Freelander 5 door commercial

Dean skates · Sep 4, 2023

Hi I have a 2007 reg freelander but it was produced in 06 its a 5 door commercial 2.0 deisol automatic I had to insure it as a special vehicle however it came from landrover as it is any information would be greatly appreciate

GrumpyGel · Sep 4, 2023

5 door commercial? I may be wrong, but I think not.

Nodge68 · Sep 4, 2023

Dean skates said:
Hi I have a 2007 reg freelander but it was produced in 06 its a 5 door commercial 2.0 deisol automatic I had to insure it as a special vehicle however it came from landrover as it is any information would be greatly appreciate

Post a picture so we can identify it, but if it's a 5 door, it's possibly a Freelander 2 commercial, which has a 2.2L engine.

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

Nodge68 said:
Post a picture so we can identify it, but if it's a 5 door, it's possibly a Freelander 2 commercial, which has a 2.2L engine.

Here it is

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

Dean skates said:
Here it is

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

5 door commercial

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

Nodge68 said:
Post a picture so we can identify it, but if it's a 5 door, it's possibly a Freelander 2 commercial, which has a 2.2L engine.

I've put pictures up now definitely s1 2.0lt deisol engine can't find anything about it everyone says thay never built it but I have 1 other thing is it was first registered in 07 on log book but underneath that it says first registered in UK in 17

andyfreelandy · Sep 6, 2023

It is a Freelander 1 TD4 5 door.

Looks like someone has taken out rear seat, added some non matching carpet and mastic around the windows so that they won't open.

It is a very late reg and possibly one of the last Freelander 1s.

andyfreelandy · Sep 6, 2023

That'll be the expensive road fund licence model !!

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

andyfreelandy said:
It is a Freelander 1 TD4 5 door.

Looks like someone has taken out rear seat, added some non matching carpet and mastic around the windows so that they won't open.

It is a very late reg and possibly one of the last Freelander 1s.

Definitely not a convertion Duxford are looking at it as thay think it was a prototype for the s2 or possibly came from the special vehicle division and was not ment to be sold to the public

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

Dean skates said:
Definitely not a convertion Duxford are looking at it as thay think it was a prototype for the s2 or possibly came from the special vehicle division and was not ment to be sold to the public

Also rear electric window motors were never fitted

GrumpyGel · Sep 6, 2023

VIN comes back with...

SAL	Manufacturer code: Land Rover
LN	Model: Freelander
A	Wheel base: 100.6 inch, standard trim
B	Body type: 5-door station wagon
E	Engine type: 2.0 litre Td4 diesel
1	Steering and transmission: Right-hand drive (RHD), 5-speed Steptronic automatic
6	Model year: 2006
A	Assembly location: Solihull, UK

I think if an engineer in Gaydon/Solihull had sealed the windows up like that, showing such little skill, they would have been sacked.

I can't think of any way the F1 could have been a test mule for anything in the F2, they are to different in all aspects.

Some very romantic ideas of the car's history, but I think not.

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

GrumpyGel said:
VIN comes back with...

SAL Manufacturer code: Land Rover
LN Model: Freelander
A Wheel base: 100.6 inch, standard trim
B Body type: 5-door station wagon
E Engine type: 2.0 litre Td4 diesel
1 Steering and transmission: Right-hand drive (RHD), 5-speed Steptronic automatic
6 Model year: 2006
A Assembly location: Solihull, UK

I think if an engineer in Gaydon/Solihull had sealed the windows up like that, showing such little skill, they would have been sacked.

I can't think of any way the F1 could have been a test mule for anything in the F2, they are to different in all aspects.

Some very romantic ideas of the car's history, but I think not.

Windows were sealed up and plated over with aluminium and carpeted sealant could not be seen from the outside only visible after I removed paneled and window tint

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

Dean skates said:
Windows were sealed up and plated over with aluminium and carpeted sealant could not be seen from the outside only visible after I removed paneled and window tint

Aslo states commercial on log book on date of first registered 2007

Nodge68 · Sep 6, 2023

It's an interesting one, but it doesn't appear to have been done by LR. Maybe it was a coach built conversion on a new vehicle. The VIN is coming up as a TD4 auto 5 door waggon, with no mention of going to LR special vehicles for modification.

Nodge68 · Sep 6, 2023

It's also missing the SV badges on the wings (which all vehicles prepared by SVO get), and it doesn't seem to have the SVO VIN on the slam panel, which would prove it's an LR prepared special vehicle. No SVO VIN basically means it wasn't done by LR, but by a coach builder, or even an individual wanting a 5 door commercial.

Dean skates · Sep 6, 2023

Nodge68 said:
It's also missing the SV badges on the wings (which all vehicles prepared by SVO get), and it doesn't seem to have the SVO VIN on the slam panel, which would prove it's an LR prepared special vehicle. No SVO VIN basically means it wasn't done by LR, but by a coach builder, or even an individual wanting a 5 door commercial.

Thanks for your input mate it's a strange 1 just need to be sure as I'm using it as a farm run around at moment

GrumpyGel · Sep 6, 2023

Strange that it does state Commercial on the original log book.

Nodge68 · Sep 7, 2023

Dean skates said:
Thanks for your input mate it's a strange 1 just need to be sure as I'm using it as a farm run around at moment

If it has an SV VIN plate on the slam panel (it contains the special order contract number), then Special Vehicles department prepared the vehicle. If it doesn't, then it wasn't done by LR.

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Alibro · Sep 7, 2023

It was obviously built as a standard car but for whatever reason was not registered until 2017. Probably the person that registered it decided to convert it to commercial before registering to avoid the stupidly high road tax for a car built in that year.

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