Maxxed_Ross]

yeah I know what you mean. I think i had decided I was having it even if it was a minger. I actually paid for it in full before I had even seen it. I've been keeping an eye on selling sites since buying it and there are only 2 others for sale in the whole of the UK. One is a bit tired looking for more money and the other is nearly £5k more than I got this one for!!

Lara isn't quite a minger, but it does need a fair bit of work. That's more to do with me wanting it perfect (I know, I'll never learn!). Luckily with this one it's all cosmetic stuff. The mechanicals are solid - and it doesn't have a single oil leak! That must be a Landrover first! (usually if there's no oil under it, then there's no oil in it!)

I'm going to get the same bodyshop that does all my painting to have a look at it in the spring to see what can be done to bring it back up to new conditions.

It has a load of dents on the doors - from the previous owner pushing them to get them to shut. 5 mins of adjustment and I had them working fine so there you go.

It has a few corrosion spots that need looked at and the alloys are in a terrible state.

Time will tell if it needs a full strip down... I'm hoping it wont. if it does then the full cage will be coming off and getting powdercoated

[peterzs]

Sounds like you want to do a full body off strip down!!!

Just trying to convince yourself.

Will make a great tow car for the BTCC EX259

Think your Santa came early, love the cars you are looking after.

:bow::bow::bow: :clap::clap::clap:

[Maxxed_Ross]

funds are getting a bit thin, so I honestly hope it doesn't! EX259 has near enough bankrupt me as it is!

[Boot Hill Bandit]

Time you updated your sig too Ross :icecream:

I hope your Landy is a good one.

[Maxxed_Ross]

never noticed that! Cheers Jim