Comprehensively restored with new body panels, fresh paint, and an extensive mechanical rebuild
One former registered keeper
Features Raleigh cloth seats on age-correct seat rails
Brand new Exmoor Trim canopy fitted
In current ownership for approximately four years
The Appeal
Of all classic Defenders, the 300 TDi is regarded by many as the best of the bunch. Said engine occupies a sweet spot between land Rover's older and somewhat underpowered naturally aspirated units, and the electronically complex Td5 that followed.
In pickup form, this comprehensively restored 1998 example carries a purposeful, working aesthetic that has become increasingly desirable.
Having spent much of its life as a farm vehicle, it was acquired by the current owner approximately four years ago as a two-keeper truck. Since then, it has been rebuilt both cosmetically and mechanically, with new body panels, fresh paint, and a new Exmoor Trim canopy completing the exterior. Inside, the factory-correct interior includes Raleigh cloth seats mounted on age-correct rails, and the middle seat position has been deliberately left open for the next owner to choose between a seat box or a third seat. No radio has been fitted, keeping it true to how a Defender left the factory in 1998.
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