Fort St. John, British Columbia,Canada

hi
I'm rob. Generally a vintage Vw guy but always wanted a defender and nwt I have one.
I bought a 1991 LHD defender 130 high capacity crew cab last weekend. Drove 12 hour to Cochrane, Alberta and dragged it back relatively unharmed.
It started life as a 130 ambulance in 'suffield' the British army base in Medicine Hat Alberta and now it's a crew cab 130 project. Someone (told a older British gent) spend a lot of time collecting parts and then sold it to the the fella I bought it from. The last owner tore it down and galvanized the frame and bulkhead and bought a 300tdi/auto to replace the missing v8/manual. Now I have the task of organizing all the parts and putting it all together. Now the fun starts!!

Welcome to the Loonyzone, eh?

Looks like a good base for a project, at least it saves stripping down an old one!

Welcome. X1 on the landy. You have the basis for a good truck there. You must have had some drive back to BC. On a trailer? In BC 6 years ago and only saw a couple of defenders. They looked tiny against the Chevys' and Fords. Good luck with the build.

I rented a 20' enclosed. The axles were freshly epoxy painted and were lightly wired to the frame so ofcourse they rotated and the springs popped out about one hour into my 12 hour drive home. It made it pretty well unscathed. There's a small flat spot in the rear diff cover but that can be fixed. There isn't one bolt holding the freshly galvanized frame to anything. I had driven down a few weeks before so I knew I had to rent the enclosed trailer or i would have spend $100's on ratchet straps. Hahahah

Some journey. Hope you can get hold of the parts OK. Almost everything is obtainable. If you have problems go to the defender section of the forum.