1984 Defender Hurricane! Dutch

Hi all I have just bought a LHD 1984 Defender 90 from Netherlands, its a special edition "Hurricane" there is precious little on the web about this model and would love to hear peoples thoughts or any links to information.

Its to be a rolling project and bit of fun!

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1984 are you sure as that is a very early 90 espically for a offshore market

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bit quiet there too!

is it a fender?

Thanks for your replies, it sure is a defender A reg says 1984 on reg document. Check out the attached image!

goonarmy said:

is it a fender?

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nope

Sean said:

nope

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are you for real? says Land Rover 90 on the front, so what would you call it?

fusionfanatic said:

are you for real? says Land Rover 90 on the front, so what would you call it?

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hes been pedantic

• 1947: Rover's chief designer Maurice Wilks and his associates create a prototype for a new off-road vehicle
• 1948: The first Land Rover was officially launched 30 April 1948, at the Amsterdam Motor Show
• 1958: Series II launched
• 1961: Series IIA began production
• 1967: Rover becomes part of Leyland Motors Ltd, later British Leyland (BL) as Rover Triumph
• 1970: Introduction of the Range Rover
• 1971: Series III launched
• 1975: BL collapses and is nationalised, publication of the Ryder Report recommends that Land Rover be split from Rover and be treated as a separate company within BL and becomes part of the new commercial vehicle division called the Land Rover Leyland Group
• 1976: One-millionth Land Rover leaves the production line
• 1978: Land Rover Limited formed as a separate subsidiary of British Leyland[20]
• 1980: Rover car production ends at Solihull with the transfer of SD1 production to Cowley, Oxford; Solihull is now exclusively for Land Rover manufacture. 5-door Range Rover introduced.
• 1983: Land Rover 90 (Ninety)/110 (One-Ten)/127 (renamed Defender in 1990) introduced
• 1986: BL plc becomes Rover Group plc; Project Llama started
• 1988: Rover Group is privatised and becomes part of British Aerospace, and is now known simply as Rover
• 1986: Range Rover is introduced to the U.S market in April 1986
• 1989: Introduction of Discovery
• 1994: Rover Group is taken over by BMW. Introduction of second-generation Range Rover. (The original Range Rover was continued under the name 'Range Rover Classic' until 1995)
• 1997: Land Rover introduces the Special Edition Discovery XD with AA Yellow paint, subdued wheels, SD type roof racks, and a few other off-road upgrades directly from the factory. Produced only for the North American market, the Special Vehicles Division of Land Rover created only 250 of these bright yellow SUV's.
• 1997: Introduction of Freelander
• 1998: Introduction of second generation of Discovery
• 2000: BMW breaks up the Rover Group and sells Land Rover to Ford for £1.8 billion[21]
• 2002: Introduction of third-generation Range Rover
• 2004: Introduction of third-generation Discovery/LR3
• 2005: Introduction of Range Rover Sport
• 2005: Adoption of Jaguar AJ-V8 engine to replace the BMW M62 V8 in the Range Rover
• 2005: Land Rover 'founder' Rover, collapses under the ownership of MG Rover Group
• 2006: Announcement of a new 2.4-litre diesel engine, 6-speed gearbox, dash and forward-facing rear seats for Defender. Introduction of second generation of Freelander (Freelander 2). Ford acquires the Rover trademark from BMW, who previously licensed its use to MG Rover Group
• 8 May 2007: 4,000,000th Land Rover rolls off the production line, a Discovery 3 (LR3), donated to The Born Free Foundation
• 12 June 2007: Announcement from the Ford Motor Company that it plans to sell Land Rover and also Jaguar Cars
• August 2007: India's Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra as well as financial sponsors Cerberus Capital Management, TPG Capital and Apollo Global Management expressed their interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company.[22]
• 26 March 2008: Ford agreed to sell their Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.[7]
• 2 June 2008:Tata Motors finalised their purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford.[9]

Thanks to Jamesmartin for your response!

OK so from now on I will refer to the motor as a 90 not a defender, but then I'm more interested in how it runs and what it looks like rather than what its called, anyway I'm thinking of calling it hurry so there you go.

Anyways any ideas on the origins or anyone ever seen one before. Planning on using it and restoring it to original condition.

What is the white box on top of the roof for?

strange that it has side repeaters, vents on the side of the wings and no lock on the bonnet like other early ones, must have had some changes i guess, what motor is in it?

fusionfanatic said:

Thanks to Jamesmartin for your response!

OK so from now on I will refer to the motor as a 90 not a defender, but then I'm more interested in how it runs and what it looks like rather than what its called, anyway I'm thinking of calling it hurry so there you go.

Anyways any ideas on the origins or anyone ever seen one before. Planning on using it and restoring it to original condition.

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I suspect it's a County 90 with a few extras added by the Dutch importer/dealer network. They may not have been much, but probably aligned to a UK special edition.

I am pleased to say that for the MOT it needs a rear crossmember, body mount and couple of other patches. Wiper blades and indicator non function needs to be addressed but I think that's a trailer electrics and column switch issue.

Best still I have entered into a wager with the Garage owner that if it back within 10 working days he will pay for the MOT test!

Closer inspection now its in the workshop tells me that the upper rear sides are not original (red paint under the blue) and rear door used to be a drop tail gate. looks like this used to be a pick up! Seems the military order story adds up more now.

Still looking for any ideas on how to get info about it!

Boris113 said:

What is the white box on top of the roof for?

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I think it may have had a farmer style shooting hole that has been covered up with this, its a well made thing and has been there for years.

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strange that it has side repeaters, vents on the side of the wings and no lock on the bonnet like other early ones, must have had some changes i guess, what motor is in it?

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It does have a lock on the bonnet and I am pretty sure it has a replacement front from bulkhead forward as inside engine bay is green, wings bonnet etc are also green where paint is chipped, the vinyl's on the wings are slightly whiter too.

This would explain the lack of side vents if front is from newer model.

Would you expect the intake to the air cleaner to be attached to a side vent as it is just open with no hose attached?

Engine is a 2249 petrol 4 cylinder runs sweet has 130000KM on Odometer.

fusionfanatic said:

are you for real? says Land Rover 90 on the front, so what would you call it?

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I'd call it a Land Rover 90

is it originally an A reg? Looks different to other early 90's ive seen

Where did you buy it. Was it an official car dealer? The white box on top could be to make it legal in the Netherlands for being a van. The boot has to apply to certain measurements.

I find it strange you buy one in the Netherlands as there are so many Dutch companies who import from the UK and sell them here or even convert them to LHD and sell them. The prices here are far, far, very far over the top.

But, I hope you have lot's of fun with it. It is and stay's the way to drive.