Highlights
- In current ownership for 13 years
- Comprehensive service records and MOTs available
- Recent floor and support replacements using a YRM kit
- Scorpion immobiliser and tracker fitted
- New MOT till 8th Sept 2026
The Appeal
The Defender continues to be one of the most prized off-roaders ever built, and it's for good reason. These 4x4s are synonymous with rural life, and continue to valiantly prove their worth in just about any and every environment - that exceptional missing link between daily driver and heavy-duty machinery.
Get a long wheelbase example, and you're really cooking with gas - but the County trim takes it one step forward. This trim offered the best spec available in the car's heyday, and makes this an equally comfortable family car. All of that goods space certainly doesn't go amiss either, and it's clear this fine example has had plenty of experience with its long-term owner.
Plenty has been invested, and it's garnered a certain working patina, but this Defender is still a fine workhorse that's ready and waiting to go - with plenty of opportunity for the lucky new keeper to update and improve it if they so wish.
Get a long wheelbase example, and you're really cooking with gas - but the County trim takes it one step forward. This trim offered the best spec available in the car's heyday, and makes this an equally comfortable family car. All of that goods space certainly doesn't go amiss either, and it's clear this fine example has had plenty of experience with its long-term owner.
Plenty has been invested, and it's garnered a certain working patina, but this Defender is still a fine workhorse that's ready and waiting to go - with plenty of opportunity for the lucky new keeper to update and improve it if they so wish.
History and Paperwork
- Registered in 2002
- One former registered keeper - a 4x4 garage
- In current ownership for 13 years
- All service records and MOTs available for the 13 years of ownership
- Benefits from a recent service
- Accompanied by plenty of invoices
- MOT valid until 8 September 2026
The Condition
- A nicely presented, working example in original red livery
- Doors are tired; steel frames in the foot of the doors have been replaced due to corrosion
- Blistering along the bottom of the doors
- Doors are serviceable and MOT worthy, but replacement and a complete paint job recommended for long-term use
- Heated rear window has never worked
- Analogue clock and interior lights don't work, possibly due to a fuse issue
- Original headlights are reportedly quite dim and due for an upgrade
- Front seats are good quality and comfortable but showing age
- Centre box could use a respray
- Interior roof lining is painted and looks good, but might be replaced if fussy
- Middle and rear seats removed; middle used for dog, rear for cargo
- Dog guard installed to protect passengers
- Middle and rear floor replaced in summer 2023 using a YRM kit
- C Post and floor supports replaced at the same time
The Mechanics
- 2.5-litre Turbodiesel 5-cylinder engine with no modifications
- 5-speed manual transmission
- Engine bay in good overall order
- Occasional oil drip noted, likely from the oil cooler
- This is a very common issue in Defenders and not of any real concern
- Heater matrix improved and demister fan boosted for fast windscreen clearing
- Fuel pump, windscreen wiper motor and fixings, and cappings (Gal) replaced in the past year
- The vendor reports that this Defender drives beautifully and climbs hills effortlessly
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