How to find out how many seats were in defender when manufactured?

JackU said:

I wanted to install 2 seats of bench seats in the back of my defender 90 my insurance basically told me if I install them myself they will not cover me (I tried with/without seat belts). They also asked my how many seats my vehicle has, I refused to answer on the basis that my vehicle actually has 2 front seats and that's it. I know it had a middle seat before I bought it (the seat belt is still there).

When i bought the vehicle it had two worn bench seats in the back, how do I know if these were original? As in fitted from the factory? My V5 gives no indication as the number of seats bit is blank, and I just rang the DVLA to see if they had any more information and they said they don't. So how do i find out the original number of seats?

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JackU said:

I wanted to install 2 seats of bench seats in the back of my defender 90 my insurance basically told me if I install them myself they will not cover me (I tried with/without seat belts). They also asked my how many seats my vehicle has, I refused to answer on the basis that my vehicle actually has 2 front seats and that's it. I know it had a middle seat before I bought it (the seat belt is still there).

When i bought the vehicle it had two worn bench seats in the back, how do I know if these were original? As in fitted from the factory? My V5 gives no indication as the number of seats bit is blank, and I just rang the DVLA to see if they had any more information and they said they don't. So how do i find out the original number of seats?

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Rougharse Racing said:

Factory fitted seats in Station Wagons had a substantial tubular frame that the seat belts fitted on to.
If it had factory fitted rear seats I would expect the model type on the V5 to reflect it, i.e. CSW, or the DVLA description to say Estate.

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