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Offline Bush Tucker Man

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« on: July 14, 2005, 19:28:03 »
I was in Wakefield this morning & heading out towards the Huddersfield Road (A642)
As I got to the end of Ings Road* on Westgate, I saw a familiar shape in the PC World car-park, however the sliding windows made me look twice, as did the Limestone door-tops.
So a quick trip around the one way at that end of the city & into the car-park**

It was indeed an early vehicle. Strictly speaking it is a One-Ten, not a 110, let alone a Defender.
Apart from the A-bar, wing-tops, rubber radio aeriel & Discovery rims it could have been made last week. such was the condition (on a brief look)

Sadly no-one came to it whilst I was there, so couldn't ask anything about it. I'll keep the peepers peeled for it again

EHP 445Y

*Ings Road, by the way, was one of the first purpose built by-passes in the country. It cut along the Ings (marshy ground) avoiding the busy town & cut between the Denby-Dale turn-pike & the West Gate, which gave access to routes to Dewsbury, Halifax & Huddersfield.

**Exiting the car-park neccessitated another trip around the one-way. The things I do for you lot!!!  :lol:  :wink:
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2005, 20:07:05 »
damn you bush tucker ... you have gone and prooved the wife right (she said the door tops of our 110 should be limestone not the green of the bottom of the door) she will be hell to live with now :shock:
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2005, 20:15:23 »
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damn you bush tucker ... you have gone and prooved the wife right (she said the door tops of our 110 should be limestone not the green of the bottom of the door)

All (standard production line)One-Ten door-tops were Limestone for until the introduction of the Ninety

 
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she will be hell to live with now :shock:

And I thought it was just my wife....
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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2005, 20:21:27 »
is the windowscreen surrond also limestone?
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2005, 20:28:01 »
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is the windowscreen surrond also limestone?


I'm sure they are, I'll go down to the 'snug' & check a 1983 brochure for you.
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2005, 20:38:01 »
ta
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2005, 21:09:17 »
Looking through the brochure (1982 date?), there are 2 shades, ' Trident Green' & 'Light Green'

With a white windscreen surround  & hinges.
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2005, 21:28:08 »
we exposed the original colours on the inside of the cargo bay and got an exact match for the green which land rover called light green. Tekaloid call it land rover pastle green. We will have finished the first coats this weekend and I will post some pics.

Ta for your trouble BTM :)
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2005, 22:28:01 »
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we exposed the original colours on the inside of the cargo bay and got an exact match for the green which land rover called light green. Tekaloid call it land rover pastle green. We will have finished the first coats this weekend and I will post some pics.

Ta for your trouble BTM :)

just a little bit of info on your 110 it was a pre launch  press vehicle I have a friend who has the consecutive numbered white county station wagon you will find it was registered at the factory my mates was then lent to warks constabulary and fitted with a compressor and an air brake couplings for towing a mobile incident room
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2005, 22:40:29 »
rok.... is that BTMs pic you are talking about or our 110?
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