Vehicle Description
1980 Land Rover Defender 110. Desirable Left Hand Drive. This
vehicle has been my weekly driver for 6 years, well maintained,
structurally solid and cosmetically good example of the long
wheelbase Defender and is relatively stock. It has the original 3.5
liter, carbureted V8 mated to the stock LT85 5-speed manual
transmission. 85,000 miles. (This motor will never die.) The
vehicle was repainted Poppy Red over the factory brown when put
into service in a small village in Austria as the community fire
truck. (FEUERWEHR = Fire Vehicle. Petina shows the name of the
village on the doors.) I have the original owner's manual,
decommissioning documents, and service logs from early in its life.
WORK PERFORMED SINCE 2016 Removed majority of Waxoyl from the frame
for inspection and repair. Replaced the rear crossmember with a
galvanized replacement, patched any problem areas. The frame has
been repaired over the life of the vehicle but is solid. Repaired
with POR 90. Replaced the rear tub aluminum floor and top hats with
double thickness custom laser cut panels as well as a new
galvanized tube support crossmember from YRM Footwells and front
door posts replaced with YRM parts. C column on RH was replaced.
New galvanized front shock towers. New OEM seat belt mounts in the
rear tub, ner retracting shoulder seat belts and lap belt for reat.
Removed a good deal of old service wiring that was cluttering up
things. Left a spare circuit to the roof and into the engine bay
for future upgrades as the wiring was professional and heavy duty.
Replaced the entire front end with OEM axle and assembly 2021
Overland Engineering has done the following work in the past 20k
miles: New starter, leads and grounds, steering bushings, clutch,
flywheel and rear main seal and general tune up. Receipts for all.
UPGRADES SINCE 2016: New heavy duty Wolf wheels. Old Man Emu shocks
NEW upgraded alternator 2020 so all lights/fog lights/heater could
run simultaneously) Sliders with tree bars
